O decus celsi (Orlando di Lasso)

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• (Posted 2018-04-01)  CPDL #49245:       

Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2018-04-01).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 74 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from 1582 print. Original pitch (chiavi naturali) and note values.

General Information

Title: O decus celsi
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSATTB

Genre: Secular, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

{First published: 1582 in Mottetta 6 vocum typis nondum uspiam excusa, no. 7

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Original text and translations

Latin text

O decus celsi genus atque coeli,
nate Titanum Jovis una virtus,
te quis orator mitra, sancte, dignis
  laudibus ornet.

Te Deum toto veneramur orbe,
tu parens nostro populo salutem,
ac pios reges tribuis benigne
  numine sancto.

Maximas ipsi tamen ore grates
reddimus laeti tibi quod dedisti
hoc die nobis pius Assuerum
  Marte potentem.

Hunc pie serva pius ut vocasti
nomen aeternum cupidi rogamus,
gesta quae tantum deceant monarcham
  quo dare cures.