Stet quicumque volet potens (Orlando di Lasso)
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- (Posted 2015-05-18) CPDL #35456:
- Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2015-05-18). Score information: A4, 7 pages, 123 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Original pitch (chiavi naturali) and note-values.
General Information
Title: Stet quicumque volet potens
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Lyricist: Senecacreate page
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SAATB
Genre: Secular, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1556, Il primo libro de mottetti, 5, 6vv (Antwerp)
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Stet quicumque volet potens
aulae culmine lubrico,
me dulcis saturet quies
obscuro positus loco,
leni perfruar otio,
nullis nota Quiritibus
aetas per tacitum fluat.
Sic cum transierint mei
nullo cum strepitu dies,
obscurus moriar senex,
illi mors gravis incubat
qui notus nimis omnibus,
ignotus moritur sibi.