Teutoniam dudum belli, SWV 338 (Heinrich Schütz)

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  • (Posted 2018-05-14)  CPDL #49649:         
Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2018-05-14).   Score information: A4, 12 pages, 148 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Transcribed from the Spitta edition on IMSLP. Clefs modernised. Note values halved in triple-tim section.

General Information

Title: Teutoniam dudum Belli, SWV 338
Composer: Heinrich Schütz
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genres: Secular & SacredCantata

Language: Latin
Instruments: Basso continuo & 2 violins

First published: 1641 in Geistlicher Concerten, Ander Theil (Ambrosius Profe), no. 24
    2nd published: 1893 in Heinrich Schütz: Sämtliche Werke, Volume 15, no. 3
    3rd published: 1971 in Neue Schütz-Ausgabe, Volume 38, no. 3
Description: Probably written for the same occasion as Syncharma musicum, SWV 49: the oath of loyalty of the Silesian Estates to Johann Georg I (elector of Saxony) in 1621, with an alternative Easter Sunday text.

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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Teutoniam dudum belli, atra pericla molestant.
Omnibus o bona pax gaudia mille ferat.
Laetentur cives patulo, gens omnis in orbe.
In patria dulci prosperitate nova.
Tota Slesis resonet, jam tota Budorgis,
Omnibus o bona pax gaudia mille ferat.
Turba novem Silium nova cantica cantet,
Apollo aureolo resonum pectine pulset ebur,
exclamant passim Charites hominesque venusti:
Omnibus o bona pax, gaudia mille ferat.


Alternate text
Adveniunt pascha pleno concelebranda triumpho.
Inclytus hic dies est gaudia mille ferens.
Nunc totus gaudet populus, nunc bruta per orbem
Innumerum ludunt luxuriosa novum.
Omne solum resonat, jam totus Olympus:
Inclytus hic dies est gaudia mille ferens.
Et chorus angelicus nova cantica cantat,
et ante aera non solito carmine mulcet ovans,
respondet passim juvenumque senumque caterva:
Inclytus hic dies est gaudia mille ferens.
 

English.png English translation

War’s dismal dangers long troubled Germany;
let peace, so welcome, bring great joy to all!
May the citizens rejoice far and wide, all peoples in the region,
enjoy the new prosperity in the dear fatherland.
May all Silesia, all Budorgis now ring out:
let peace, so welcome, bring great joy to all!.
May the 9 Muses sing new songs for Silesia
may Apollo strike the resounding ivory with golden plectrum,
may the Graces cry out on every side, and the best of men:
let peace, so welcome, bring great joy to all!
   Translation by Philip Krinks/edited by Dick wursten

Alternate text
Easter comes, to be celebrated with full triumph!
Glorious is this day, bringing great joy.
Now all the people rejoice, now creatures play,
delighting, throughout the vast, renewed earth.
May the whole earth, yes all Olympus, resound,
Glorious is this day, bringing great joy.
The angelic chorus sings new songs,
and soothes the winds with an unaccustomed song, rejoicing,
The crowd of young and old responds on every side:
Glorious is this day, bringing great joy.
  Translation by Philip Krinks/edited by Dick Wursten