Dat motus incompositos (Jean de Castro)

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•  Posted on 2026-02-12(Posted 2026-02-12)  CPDL #88317: 

• Original key (high chiavette):        

• Transposed down a fourth:      

Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2026-02-12).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 90 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from 1588 print. Original note values.

General Information

Title: Dat motus incompositos
Composer: Jean de Castro
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Secular, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1588 in Novae cantiones sacrae, no. 25
Description: 

Original text and translations

Latin text

Dat motus incompositos ingrata Platoni
  Lydia musa placet Dorion ergo cani
Dorion ille canat qui relligione magistra
  Effrenos motus composuisse potest
Dorion ille canat cui nomen consonat actis
  Dorius egregiis vir pietate gravis