Infelix ego - Quid igitur faciam? - Ad te igitur (William Byrd)

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• CPDL #03888:        (Sibelius 5)

Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2002-07-30).   Score information: A4, 24 pages, 396 kB    Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Revised Aug 2018 (formatting, error correction). MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

General Information

Title: Infelix ego
Composer: William Byrd
Lyricist: Girolamo Savonarola

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SATTBB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

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Description: Motet in three parts.

Prima pars: Infelix ego

Secunda pars: Quid igitur faciam

Tertia pars: Ad te igitur

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:

• Wikipedia article on Infelix ego

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Infelix ego.