Partitions

Original

Homo cum in honore esset. Orlando di Lasso. A cappella. Sacred , Motet. Language. Latin. SAATTB.

Traduction

Homo cum in honore esset. Orlando di Lasso. A cappella. Sacré, Motet. Langue. Latin. SAATTB.

Original

The second alto part. Sextus. sings the motto. Nosce te ipsum. Know thyself. on a so called soggetto cavato melody. It means that the melody is determined by the vowels of the motto. O, E, E, I, U. , which are interpreted as solmization names. sol, re, re, mi, ut, and they are rendered in the hexachordum naturale. C-A. as G, D, D, E, C, and in the hexachordum molle. F-D. as C, G, G, A, F. Lassus uses this melody G-D-D-E-C, C-G-G-A-F first in long note values then in ever shorter note values.

Traduction

The second alto part. Sextus. sings the motto. Nosce te ipsum. Know thyself. on a so called soggetto cavato melody. It means that the melody is determined by the vowels of the motto. O, E, E, I, U. , which are interpreted as solmization names. sol, re, re, mi, ut, and they are rendered in the hexachordum naturale. C-A. as G, D, D, E, C, and in the hexachordum molle. F-D. as C, G, G, A, F. Lassus uses this melody G-D-D-E-C, C-G-G-A-F first in long note values then in ever shorter note values.