by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Musica, Dei donum optimi
Language: Latin
[Musica, Dei]1 donum optimi,
trahit homines, trahit deos.
Musica truces mollit animos,
tristesque mentes erigit,
vel ipsas arbores
et horridas movet feras.
R. de Lassus sets line 1 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
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1 Lassus (one-line version): "Musica est Dei"
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- ENG English (Guy Tops) , copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 22
Music, the gift of the very best God
Language: English after the Latin
Music, the gift of the very best God,
carries away men, carries away gods.
Music softens harsh characters
and buoys up sad minds;
it moves even the trees themselves
and the horrid wild beasts.
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Note: for the single-line Lassus text, the full translation would be "Music is the gift of the very best God"
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This text was added to the website: 2006-01-10
Line count: 6
Word count: 34