Heu! quid jaces stabulo (Melchior Franck)
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- Editor: Gerhard Weydt (submitted 2016-06-13). Score information: A4, 8 pages, 64 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: This work has both Latin and German texts for the music; the German version has – for reasons of space – been separated and is to be found in Warum liegt im Krippelein (Melchior Franck). In addition to the original pitch the edition contains a version transposed down a minor third.
- A slightly corrected version was submitted in 2020.
General Information
Title: Heu! quid jaces stabulo
Composer: Melchior Franck
Lyricist: Jan Mombaer
Number of voices: 8vv Voicing: SSAB.ATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet for Christmastide
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1627 in Rosetulum musicum (Melchior Franck), no. 6
2nd published: 1646 in Cantionale Sacrum I, no. 35
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Heu! quid jaces stabulo
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German translation
Ach! Was liegst du im Stall,
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English translation
Wherefore in the lowly stall,
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- Note
For a rhymed german version see Warum liegt im Krippelein (Melchior Franck).