Confisus Domino - Lasso, Orlando di

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"Micyllus's ''Sylvarum libri quinque'' presents two poems under the title ''Confide et ama'' ("trust and love"), the motto of George of Austria (1505–1557), illegitimate son of Emperor Maximilan I and Prince-Bishop of Liège. ''Confisus Domino'' is the first of them and was also set by Confisus Domino (Ioannes Pinchon) (whose setting is also included in ''Thesaurus musicus''). Lassus sets ''Confide et ama'' as an ostinato with varying note values, in Tenor 1. The second poem, ''Vivere vis recte'', was set by Vivere vis recte (Nicolas de Wismes) and Vivere vis recte (Leonhard Lechner) and its first half by Vivere vis recte (Derrick Gerarde). All these settings except that by Gerarde similarly feature the text ''Confide et ama'' as an ostinato. Lechner was a pupil of Lassus, and his ''Vivere vis recte'', which is voiced similarly to Lassus's ''Confisus Domino'', may be intended as a companion piece to it."

⌛ Period → Renaissance ◈ Genre → Motets

♯ Key F major

⁄ Time Signature 2/2

♬ Voicing → SATTB

◆ Difficulty

Elementary

↕ Range A2 – B5

¶ Language → Latin

Measures 98

Texture Homophonic

Parts 5

Instruments A cappella

Pages 6

CPDL # 49437

Editor Pothárn Imre

Posted 2018-04-25

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Cantus

D4 – G5

Altus

G3 – C5

Tenor

F3 – A5

Quintus

F3 – A5

Bassus

A2 – B5