Tenebrae factae sunt (Gaspar van Weerbeke)

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• (Posted 2014-04-15)  CPDL #31706:         

Editor: Gerd Eichler (submitted 2014-04-15).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 49 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Mensurstrich layout, original note values and key signature.

• (Posted 2013-12-10)  CPDL #30758:       

Editor: Mick Swithinbank (submitted 2013-12-10).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 28 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Source: Motetti de passione de cruce de sacramento de beata virgine et huiusmodi (Petrucci 1503). Note values quartered.

• (Posted 2013-11-13)  CPDL #30542:        (XML)

Editor: Renato Calcaterra (submitted 2013-11-13).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 61 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from the Motetti de passione de cruce de sacramento de beata virgine et huiusmodi - Petrucci 1503. The notes' values are as in the original edition. The notes' values within the ligaturæ are as follows: the left upstemmed notes are semibreves - the unstemmed notes are breves. The musica ficta suggestions are in the MIDI and MusicXML files.

General Information

Title: Tenebrae factae sunt
Composer: Gaspar van Weerbeke
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Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: ATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet, Tenebrae responsory for Good Friday

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1503 in Motetti de passione de cruce (Ottaviano Petrucci), no. 5
Description: The text partly parallels that of the Tenebrae responsory of the same name, but uses the second person of the verb to address Jesus, and is freely adapted.

Original text and translations

Latin text Tenebræ factæ sunt, O bone Iesu, dum te crucifixissent Iudei et circa horam nonam exclamasti voce magna: Deus, Deus meus, ut quid dereliquisti me? Et inclinato capite emisisti spiritum. Cum ergo accepisses acetum dixisti: consumatum est.

English translation Darkness fell, gentle Jesus, when the Jews crucified you and about the ninth hour you cried with a loud voice: My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? And you bowed your head, and the spirit departed from you. When, therefore, you had received the vinegar, you said: it is finished.

Original text and translations may be found at Tenebrae factae sunt.