Emendemus in melius (Jean Richafort)

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• (Posted 2015-06-24)  CPDL #35884:    (MIDI)  

Editor: Charles Young (submitted 2015-06-24).   Score information: Letter, 7 pages, 133 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

Edition notes: Original key. Note values have been reduced by half. Mensurstrich layout.

General Information

Title: Emendemus in Melius
Composer: Jean Richafort
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: ATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1521 in Motetti libro primo (Antico), no. 9
    2nd published: c.1521 in Motetti et carmina gallica (Antico?), no. 16
    Manuscript c.1527 in Cappella Sistina MS 46, no. 21
    3rd published: 1529 in Motetz nouvellement composez (Attaingnant), no. 9
    4th published: 1553 in Liber primus collectorum modulorum (Du Chemin & Goudimel), no. 10
Description: Two part motet based on Matins Responsory for Lent I & Distribution of Ashes on Ash Wednesday.

Original text and translations

Not quite the version at Emendemus in melius.

Latin text Emendemus in melius quae ignoranter peccavimus; ne subito praeoccupati die mortis, quaeramus spatium poenitentiae, et invenire non possimus. Attende, Domine, et miserere; quia peccavimus tibi. Adjuva nos, Deus salutaris noster, et propter honorem nominis tui libera nos. Peccavimus cum patribus nostris; injuste egimus, iniquitatem fecimus. Attende Domine, et miserere, quia peccavimus tibi. (Ps. 78:9; 105:6; Matins Responsory, First Sunday of Lent; cf. Esther 13, Joel 2)

English translation Let us amend for the better in those things in which we have sinned through ignorance; lest suddenly overtaken by the day of death, we seek space for repentance, and be not able to find it. Hearken, O Lord, and have mercy: for we have sinned against thee. Help us, O God of our salvation, and for the honor of thy name deliver us. We have sinned with our fathers; we have acted unjustly, we have wrought iniquity. Hearken, O Lord, and have mercy: for we have sinned against thee. Translation by St Ann choir