Sidus ex claro veniens (Orlando di Lasso)

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  • (Posted 2018-03-31)  CPDL #49239:    (MIDI)    
Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2018-03-31).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 109 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Transcribed from 1569 print. Original pitch (chiavi naturali) and note values. Alto is in tenor clef.

General Information

Title: Sidus ex claro veniens
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SATTB
Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1569 in Cantiones aliquot 5 vocum, no. 11
    2nd published: 1580 in Theatrum musicum, Liber 2, no. 24
    3rd published: 1604 in Magnum opus musicum, no. 160
Description: Two-part motet.

I. Sidus ex claro veniens Olympo
II. Qui maris, terrae

Lasso composed a parody mass on this motet.

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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Sidus ex claro veniens Olympo
Virgo quod nobis peperit sacrata,
orbis illustrat spatium rotundi
 nobile lumen.

Protulit nobis mulier salutem
Filium summi Patris ediditque
et Deum mater genuit pudica
 virgo manensque.

Qui maris, terrae, hominum ac deorum
temperat laxatque datas habenas
quo nihil majus generatur ipso
 nascitur orbi.

Illius laudes pueri sonabunt,
carminum nostrum moduli suaves,
vocibus laetis feriamus astra
 rosida caeli.