by Decimus Magnus Ausonius (c310 - 393/4)
Quis color ille vadis, seras cum...
Language: Latin
Quis color ille vadis, seras cum propulit umbras Hesperus et viridi perfundit monte Mosellam! tota natant crispis iuga motibus et tremit absens pampinus et vitreis vindemia turget in undis.
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Text Authorship:
- by Decimus Magnus Ausonius (c310 - 393/4), no title, an excerpt from a long prose passage [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by William Hawley (b. 1950), "Mosella", first performed 1983 [ double SATB chorus a cappella ], from Two Motets for Double Chorus, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Helen Jane Waddell (1889 - 1965) , "Evening on the Moselle", appears in Medieval Latin Lyrics ; composed by Ina Boyle, Gustav Holst.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-10-27
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Word count: 29