Recordare Domine (Adrian Willaert)
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- Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2018-11-22). Score information: A4, 8 pages, 173 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Transcribed from 1559 print. Original pitch (low chiavette) and note values.
General Information
Title: Recordare Domine
Composer: Adrian Willaert
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: TBarBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1559 in Musica nova, no. 1.04
Description: The piece has a very low tessitura.
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Original text and translations
The text is part of Oratio Jeremiae.
Latin text
Recordare Domine quid acciderit nobis,
intuere et respice opprobrium nostrum.
Haereditas nostra versa est ad alienos,
domus nostrae ad extraneos.
Pupilli facti sumus absque patre,
matres nostrae quasi viduae.
Aquam nostram pecunia bibimus,
ligna nostra pretio comparavimus.
Patres nostri peccaverunt et non sunt,
et nos iniquitates eorum portavimus.
Servi dominati sunt nostri,
non fuit qui redimeret de manu eorum.
Converte nos Domine ad te et convertemur,
innova dies nostros sicut in principio,
et ne in aeternum obliviscaris nos,
Domine Deus noster.