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(In Ioannem Okegi. Musicorum principem, Naenia. - Text by Erasmus of Rotterdam) | |||
Ergone conticuit | Ergone conticuit | ||
Vox illa quondam nobilis, | Vox illa quondam nobilis, | ||
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Divina res est musica; | Divina res est musica; | ||
numina cur violas?}} | numina cur violas?}} | ||
{{Translation|English}} | |||
Threnody on the death of Johannes Ockeghem, prince of musicians. | |||
Has that once so noble voice, then, fallen silent? The golden voice of Ockeghem? Then music has lost an adornment. Apollo, sing sad laments to the faithful. You, Calliope, dressed in black with your sisters, shed devout tears. Mourn wherever the sweet study of music is pursued (?): that holy phoenix of the art of Apollo is no more (?). | |||
What are you doing, cruel death? The golden voice of Ockeghem has fallen silent, which used to echo through the sacred vaults. It soothed the ears and the inward breast of those in heaven and on earth alike. What are you doing, cruel death? You thought it enough to randomly deprive people of (what they valued). Music is a divine thing. Why do you defy the will of the gods? | |||
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- (Posted 2017-03-20) CPDL #43682:
- Editor: Mick Swithinbank (submitted 2017-03-20). Score information: A4, 20 pages, 133 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: At original pitch and with original note values. (The original clefs were C1 (replaced by C2 in one section), C3, C4 and F4.)
General Information
Title: Ergone conticuit
Composer: Johannes Lupi
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: STTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: A lament on the death of Ockeghem, which, curiously, Susato published more than 50 years after Ockeghem's death. A belated parallel work to Josquin's Nymphes des bois, therefore. However, it does not incorporate any funereal cantus firmus. Its attribution to Lupi has been disputed, one suggestion being that it was composed by Lupus Hellinck (1493/4-1541).
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Original text and translations
Latin text
(In Ioannem Okegi. Musicorum principem, Naenia. - Text by Erasmus of Rotterdam)
Ergone conticuit
Vox illa quondam nobilis,
Aurea vox Okegi ?
Sic musicae extinctum decus ?
Dic age, dic fidibus tristes, Appollo, naenias.
Tu quoque, Calliope
pullata cum sororibus,
funde pias lachrymas,
lugete, quotquot
musicae dulce rapit studium
virumque ferte laudibus.
Artis Appollineae sacer
ille foenix occidit.
Quid facis, invida mors?
Obmutuit vox aurea Okegi
per sacra tecta sonans.
Demulsit aures caelitum
terrigenumque simul
penitusque movit pectora.
Quid facis, invida mors?
Sat erat tibi promiscue
tollere res hominum;
Divina res est musica;
numina cur violas?
English translation
Threnody on the death of Johannes Ockeghem, prince of musicians.
Has that once so noble voice, then, fallen silent? The golden voice of Ockeghem? Then music has lost an adornment. Apollo, sing sad laments to the faithful. You, Calliope, dressed in black with your sisters, shed devout tears. Mourn wherever the sweet study of music is pursued (?): that holy phoenix of the art of Apollo is no more (?).
What are you doing, cruel death? The golden voice of Ockeghem has fallen silent, which used to echo through the sacred vaults. It soothed the ears and the inward breast of those in heaven and on earth alike. What are you doing, cruel death? You thought it enough to randomly deprive people of (what they valued). Music is a divine thing. Why do you defy the will of the gods?