Ecce quomodo moritur justus (Carlo Gesualdo)

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Editor: Fabrice Parmentier (added 2002-07-05).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 152 kbytes   Copyright: Personal
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General Information

Title: Ecce quomodo moritur justus
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo

Number of voices: 6vv  Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motets
Language: Latin
Instruments: none, a cappella
Published: Gesualdo, 1611

Description: Response no. 6 of the Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Saturday

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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Ecce quomodo moritur justus,
et nemo percipit corde,
et viri justi tolluntur,
et nemo considerat,
a facie iniquitatis sublatus est justus,
et erit in pace memoria eius.

Versus: Tamquam agnus coram tondente se obmutuit,
et non aperuit os suum,
de angustia, et de judicio sublatus est.

[Et erit]