Levita Laurentius (Andrea Gabrieli)
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- (Posted 2020-06-07) CPDL #59127: (LilyPond)
- Editor: Allen Garvin (submitted 2020-06-07). Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 75 kB Copyright: CC BY NC
- Edition notes:
- (Posted 2012-07-06) CPDL #26709:
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2012-07-06). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 35 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from Musica Divina Vol. II Liber motettorum (ed. Karl Proske, 1854). Original key and note values.
General Information
Title: Levita Laurentius
Composer: Andrea Gabrieli
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet for the feast of St. Laurence.
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1576 in Ecclesiasticarum cantionum, no. 17
2nd published: 1854 in Musica Divina Vol. II (Carl Proske), p. 109
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Levita Laurentius bonum opus operatus est, qui per signum cruces caecos illuminavit, et thesauros Ecclesiae dedit pauperibus.
English translation
The deacon Lawrence hath wrought a good work, he who, by the sign of the cross, gave sight to the blind and gave the treasures of the Church to the poor.