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Caligaverunt oculi mei (Tomás Luis de Victoria)
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= HELP- Editor: Lewis Jones (submitted 2010-08-05). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 42 kbytes Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Down a fifth according to high chiavette transposition.
- CPDL #08247: PDF, PS, MIDI & LilyPond files
- Editor: Nancho Alvarez (submitted 2004-10-19). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 85 kbytes Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: listed under 'Oficio de Semana Santa' (Good Friday). Full score and individual parts available as midi files.
- Editor: Brian Marble (submitted 2003-12-20). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 84 kbytes Copyright: Personal
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- Editor: Pablo Rosario (submitted 2000-08-22). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 84 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Encore file is zipped.
- Editor: Claudio Macchi (submitted 2000-08-24). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 68 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Finale file is zipped.
General Information
Title: Caligaverunt oculi mei
Composer: Tomás Luis de Victoria
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB or ATBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published:
Description: No. 12 of Tenebrae Responsories, for Good Friday.
This moving work forms one of several responsories for Tenebrae. Like the other reponsories, this includes a verse, the response, a verse and another response. The response features a low setting for Altos, Tenors and Basses, and suprises the listener with a piercing treble/soprano note on the words "Si est dolor similis sicut dolor meus". Many people liken this to a cry of pain, as the words translate to "If there is any sorrow like my sorrow".
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Caligaverunt oculi mei a fletu meo: quia elongatus est a me, qui consolabatur me: Videte, omnes populi, si est dolor similis sicut dolor meus.
V: O vos omnes, qui transitis per viam, attendite, et videte si est dolor similis sicut dolor meus
English translation
My eyes are darkened by my tears: For He is far from me that conforted Me: See, O all ye people, if there be a sorrow like unto My sorrow
V. O all ye that pass by, behold and see if there be a sorrow like unto My sorrow
Spanish translation
Se nublaron mis ojos a causa del llanto, porque se habia alejado de mi aquel que me consolaba.
Ved, pueblos todos, si existe dolor semejante al mio.
Todos vosotros, que pasasteís por el camino, prestad atención y ved si existe dolor semejante al mio.
German translation
Dunkel sind meine Augen vom Weinen; denn er, der mich getröstet hat, ist fern von mir.
Schaut, ihr Völker alle, ob ein Schmerz sei gleich dem meinen.
V: O ihr alle, die ihr des Weges zieht, blickt her und schaut.
