Sidus ex claro veniens (Orlando di Lasso)
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- Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2018-03-31). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 109 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from 1569 print. Original pitch (chiavi naturali) and note values. Alto is in tenor clef.
General Information
Title: Sidus ex claro veniens
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1569 in Cantiones aliquot 5 vocum, no. 11
2nd published: 1580 in Theatrum musicum, Liber 2, no. 24
3rd published: 1604 in Magnum opus musicum, no. 160
Description: Two-part motet.
- I. Sidus ex claro veniens Olympo
- II. Qui maris, terrae
Lasso composed a parody mass on this motet.
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Sidus ex claro veniens Olympo
Virgo quod nobis peperit sacrata,
orbis illustrat spatium rotundi
nobile lumen.
Protulit nobis mulier salutem
Filium summi Patris ediditque
et Deum mater genuit pudica
virgo manensque.
Qui maris, terrae, hominum ac deorum
temperat laxatque datas habenas
quo nihil majus generatur ipso
nascitur orbi.
Illius laudes pueri sonabunt,
carminum nostrum moduli suaves,
vocibus laetis feriamus astra
rosida caeli.