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==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
{{Text|Latin}}
{{LinkText|Amicus meus osculi}}
<poem>
Amicus meus osculi me tradidit signo:
Quem osculatus fuero, ipse est, tenete eum:
Hoc malum fecit signum, qui per osculum ad implevit homicidium.
:Infelix praetermisit pretium sanguinis, et in fine laquaeo se suspendit.
Bonum erat illi, si natus non fuisset homo ille.
:Infelix praetermisit pretium sanguinis, et in fine laquaeo se suspendit.''
</poem>
 
{{Translation|English}}
<poem>
The sign by which my friend betrayed me was a kiss:
He whom I kiss, that is he: hold him fast.
He who committed murder by a kiss gave this wicked sign.
:The unhappy wretch repaid the price of blood and in the end hanged himself.
It had been better for that man if he had never been born.
:The unhappy wretch repaid the price of blood and in the end hanged himself.
</poem>
 
{{Translation|Italian}}
<poem>
Il mio amico usò un bacio per tradirmi:
"Colui che sarà baciato, è Lui: prendeteLo!":
Questo male fece segnale: chi per un bacio compì un omicidio.
:L'infelice rifiutò il prezzo del sangue, ed infine, piangendo, si impiccò.
Sarebbe stato meglio per lui se non fosse mai nato.
:L'infelice rifiutò il prezzo del sangue, ed infine, piangendo, si impiccò.''
</poem>


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  • CPDL #22355:  Icon_pdf.gif
Editor: Lewis Jones (submitted 2010-09-24).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 39 kB   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: Down a fifth according to clefs.
  • CPDL #08236:  Network.png PDF, PS, MIDI & LilyPond files.
Editor: Nancho Alvarez (submitted 2004-10-19).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 83 kB   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: listed under 'Oficio de Semana Santa' (Maundy Thursday). full score and individual parts available as midi files.
  • CPDL #03742:  Network.png PDF, MIDI, & NoteWorthy Composer files.
Editor: Marco Gallo (submitted 2002-06-28).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 40 kB   Copyright: Personal
Edition notes: listed alphabetically by composer
Editor: Unknown (submitted 2000-08-22).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 106 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Encore file is zipped.

General Information

Title: Amicus meus
Composer: Tomás Luis de Victoria

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicings: SATB, ATTB or ATBB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1584

Description: No. 1 of Tenebrae Responsories, for Maundy Thursday.
This haunting piece is one of a collection written for the old Tenebrae service. It, like others in this collection, features a verse, a response, a verse and then a response again.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Amicus meus osculi.

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