Verbum iniquum (Adrian Willaert)

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• (Posted 2015-06-25)  CPDL #35888:     

Editor: John Hetland (submitted 2015-06-25).   Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 1.49 MB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: From Motecta…liber primus, 5vv, Venice, 1539, 1550. Our source: Adriani Willaert Opera omnia, ed. H. Zenck et al., CMM, 1950. Notation here is a major third higher than the original, with time values halved. Translation, text underlay and musica ficta by John Hetland and The Renaissance Street Singers. 10 Jul 2008

General Information

Title: Verbum iniquum
Composer: Adrian Willaert
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SAATB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1539 in Musica quinque vocum … liber primus, no. 1
Description: Proverbs 30:7-8 rephrased

Original text and translations

Latin text Vérbum iníquum et dolósum lónge fac a me, Dómine: Divítias et paupertátes ne déderis míhi, sed tántum víctui méo tríbue necessária. Dúo rogávi, ne déneges míhi ántequam móriar: Divítias et paupertátes ne déderis míhi, sed tántum víctui méo tríbue necessária.

English translation An unjust and deceitful word remove far from me, O Lord: Riches and poverty give me not, but enough for my sustenance, grant the necessities. Two things I have asked; do not deny me before I die: Riches and poverty give me not, but enough for my sustenance, grant the necessities.