Doleo super te, Absolon (Benedictus Appenzeller)

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  • (Posted 2010-09-07)  CPDL #22264:        (Finale 2008)
Editor: André Vierendeels (submitted 2010-09-07).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 105 kB   Copyright: CPDL
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General Information

Title: Doleo super te
Composer: Benedictus Appenzeller

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: STTB
Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1540 in Selectissimae necnon familiarissimae cantiones (Salminger), no. 29
    2nd published: 1553 in Ecclesiasticarum cantionum quatuor vocum, liber 2 (Susato), no. 22
    3rd published: 1559 in Novum et insigne opus musicum (Berg and Neuber), Volume 3, no. 63
Description: In the Susato print (1553), 'Absolon' is replaced with 'Iesu' in the text.

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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Doleo super te, Absolon,
fili mi amabilis super amorem mulierum,
sicut mater unicum amat filium
ita te diligebam.

German.png German translation

Ich empfinde Schmerz über dich, Abschalom,
mein Sohn, liebenswerter als die Liebe der Frauen;
wie eine Mutter ihren einzigen Sohn liebt,
so liebte ich dich.

English.png English translation

I mourn for you, Absalon,
my son, beloved above the love of women,
I loved you as a mother loves her only son.