Ergo ne conticuit (Johannes Lupi)
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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
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?