Plangite Pierides (Benedictus Appenzeller)
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- Editor: Mick Swithinbank (submitted 2023-05-14). Score information: A4, 7 pages, 73 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transposed up a minor third.
General Information
Title: Plangite Pierides
Composer: Benedictus Appenzeller
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Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: STTTB
Genre: Secular, Lament
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1532
2nd published: 1538 in Tertius liber mottetorum ad quinque et sex voces (Jacques Moderne), no. 22
3rd published: 1540 in Selectissimae necnon familiarissimae cantiones (Salminger), no. 8
Description: Published by Jacques Moderne, Lyon, 1532. Lament on the death of Erasmus (12 July 1536), based on a cantus firmus "Cecidit corona capitis".
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Original text and translations
Latin text Plangite, Pierides, dulcique Helicone relicto, |
English translation Muses, lament, and leave the pleasant Helicon, |