Circumdederunt me (Orlando di Lasso)
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- Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2020-08-14). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 107 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from Magnum Opus Musicum. Original key (chiavi naturali) and note values. Alto parts notated in transposed violin clef.
General Information
Title: Circumdederunt me
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SAATBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1601 Cantiones sacrae ... sex vocibus compositae, München
2nd published: 1604 in Magnum opus musicum, no. 398
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Original text and translations
Original text and translations may be found at Psalm 18.
Latin text
Circumdederunt me dolores mortis:
et torrentes iniquitatis conturbaverunt me.
Dolores inferni circumdederunt me:
præoccupaverunt me laquei mortis.
English translation
The sorrows of death surrounded me:
and the torrents of iniquity troubled me.
The sorrows of hell encompassed me:
and the snares of death overtook me.