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==General Information==
==General Information==
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  • (Posted 2020-06-07)  CPDL #59124:     
Editor: Sabine Cassola (submitted 2020-06-07).   Score information: A4, 12 pages, 300 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Full score and parts.

General Information

Title: Supremum est mortalibus bonum
Composer: Guillaume Dufay
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATT

Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

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Original text and translations

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Supremum est mortalibus bonum
Pax, optimum summi Dei donum.
Pace vero legum praestantia
Viget atque recti constantia;
Pace dies solutus et laetus,
Nocte sonus trahitur quietus;
Pax docuit virginem ornare
Auro comam crinisque nodare;
Pace rivi psallentes et aves
Patent laeti collesque suaves
Pace dives pervadit viator,
Tutus arva incolit arator.

O sancta pax, diu expectata,
Mortalibus tam dulcis, tam grata,
Sis eterna, firma, sine fraude,
Fidem tecum semper esse gaude.
Et qui nobis, o pax, te dedere
Possedeant regnum sine fine:
Sit noster hic pontefex eternus
Eugenius et rex Sigismundus! Amen.