O mors inevitabilis (Hieronymus Vinders)

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• CPDL #6662: Finale 2000

Editor: Sabine Cassola (submitted 2004-02-09).   Score information: A4 Landscape format, 3 pages, 140 kbytes   Copyright: Personal

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Title: O Mors Inevitabilis - Epithaphium Josquini
Composer: Hieronymus Vinders

Number of voices: 7vv  Voicing: SATTTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published:

Description: Epitaphium/elegy on the death of Josquin

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Original text and translations

Latin text

O mors inevitabilis, mors amara, mors crudelis,
Josquin des Prez dum necasti, illum nobis abstulisti
qui suam per harmoniam illustravit ecclesiam.
Propterea tu musice, dic, requiescat in pace.

English translation by Mick Swithinbank

O ineluctable death, bitter death, cruel death,
when you killed Josquin Desprez
you took from us a man who, through his music,
adorned the church.
And therefore, O musician, say: May he rest in peace.

German translation

O unentrinnbarer Tod, bitterer Tod, grausamer Tod.
Indem du Josquin des Prez dahingerafft, hast du uns beraubt um den,
Der durch seine Harmonie die Kirche erleuchtet hat.
Deshalb, du Musiker, sprich: "Er möge ruhen in Frieden".