Aestimatus sum (Carlo Gesualdo)
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General Information
Title: Aestimatus sum
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Gesualdo, 1611
Description: Response no. 8 of the Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Saturday
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Aestimatus sum cum descendentibus in lacum,
factus sum sicut homo sine adjutorio, inter mortuos liber.
Versus: Posuerunt me in lacu inferiori,
in tenebrosis et in umbra mortis.
[Factus sum]