Quicquid agas, prudenter agas (Thomas Crecquillon)

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•  Posted on 2024-05-10(Posted 2024-05-10)  CPDL #80601:         

Editor: Andreas Stenberg (submitted 2024-05-10).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 120 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: A double edition. The two main voices are printed as separate voices in mensural notation and the resolution as a semi-diplomatic score.

General Information

Title: Quicquid agas, prudenter agas
Composer: Thomas Crecquillon
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Canon

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1568
Description: A double canon where the secondary voices follow the main voices a semibreve later a fourth higher. This is the Fifth Canon in the 1568 Clement Stephani Collection "LIBER SECVNDVS. SVAVISSIMARVM ET IVCVNDISSIMARVM HARMONIARVM: QVINQVE ET QVATVOR VOCVM, EX DVABVS VOCIBVS...

Original text and translations

Latin text Qvicquid agas prudenter agas, quoque respice finem, Hoc faciens actis prospera finis erit.

English translation Whatever you do, do it wisely, also look to the end. Doing this will lead to a successful outcome.