Laetatus sum (Orlando di Lasso)

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• (Posted 2026-01-06)  CPDL #88012: 

• Original key (high chiavette):   (MIDI)    

• Transposed down a fourth:      

Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2026-01-06).   Score information: A4, 8 pages, 128 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from Magnum opus musicum. Original note values.

General Information

Title: Laetatus sum
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1575 in Liber mottetarum 3 vocum, no. 4
    2nd published: 1604 in Magnum opus musicum, no. 34
Description: The setting of Psalm 121 (122) in four parts:
  I. Laetatus sum
 II. Jerusalem quae aedificatur
III. Quia illic sederunt
IV. Propter fratres meos

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 122.