Infelix ego - Quid igitur faciam? - Ad te igitur (William Byrd)

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Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2002-07-30).   Score information: A4, 28 pages, 266 kB    Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Revised April 2008.

General Information

Title: Infelix ego
Composer: William Byrd
Lyricist: Girolamo Savonarola

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SATTBB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

Published: Cantiones sacrae II (1591), nos.24-26

Description: Motet in three parts.

Prima pars: Infelix ego
Secunda pars: Quid igitur faciam
Tertia pars: Ad te igitur

A setting of the beginning of the Meditation on the Miserere by Girolamo Savonarola (1452-98), written the day before his execution for heresy.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Infelix ego.

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