Novus annus, 3 settings from the Trent codices (Anonymous)
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- Editor: Renato Calcaterra (submitted 2010-05-17). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 160 kB Copyright: CPDL
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- Possible error(s) identified. Error summary: Text underlay is incomplete
General Information
Title: Novus annus
Composer: Anonymous
Number of voices: 3 & 4vv Voicings: ATT and SATT
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
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Description: Three different settings, from two manuscripts, of a "conductus" for the Feast of Fools (festum stultorum) and the Feast of the Ass (Festum Asinorum). In the third setting only the Superius has the text, suggesting that the Tenor and the Contra can be played with instruments.
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Novus annus hodie
Monet nos letitiae
Laudes inchoare.
Eya rex nos adiuva
qui gubernas omnia.
Puer conducitur
Et elegi subicit
Puer eternalis.
Eya rex…
Felix est principium
Cuius finem gaudium
Solet terminare.
Eya rex…
English translation (by Eric Betthauser) The new year today teaches us to begin our glad rejoicing.
Eya! Help us, O master who governs all.
Happy is the new beginning of which praise is the object and end.