Omnis homo primum (Giaches de Wert)
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- Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2018-02-03). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 74 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from 1566 print. Original pitch (high chiavette) and note-values.
General Information
Title: Omnis homo primum
Composer: Giaches de Wert
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1566 in Motectorum quinque vocum liber primus, no. 3
Description: Although the piece is in Latin and takes its text from a passage in the Gospel of John (the miracle at the wedding in Cana), it sounds rather as a secular French chanson.
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Omnis homo primum bonum vinum ponit,
et cum inebrati fuerint, tunc id quod deterius est,
tu autem servasti bonum vinum usque adhuc.
(Joh 2,10)