Non est bonum (Melchior Vulpius)

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Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2022-10-09).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 344 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA
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General Information

Title: Non est bonum
Composer: Melchior Vulpius
Lyricist: Genesis 2:18create page
Number of voices: 8vv   Voicing: SATB.SATB
Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1602 in Cantionum sacrarum prima pars, no. 37
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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Non est bonum hominem esse solum:
faciamus ei adiutorium simile sibi.

English.png English translation

It is not good that the man should be himself alone:
I will make him an help meet for him.

(trans. Geneva Bible)