Beatus vir qui inventus est (Orlando di Lasso)

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  • (Posted 2012-12-13)  CPDL #27790:         
Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2012-12-13).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 112 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Transcribed from Magnum opus musicum, 1604. Original key (chiavi naturali) and note values.

General Information

Title: Beatus vir qui inventus est
Composer: Orlando di Lasso

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1582 in Sacrae cantiones, 5 vocum, no. 3
    2nd published: 1604 in Magnum opus musicum, no. 275
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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Beatus vir qui inventus est sine macula et qui post aurum non abiit, nec speravit in pecuniae thesauris.
Quis est hic, et laudabimus eum? Fecit enim mirabilia in vita sua.
(Liber Jesu filii Sirach 31;8-9)

English.png English translation

Blessed is the man that is found without blemish: and that hath not gone after gold, nor put his trust in money nor in treasures.
Who is he, and we will praise him? for he hath done wonderful things in his life.
(Ecclesiasticus 31;8-9)

Hungarian.png Hungarian translation

Boldog az az ember, aki hiba nélkül van, ha nem tévedt meg az arany miatt, és nem bizakodott sem pénzben, sem kincsben!
Ki az, hogy magasztalhassuk, mert csodálatos dolgokat tett életében!
(Sirák fia 31;8-9)