Felices vere faciunt (Adam Gumpelzhaimer)

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  • (Posted 2021-02-13)  CPDL #62894:         
Editor: Sabine Cassola (submitted 2021-02-13).   Score information: A4, 17 pages, 770 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Full score plus parts.

General Information

Title: Felices vere faciunt
Composer: Adam Gumpelzhaimer
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 8vv   Voicing: SATB.SATB
Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1601 in Sacrorum concentuum, Liber 1, no. 15
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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Felices verè faciunt, semperque beatos De vero,
& summo gaudia gaudia nata bono.
Nam mundi ex opibus brevis Edita,
perpetuæ semina mortis habet.

Non placeat vanis animum submittere rebus, onerare cibis.
Cor mundum & sapiens fructu virtutis alatur
Et Christi in nostro pectore regnet amor.

Quo semel impletus nunquam vacuabitur illo
Æterna æterni flumina fontis erunt.