Agatha laetissime (Pietro Vinci)

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• (Posted 2018-09-20)  CPDL #51340:         

Editor: Francesco Spiga (submitted 2018-09-20).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 301 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Urtext edition with Mensurstrich layout and original note values. In original notated high clefs in d (for STB a lower transposition is necessary). MIDI transposed down a fifth.

• (Posted 2005-08-29)  CPDL #09189:      

Editor: Filippo Simone Lo Castro (submitted 2005-08-29).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 225 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes:

General Information

Title: Agatha laetissime
Composer: Pietro Vinci

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicings: STB or SAB
Genre: Sacred, Motet for the feast of St. Agatha

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1582 in Il primo libro dei Madrigali a 3 voci, Venezia, Scotto
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Original text and translations

Latin text Agatha laetissime et glorianter ibat ad carcerem, et quasi ad epulas invitata agonem suum Domino praecibus commendabat.

English translation Agatha most joyfully and gloriously went to a dungeon, and, as if she were invited to a sumptuous feast, she commended her suffering to the Lord with prayers. Translation by Paul Pascal