Muses of Jupiter | Muses, offspring of thrice-greatest Jupiter

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by Jean Geerhart , as Gérard Avidius

Translation © by David Wyatt

Musae Jovis

(Sung text for setting by B. Appenzeller)

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Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG

Musae Jovis ter maximi
Proles, canora plangite,
Comas cypressus comprimat:
Josquinus ille occidit,
Templorum decus
Et vestrum decus.

Saevera mors et improba,
Quae templa dulcibus sonis
Privat, et aulas principum,
Malum tibi quod imprecer
Tollenti bonos,
Parcenti malis.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.

Note: this text is a memorial to Josquin des Prez

Composition:

Benedict (or Benedictus) Appenzeller

Text Authorship:

by Jean Geerhart , as Gérard Avidius

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ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Muses of Jupiter", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2011-05-13
Line count: 28
Word count: 91

Muses of Jupiter

(Sung text translation for setting by B. Appenzeller)

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Language: English after the Latin

Muses, offspring of thrice-greatest Jupiter,
Wail in song,
Let the cypress pull together its foliage:
Josquin himself is dead,
The ornament of churches
And your own ornament.

O harsh and wicked death,
Who deprives the churches of their sweet sounds
And the courts of princes too,
The evil which I will invoke on you
Is for taking away the good,
And sparing the bad.

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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1-2 of the original text.

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This text was added to the website: 2012-10-26
Line count: 28
Word count: 154