Cernere virtutes (Orlando di Lasso)
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- Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2018-02-26). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 92 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from Altera pars selectissimarum cantionum, 1579 Nürnberg. Original pitch (high chiavette) and note values. Bass is in tenor clef.
General Information
Title: Cernere virtutes
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: A motet in composed in honour of a wedding. Soprano II sings a different text in long note values.
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Cernere virtutes qui vult in compagine una
Laudandum immensus quicquid et orbis habet
Marchio magnanimus de Baden adest Philibertus
Mechthildisque simul quos modo junxit hymen.
Ille quidem numeros virtutum continet omnes
Bavariae haec laus est atque decoris honor.
Quis te felicem non dixerit, inclyte Princeps,
Qui, quae omnes optant, omnia solus habes.
Soprano II (Quintus):
Ista Hymenaee precor tibi sint connubia curae,
Grata ubi sunt stabilis vincula nexus erit.