by Jean Geerhart , as Gérard Avidius

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.

Apollo sed neccem tibi
Minatur, heus, mors pessima:
Musas hortatur addere
 ... 
Et laurum comis
Et aurum comis.

Josquinus (inquit) optimo
Et maximo gratus Jovi,
Triumphat inter caelites
Et dulce carmen concinit,
Templorum decus,
Musarum decus.

Tenor: 
 Circumdederunt me gemitus mortis
 Dolores inferni circumdederunt me.
Note: this text is a memorial to Josquin des Prez

Composition:

    Set to music by Nicolas Gombert (c1495 - c1560), "Musae Jovis " [  chorus ], motet

Text Authorship:

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

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


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

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