Homo cum in honore esset - Lasso, Orlando di

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"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."

⌛ Period → Renaissance ◈ Genre → Motets

♯ Key F major

♬ Voicing → SAATTB

◆ Difficulty

Beginner

↕ Range F2 – G5

¶ Language → Latin

Measures 39

Texture mixed texture

Parts 6

Instruments A cappella

Pages 2

CPDL # 29212

Editor Pothárn Imre

Posted 2013-05-20

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Cantus

D4 – D5

Altus

G3 – G5

Sextus

F3 – G5

Tenor

C3 – D5

Quintus

C3 – D5

Bassus

F2 – E5

¶Lyrics / Text

Homo cum in honore esset non intellexit, comparatus est jumentis insipientibus, et similis factus est illis. (Ps.48;13) Nosce te ipsum.