Spiritus meus attenuabitur (Andrea Gabrieli)
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- Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2023-01-31). Score information: A4, 7 pages, 150 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from 1565 print. Original key and note values.
General Information
Title: Spiritus meus attenuabitur
Composer: Andrea Gabrieli
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Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: MsATBarB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1565 in Sacrae cantiones quinque vocum, liber primus, no. 10
Description: The text is taken from the Book of Job, the first part of the seventh Lesson of the Office of the Dead. Reflecting the mood of the text, the overall range of this motet is very low.
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Original text and translations
Latin text Spiritus meus attenuabitur, dies mei breviabuntur, et solum mihi superest sepulcrum. |
English translation My spirit shall be weakened, my days shall be shortened, and the grave only remaineth for me. |
Hungarian translation A lelkem megtört, napjaim végüket járják, már csak a sír vár rám! |