Here the happy world obtains (Anonymous, set by (Guillaume Dufay)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Translation © by David Wyatt

Hic iocundus sumit mundus

Language: Latin

Available translation(s): ENG

Hic iocundus
sumit mundus
lumen penitentiae,

Gratuletur
et laetetur
concio angelica,

Pangat turba
iam deifica:
«Gloria in excelsis Deo».

Note: Contrafactum; the text of the rondeau is unknown.

Authorship

by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [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 Guillaume Dufay (c1400 - 1474), "Hic iocundus sumit mundus" [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "Here the happy world obtains", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Alberto Pedrotti

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 9
Word count: 19

Here the happy world obtains

Language: English after the Latin

Here the happy 
World obtains
The light of penitence,

The angelic host
Congratulates
And rejoices

The crowd sings out,
Now made God-like,
"Glory to God in the highest"

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a text in Latin by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

This text was added to the website: 2012-07-03
Line count: 9
Word count: 28