O Fortuna velut luna (Christoph Dalitz)
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- Editor: Christoph Dalitz (submitted 2019-05-02). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 106 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
- Edition notes: Edition for SS or TT
- Editor: Christoph Dalitz (submitted 2019-05-02). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 107 kB Copyright: CC BY SA
- Edition notes: Edition for AA or BB
General Information
Title: O Fortuna velut luna
Composer: Christoph Dalitz
Lyricist: Anonymous (Carmina Burana, 13c)
Number of voices: 2vv Voicings: SS, TT, AA and BB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: Latin
Instruments: 2 violins, b.c.
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Description: A simple strophic setting of a text from the medieval lyrics collection "Carmina Burana".
External websites: http://music.dalitio.de/choir/dalitz/o-fortuna/
Original text and translations
Latin text
O Fortuna / velut luna / statu variabilis
Semper crescis / aut decrescis / Vita detestabilis
Nunc obdurat /et tunc curat / ludo mentis aciem
Egestatem / potestatem / dissolvit ut glaciem.
Sors immanis / et inanis / rota tu volubilis
Status malus / vana salus / semper dissolubilis
Obumbrata / et velata / michi quoque niteris
Nunc per ludum / dorsum nudum / fero tui sceleris.
Sors salutis / et virtutis / michi nunc contraria
Est affectus / et defectus / semper in angaria
Hac in hora / sine mora / corde pulsum tangite
Quod per sortem / sternit fortem / mecum omnes plangite!