Deus qui bonum vinum creasti (Alexander Utendal)

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•  Posted on 2024-05-13(Posted 2024-05-13)  CPDL #80633: 

• Original key (high chiavette):        

• Transposed down a fourth:      

Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2024-05-13).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 92 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from 1571 print. Original note values.

General Information

Title: Deus qui bonum vinum creasti
Composer: Alexander Utendal
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SAATB
Genre: Secular, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1571 in Sacrarum cantionum … quinque vocibus … liber primus, no. 20
Description: Lassus also set this text.

Original text and translations

Latin text

Deus qui bonum vinum creasti,
et ex eodem multa capita dolere fecisti,
da nobis quaesumus intellectum
ut saltem possimus invenire lectum.

English translation

Oh God, creator of good wine –
the source of many a headache –
we pray you, give us wits enough
at least to find the way to bed.

German translation

Translation by Peter Rottländer
Gott, der du guten Wein erschaffen hast,
und mit ihm viele Häupter schmerzen ließt,
gib uns, so bitten wir, den Verstand,
daß wir wenigstens das Bett finden können.