O quantus luctus (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
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- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2012-07-13). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 40 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from Musica Divina Vol. II Liber motettorum (ed. Karl Proske, 1854). Original key and note values.
General Information
Title: O quantus luctus
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: ATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet for the feast of St. Martin
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
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Original text and translations
Latin text
O quantus luctus hominum,
quanta praecipue lamenta monachorum,
et virginum chorus:
quia pium est gaudere Martino,
et pium est flere Martinum.
English translation
Oh, what great mourning of men,
and great were the lamentations of monks,
and of the choir of virgins,
because it is a good thing to rejoice in Martin,
and it is a good thing to weep.