Ego dormio
General information
Source of text is Song of Solomon 5:2,5:6a,8:6a,4:7a & 4:3a.
Settings by composers
- Anonymous SAA (all vv., with some minor reordering)
- Francesco Bianciardi SATB (v. 5.2, Latin)
- Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger B (demanding) + continuo
- Leone Leoni SSAATTB (v. 5:2, including the non-Vulgate text)
- Giovanni Sansoni AA
- Heinrich Schütz SATB (v. 5:2 omitting vox dilecti…)
Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above
- Ignazio Donati — Ego dormio
- Jens Klimek — Ego dormio
- Claudio Monteverdi — Ego dormio
- Jacobus Clemens non Papa — Ego dormio
Text and translations
![]() 5:2 Ego dormio, et cor meum vigilat: vox dilecti mei pulsantis, ![]() Translation by Peter Rottländer |
![]() 5:2 I sleep, and my heart watcheth: the voice of my beloved knocking: |