Festina lente (Martin Agricola)

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• (Posted 2024-04-10)  CPDL #80169:         

Editor: Andreas Stenberg (submitted 2024-04-10).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 89 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: A double edition. The Two main voices are rendered as a diplomatic edition in mensural notation and the resolution is rendered as a semi-diplomatic score (Original key and note-values, modern clefs, ficta added.)

General Information

Title: Festina lente
Composer: Martin Agricola
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Canon

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1567 in Clemens Stephani: Suavissimae et iucundissimae harmoniae (Gerlach, Nuremberg), no. 2
Description: A Double canon where the Discantus (Altera Vox) and Bassus (Prima Vox) are two-in-one parts. Altus is sung a fourth lower from the Discantus part and tenor is sung a fourth higher from the Bassus part.

Original text and translations

Latin text

Festina lente:
  Lentus tamen esse caveto:
  Sic lentos lente cura latere potest.