Gaudeamus igitur (Anonymous)
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CPDL #10745: Sibelius 3.
- Editor: Philip Legge (added 2006-01-15). Score information: A4, 1 page, 108 kbytes Copyright: 2006 Philip Legge
- Edition notes: Included in the TUMS Busking Book.
General Information
Title: Gaudeamus igitur
Composer: Anonymous
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: Latin
Instruments: none, a cappella
Description: International students' song, in one of the more familiar SATB arrangements.
External websites: PML Music Editions
Texts and translations
Latin text
1. Gaudeamus igitur,
Juvenes dum sumus.
Post jucundam juventutem,
Post molestam senectutem,
Nos habebit humus.
2. Vivat academia,
Vivant professores,
Vivat membrum quodlibet,
Vivat membra quælibet,
Semper sint in flore.
3. Vivant omnes virgines,
Faciles, formosæ,
Vivant et mulieres,
Dulces et amabiles,
Bonæ, laboriosæ.
4. Vivat et republica,
Et qui illam regit;
Vivat nostra civitas,
Mæcenatum caritas,
Quæ nos hic protegit.
5. Vita nostra brevis est,
Brevi finietur;
Venit mors velociter,
Rapit nos atrociter,
Nemini parcetur.
Note: this song's popularity is worldwide: there are many more verses than the five here – usually one sees 3, 5, 7, or 10 verse versions, and the editor (of CPDL #10745) has 2 additional verses specific to his native city's Alma mater. Furthermore, there are many variant forms of the actual Latin texts, as well as a much larger number of metrical translations or transliterations, into a very wide range of languages.
