Plange quasi virgo
Language: Latin
Our translations: GER
Plange quasi virgo, [plebs mea,]1 ululate, pastores, in cinere et cilicio quia veniet dies Domini magna et amara valde. Accingite vos, sacerdotes, et plangite, ministri altaris, aspergite vos cinere.
L. Perosi sets stanza 1
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View text without footnotesNote: This is a responsory from the Tenebrae service for Holy Saturday in the Roman Catholic liturgical calendar.
1 omitted by PerosiText Authorship:
- by Bible or other Sacred Texts , first published 1611 [author's text not yet checked 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 Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa (c1561 - 1613), "Plange quasi virgo", published 1611 [ vocal sextet (SSATTB) a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Lorenzo Perosi (1872 - 1956), "Duetto delle due Marie al Sepolcro", stanza 1 [ duet ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Trauere wie eine Jungfrau", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2012-02-15
Line count: 9
Word count: 30