Longe mi Jesu (Claudio Monteverdi)

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CPDL #19414:  PDF, MIDI, Capella 5 files

Editor: Christoph Lahme (submitted 2009-05-06).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 76 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: Longe mi Jesu (Parlo, miser, o taccio)
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Lyricist: Aquilino Coppini

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: SSB
, also TTB
Genre: Sacred, Madrigal

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1649

Description: Monteverdi's original title of this madrigal was Parlo, miser, o taccio (Settimo libro de madrigali). This is presumable Aquilino Coppini's Latin version, a sacred contrafactum, published by Ambrosius Profius (Leipzig 1649): "Corollarium geistlicher ..."

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Original text and translations

Latin text

Longe mi Jesu, longe ad te,
Ah crucior mi Jesu in dolore
Dulcedo suavis mea,
O Jesu, veni ad me,
gratia tua veni
Cor meum incende,
cor meum tua favore
Et ure renes meos,
Tandem moriar beatus
En languet anima mea
tue Jesu amore.