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==Music files==
==Music files==
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*{{PostedDate|2012-08-05}} {{CPDLno|26899}}
*{{NewWork|2011-04-01}} '''CPDL #23324:''' [{{filepath:Lassus_-_Infelix_ego.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:Lassus_-_Infelix_ego.mid}} {{mid}}]
:'''Original key (low chiavette):''' [[Media:Lassus_Infelix_ego.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:Lassus_Infelix_ego.midi.zip|{{Zip}}]](MIDI) [[Media:Lassus_Infelix_ego.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:Lassus_Infelix_ego.ly|{{ly}}]] - Alto parts in octave transposed violin clef.
{{Editor|Edward Tambling|2011-04-01}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|17|120}}{{Copy|CPDL}}
:'''Transposed up a minor third:''' [[Media:Lassus_Infelix_ego_-_up_a_minor_third.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:Lassus_Infelix_ego_-_up_a_minor_third.midi.zip|{{Zip}}]](MIDI) [[Media:Lassus_Infelix_ego_-_up_a_minor_third.ly|{{ly}}]]
:'''Edition notes:''' At original pitch for ATTBarBB
:'''Transposed up a fourth:''' [[Media:Lassus_Infelix_ego_-_transposed_up_a_fourth.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:Lassus_Infelix_ego_-_up_a_fourth.midi.zip|{{Zip}}]](MIDI) [[Media:Lassus_Infelix_ego_-_transposed_up_a_fourth.mxl|{{XML}}]] [[Media:Lassus_Infelix_ego_-_transposed_up_a_fourth.ly|{{ly}}]]
{{Editor|Pothárn Imre|2012-08-05}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|7|163}}{{Copy|CPDL}}
:{{EdNotes|Transcribed from ''Magnum opus musicum'', 1604. Original note values. In three parts, second part is for 4 voices (TBarBB). 3 midi files, one for each part, zipped.}}
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==General Information==
==General Information==
'''Title:''' ''Infelix ego''<br>
{{Title|''Infelix ego''}}
{{Composer|Orlando di Lasso}}
{{Composer|Orlando di Lasso}}
{{Lyricist|Girolamo Savonarola}}
{{Lyricist|Girolamo Savonarola}}


{{Voicing|6|ATTBBB}}<br>
{{Voicing|6|ATTBBB|ATTBarBB}}
{{Genre|Sacred|Motets}}
{{Genre|Sacred|Motets}}
{{Language|Latin}}
{{Language|Latin}}
'''Instruments:''' {{acap}}<br>
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
'''Published:''' 1566
{{Pub|1|1566|in ''{{NoCo|Sacrae cantiones liber quartus}}''|no=11}}
 
{{Pub|2|1568|in ''{{NoCo|Selectissimae cantiones}}''|no=1.18}}
'''Description:''' A setting of the beginning of the ''Meditation on the Miserere'' by Girolamo Savonarola (1452-98), written the day before his execution for heresy.
{{Pub|3|1579|in ''{{NoCo|Selectissimae cantiones 1579}}''|no=21}}
 
{{Pub|4|1604|in ''{{NoCo|Magnum opus musicum}}''|no=354}}
'''External websites:'''
{{Descr|A setting of the beginning of the ''Meditation on the Miserere'' by Girolamo Savonarola (1452-98), written the day before his execution for heresy.}}
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==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
 
{{LinkText|Infelix ego}}
{{Text|Latin}}
 
Infelix ego, omnium auxilio destitutus, qui caelum terramque offendi: quo ibo? quo me vertam? ad quem confugiam? quis mei miserebitur?  Ad caelum levare oculos non audeo, quia ei graviter peccavi, in terra refugium non invenio, quia ei scandalum fui. Quid igitur faciam? desperabo?  Absit, misericors est Deus, pius est Salvator meus. 
 
Solus igitur Deus refugium meum, ipse non despiciet opus suum, non repellet imaginem suam.
 
Ad te igitur, piissime Deus, tristis ac maerens venio, quoniam tu solus spes mea, tu solus refugium meum. Quid autem dicam tibi? cum oculos levare non audeam? verba doloris effundam, misericordiam tuam implorabo et dicam: miserere mei Deus, secundum magnam misericordiam tuam.
 
{{Translation|English}}
 
''by Edward Tambling''
 
Unlucky me! Bereft of all aid, who against heaven and earth have offended. Where shall I go? Where shall I turn? To whom shall I flee? Who will have pity on me? I do not dare to lift up mine eyes to the heavens, because I have gravely sinned against them. I find no refuge on earth, because I have been a disgrace to it. What, therefore, am I to do? Shall I despair? Let it be far off: God is merciful; my saviour is kind.
 
Therefore, God alone will be my refuge: he will not despise the work of his hands, nor repel his own image.
 
Therefore, to thee, most loving God, do I come, sad and grieving: for thou alone art my hope, thou alone my refuge. But what am I to say to thee, since I dare not lift up mine eyes? I shall pour out words of sorrow, implore thy mercy and say: have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy great mercy.


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[[Category:Sheet music]]
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[[Category:Renaissance music]]

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  • (Posted 2012-08-05)  CPDL #26899: 
Original key (low chiavette):   (MIDI)     - Alto parts in octave transposed violin clef.
Transposed up a minor third:   (MIDI)  
Transposed up a fourth:   (MIDI)    
Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2012-08-05).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 163 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Transcribed from Magnum opus musicum, 1604. Original note values. In three parts, second part is for 4 voices (TBarBB). 3 midi files, one for each part, zipped.

General Information

Title: Infelix ego
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Lyricist: Girolamo Savonarola

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: ATTBarBB
Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1566 in Sacrae cantiones liber quartus, no. 11
    2nd published: 1568 in Selectissimae cantiones, no. 1.18
    3rd published: 1579 in Selectissimae cantiones 1579, no. 21
    4th published: 1604 in Magnum opus musicum, no. 354
Description: A setting of the beginning of the Meditation on the Miserere by Girolamo Savonarola (1452-98), written the day before his execution for heresy.

External websites:

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Infelix ego.