by Axel Olrik (1864 - 1917)
Alderdom (Old age)
Language: Latin
Solo voices, tenor, baritone and bass. Oldinge (Very old people): Amor est pax mea, est aurora mea vesperi, opes mihi largitus, ut ipse largiar. Amor est pax mea. Choir. Engle (Angels): Lucis fons ex humili, atrae terrae fulgur, mille fracta radiis mira fax divina! Choir with soprano and tenor solo: Ecce! Audite! Coeli cantus terrae campi reboant, lucis sublimes regiones vox amoris personat. Choir. Alle (Tutti): Amor vitam dedit, replet desideria, scaturigo est virtutis, pax amoris nomen est. Lucis fons ex humili igne splendet coeli Amor alme, unice, ave! tibi grates!
Text Authorship:
- by Axel Olrik (1864 - 1917) [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 Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931), "Alderdom (Old age)", FS. 21 no. 4 (1896), from Hymnus Amoris, no. 4. [text verified 1 time]
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 91