Musica Dei donum optimi (Tielman Susato)

Music files

L E G E N D

Disclaimer

How to download

ICON	SOURCE
	Pdf
	MusicXML
	File details
	Help

• (Posted 2023-09-14)  CPDL #75387:     

Editor: Mick Swithinbank (submitted 2023-09-14).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 79 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transposed down a minor third. There were just a few bars where the harmony seemed surprisingly thin or incomplete, in which case editorial additions have been proposed here, identified by small noteheads.

General Information

Title: Musica Dei donum optimi
Composer: Tielman Susato
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SATTBB
Genre: Secular, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1540 in Selectissimae necnon familiarissimae cantiones (ed. Sigmund Salminger), no. 105
Description: Published by Melchior Kriesstein, Augsburg, 1540. A pleasant enough setting of this popular text.

Original text and translations

Latin text

Musica Dei donum optimi trahit homines, trahit deos.
Musica truces mollit animos tristesque mentes erigit.
Musica vel ipsas arbores et horridas moveat feras.