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*<b>CPDL #3888:</b> [http:// | *<b>CPDL #3888:</b> [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/7/76/BYRD-INF.pdf http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/84/Icon_pdf.gif] [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/2/2b/BYRD-INF.mid http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/81/Icon_snd.gif] [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/4/46/BYRD-INF.sib Sibelius 2].<br> | ||
:<b>Editor:</b> [[User:David Fraser|David Fraser]] <i>(added 2002-07-30)</i>. <b>Score information: </b>A4, | :<b>Editor:</b> [[User:David Fraser|David Fraser]] <i>(added 2002-07-30)</i>. <b>Score information: </b>A4, 25 pages, 251 kbytes <b>Copyright:</b> [[ChoralWiki:Personal|Personal]]<br> | ||
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:<b>Edition notes:</b> | :<b>Edition notes:</b> Revised Feb 2006; please use in preference to my earlier edition(s). | ||
==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
<b>Title:</b> <i>Infelix ego | <b>Title:</b> <i>Infelix ego</i><br> | ||
<b>Composer:</b> [[William Byrd]]<br> | <b>Composer:</b> [[William Byrd]]<br> | ||
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<b>Number of voices:</b> | <b>Number of voices:</b> 6vv <b>Voicing:</b> SATTBarB<br> | ||
'''Genre:''' [[:Category:Sacred music|Sacred]], [[:Category:Motets|Motets]] <br> | '''Genre:''' [[:Category:Sacred music|Sacred]], [[:Category:Motets|Motets]] <br> | ||
<b>Language:</b> [[Latin]]<br> | <b>Language:</b> [[Latin]]<br> | ||
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<b>Published: </b>Cantiones Sacrae II (1591), nos. 24-26<br> | <b>Published: </b>Cantiones Sacrae II (1591), nos. 24-26<br> | ||
<b>Description:</b> <br> | <b>Description:</b> <br>In three parts: Infelix ego, Quid igitur faciam (beginning p.10), Ad te igitur (beginning p.16). <br> | ||
A setting of the beginning of the ''Meditation on the Miserere'' by Girolamo Savonarola (1452-98), written the day before his execution for heresy. <br> | |||
<b>External websites: </b> | <b>External websites: </b> | ||
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''How unhappy I feel: there is no one I can ask for help, as I have broken the laws of both earth and heaven. So which way can I turn? Who can I run to? Who will take pity on me? I dare not look up to heaven, as I have sinned against it grievously. I can find no refuge on earth, as I have been a scandal to it also. | ''How unhappy I feel: there is no one I can ask for help, as I have broken the laws of both earth and heaven. So which way can I turn? Who can I run to? Who will take pity on me? I dare not look up to heaven, as I have sinned against it grievously. I can find no refuge on earth, as I have been a scandal to it also. | ||
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- CPDL #3888:
Sibelius 2.
- Editor: David Fraser (added 2002-07-30). Score information: A4, 25 pages, 251 kbytes Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Revised Feb 2006; please use in preference to my earlier edition(s).
General Information
Title: Infelix ego
Composer: William Byrd
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SATTBarB
Genre: Sacred, Motets
Language: Latin
Instruments: none, a cappella
Published: Cantiones Sacrae II (1591), nos. 24-26
Description:
In three parts: Infelix ego, Quid igitur faciam (beginning p.10), Ad te igitur (beginning p.16).
A setting of the beginning of the Meditation on the Miserere by Girolamo Savonarola (1452-98), written the day before his execution for heresy.
External websites:
Text and translations
Latin text
English translation
How unhappy I feel: there is no one I can ask for help, as I have broken the laws of both earth and heaven. So which way can I turn? Who can I run to? Who will take pity on me? I dare not look up to heaven, as I have sinned against it grievously. I can find no refuge on earth, as I have been a scandal to it also.
What then can I do? Despair? I shall not. God is merciful, my Saviour will take pity on me. Then God alone shall be my refuge, he will not despise the work of his own hands, his own image he will not turn away.
To you then, most merciful God, I come in sadness and penitence. You are my only hope, my only refuge. But what can I say to you? Since I dare not look up to heaven, let me pour out words of sorrow, let me beg for your mercy and say:
Have mercy on me, according to your infinite loving kindness.
(translation by Mick Swithinbank)