Forte soporifera (Orlando di Lasso)
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- Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2018-02-21). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 85 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from Selectissimae cantiones, 1568. Original pitch (chiavi naturali) and note values.
General Information
Title: Forte soporifera
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Secular, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1566 in Di Cipriano de Rore il quinto libro di madrigali a cinque voci insieme alcuni de diversi autori, Gardano, Venice
2nd published: 1568 in Selectissimae cantiones, no. 2.39
3rd published: 1570 in Mellange d'Orlande de Lassus, no. 94
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Forte soporifera ad Baias dormivit in umbra,
Blandus amor placuit plus ubi murmur aquae,
Flucticolae accurrunt nymphae Nereia turba,
Vindex ardoris vult fore quaeque sui,
Absconduntque facem sub aquis, quis crederet?
Ecce parturit aeternum mox liquor ille focum,
Balnea perpetuo hinc fervent calefacta calore,
Curatur nullis ardor amoris aquis.