Musae Iovis (Benedictus Appenzeller)

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• (Posted 2017-07-18)  CPDL #45491:     

Editor: David Millard (submitted 2017-07-18).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 159 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Edition based on the Zeghere van Male Chansonnier (1542) and Susato’s Septiesme Liure (1545). Original note values and pitch classes.

• (Posted 2013-03-28)  CPDL #28654:        (Finale 2008)

Editor: André Vierendeels (submitted 2013-03-28).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 168 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Musae Iovis
Composer: Benedictus Appenzeller

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: ATTB
Genre: Secular, Lament

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1545 in Septiesme livre contenant vingt-quatre chansons a cinq et six parties, no. 26
Description: Setting of the 1st half of Avidius' poem on the death of Josquin des Prez.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Musae Iovis. Appenzeller's abbreviation is as follows:

Latin text 1. Musæ Iovis ter maximi Proles canora, plangite, Comas cypressus comprimat Iosquinus ille, ille occidit, Templorum decus, Et vestrum decus. 2. Severa mors et improba Quæ templa dulcibus sonis Privas, et aulas principum, Malum tibi quod imprecer Tollenti bonos, Parcenti malis?

English translation 1. Ye Muses, melodious offspring of thrice-greatest Jupiter, make lamentation. The cypress draws in its leaves. The famous Josquin, he is dead: the glory of temples, and your own glory. 2. Grim and merciless Death, who deprive the temples and princely courts of sweet sounds, what curse could I invoke upon you who take away the good, who spare the undeserving?