Ergo ne conticuit - Lupi, Johannes

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"A lament on the death of Ockeghem, which, curiously, Susato published more than 50 years after Ockeghem's death. A belated parallel work to Josquin's Nymphes des bois (Josquin des Prez), therefore. However, it does not incorporate any funereal cantus firmus. Its attribution to Lupi has been disputed, one suggestion being that it was composed by Lupus Hellinck (1493/4-1541)."

⌛ Period → Renaissance ◈ Genre → Motets

♯ Key G minor

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → STTB

◆ Difficulty

Elementary

↕ Range G2 – D5

¶ Language → Latin

Measures 184

Texture mixed texture

Parts 4

Instruments A cappella

Pages 11

CPDL # 86671

Editor Bert Schreuder

Posted 2025-09-06

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

G3 – D5

Contra

D3 – G4

D3 – D4

G2 – B-3

¶Lyrics / Text

(Text by Erasmus of Rotterdam) ''In Ioannem Okegi. Musicorum principem, Naenia. '' Ergone conticuit Vox illa quondam nobilis, Aurea vox Okegi ? Sic musicae extinctum decus ? Dic age, dic fidibus tristes, Appollo, naenias. Tu quoque, Calliope pullata cum sororibus, funde pias lachrymas, lugete, quotquot musicae dulce rapit studium virumque ferte laudibus. Artis Appollineae sacer ille foenix occidit. Quid facis, invida mors? Obmutuit vox aurea Okegi per sacra tecta sonans. Demulsit aures caelitum terrigenumque simul penitusque movit pectora. Quid facis, invida mors? Sat erat tibi promiscue tollere res hominum; Divina res est musica; numina cur violas?