Chromatic songs | These songs which you hear

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by David Wyatt

Carmina Chromatico

Language: Latin

Our translations: ENG FIN FRE

Carmina Chromatico, 
Quae audis modulata tenore,
Haec sunt illa, quibus nostrae olim arcana salutis
Bis senae intrepido, 
Cecinerunt ore Sibyllae.

Correction sent in by e-mail by V. Nesterov

Text Authorship:

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, from a medieval compilation of Jewish, Christian and pagan sources. [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 Roland de Lassus (1532 - 1594), "Carmina Chromatico", published 1578, from Prophetiae Sibyllarum, no. 1. [ sung text verified 1 time]

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

ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Chromatic songs", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Prologue", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 5
Word count: 20

Chromatic songs

Language: English after the Latin

These songs which you hear, 
sung with chromatic progressions, 
are those in which the 12 Sibyls once  
with confident voice 
sang the secrets of our salvation.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Latin to English copyright © 2012 by David Wyatt, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in Latin by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , from a medieval compilation of Jewish, Christian and pagan sources.
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This text was added to the website: 2012-05-18
Line count: 5
Word count: 26