Decantabat Domino seraphim - Lappi, Pietro

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"It is unclear what liturgical purpose this motet served. It appears to be a state encomium, or even a coronation anthem. (The copy held at Gdansk Library has been manually altered to replace "seraphim et seraphim" with"Wladislaus Sigismundus", but he cannot have been intended as the original subject of the piece. It is difficult to identify to whom the Venetian republic might have accorded the honour."

◈ Genre → Motets ♬ Voicing → SSAT.SSAT,SATB.SATB ¶ Language → Latin

Parts 8

Instruments A cappella

Pages 6

CPDL # 61816

Editor Christopher Shaw

Posted 2020-12-05

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¶Lyrics / Text

Decantabat Domino seraphim in hymnis et canticis cum exultatione: "Vivat rex [et seraphim]. Alleluia. Et laudatio eius maneat in sæculum sæculi".