Ut queant laxis
Language: Latin
Ut queant laxis resonare fibris mira gestorum famuli tuorum, solve polluti labiis reatum, sancte Joannes. Nuntius celso veniens Olympo, te patri magnum fore nasciturum, nomen, et vitae seriem gerendae, ordine promit. Ille promissi dubius superni perdidit promptae modulos loquelae; sed reformasti genitus peremptae organa vocis. Laudibus cives celebrant superni te, Deus simplex pariterque trine; supplices ac nos veniam precamur: parce redemptis. Ventris obstruso recubans cubili, senseras Regem thalamo manentem: hinc parens, nati, meritis, uterque, abdita pandit. Sit decus Patri, genitaeque proli et tibi, compare utriusque virtus, Spiritus semper, Deus unus, omni Temporis aevo. Amen.
R. de Lassus sets stanza 1
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Roland de Lassus (1532 - 1594), "Ut queant laxis", published 1582, stanza 1 [SATTB chorus a cappella], from Sacrae cantiones quinque vocum, no. 21 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Latin, [adaptation] ; composed by Jan Novák.
- Also set in Latin, [adaptation] ; composed by Claudio Monteverdi.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2015-03-25
Line count: 24
Word count: 94