by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Doctorum principem / Melodia suavissima / Vir mitis
Language: Latin 
Doctorum principem super ethera
revocant virtutum digna merita
ergo vive voci detur opera
promat mentis fervor intus concita
O FRANCISCE ZABARELLE, gloria
doctor honos et lumen Patavorum,
vive felix de tanta victoria
pro te virescit fama Patavorum,
O FRANCISCE ZABARELLE, pabula
Parasti pastoribus armentorum
quibus pascani oves grata secula
te pro muner revocant laborum

Melodia suavissima cantemus
tangat voces melliflue sidera,
concordie carmen liram sonemus
resonet per chorus pulsa cithara.
O FRANCISCE ZABARELLE, protector
imo verus pater rei publice,
illos ad se vocat rerum conditor
qui fortune miserentur lubrice.
O FRANCISCE ZABARELLE, causas
specularis omnium creatorum
tuas posteri resonebunt musas
per omnia secula seculorum

Vir mitis

Text 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 Johannes Ciconia (c1370 - 1412), "Doctorum principem / Melodia suavissima / Vir mitis" [chorus], motet; dedicated to Francesco Zabarella, professor of Law at the University of Padova [
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    ]

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This text was added to the website: 2010-02-18
Line count: 25
Word count: 106