Vitam quae faciunt (Jacques Arcadelt)

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  • (Posted 2010-03-08)  CPDL #21146:        (Finale 2008)
Editor: André Vierendeels (submitted 2010-03-08).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 93 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: Vitam quae faciunt
Composer: Jacques Arcadelt
Lyricist: Martial

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SecularMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1556 in Sixièsme livre de chansons (Le Roy & Ballard), Edition 1, no. 2
    2nd published: 1560 in Septiesme livre des chansons à quatre parties (Pierre Phalèse), Edition 1
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Original text and translations

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Vitam, quae faciunt beatiorem,
Iucundissime Martialis, haec sunt:
Res non parta labore, sed reliara,
Non ingratus ager, focus perennis,
Lis numquam, toga rara, mens quieta
Vires ingenuíe, salubre corpus,
Prudens simplicitas, pares amici,
Convictus facilis, sine arte mensa,
Nox non ebria, sed soluta curis,
Non tristis torus, attamen pudicus,
Somnus, qui faciat breves tenebras:
Quod sis, esse velis, nihilque malis,
Somnum nec metuas, diem nec optes.