Erravi (Francisco Valls)
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- Editor: Jonathan Goodliffe (submitted 2006-09-04). Score information: A4, 1 page, 39 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes:
General Information
Title: Erravi
Composer: Francisco Valls
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSAATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: Basso continuo
First published: 1742 in Mapa Armónico Práctico, no.
Description: The Composer explains that the purpose of the composition is "para expresar el sentido de la letra". This may have been a mistake in transcription. He may have meant "para expresar el sentido del error", i.e. to express the feeling of having erred.
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Original text and translations
Bible (Vulgate) Psalm 118 verse 176
Latin text
Erravi sicut ovis quae periit
English translation
I have gone astray as the sheep that is lost.