Dic mihi quem portas (Orlando di Lasso)

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  • (Posted 2018-04-17)  CPDL #49382:         
Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2018-04-17).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 105 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Transcribed from 1570 print. Original pitch (chiavi naturali) and note values. Alto parts are in tenor clef.

General Information

Title: Dic mihi quem portas
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 8vv   Voicing: SATB.SATB
Genre: SecularMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1570 in Mellange d'Orlande de Lassus, no. 104
    2nd published: 1604 in Magnum opus musicum, no. 488
Description: A motet in honour of Emperor Ferdinand I.

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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Dic mihi quem portas, volucrum regina? Potentem
 Austriacum fratris qui modo sceptra tenet.
Numquid eras Jovis ales? Eram. Te haud fulmina terrent
 ejus? Et in dextra fulmina Caesar habet.
Quae movit superum te causa relinquere sedes
 Fernandumque Jovi praeposuisse deo?
Jupiter insano flagrat Ganimedis amore,
 Astraeae Caesar virginis igne calet.
Vocibus unanimes igitur modulemur ovantes:
 Vivat Fernandus Caesar et orbis honos.