Te spectant, Reginalde, poli - Lasso, Orlando di

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"Lassus composed this motet to be sung during the service for the reception of Cardinal Reginald Pole, that took place in St. Paul's Cathedral, London, on the first Sunday of Advent, 2 December 1554. Lassus was in England at this time, as was also Philippe de Monte, and both were probably present. In the first verse, the author of the text (most probably Lassus himself) makes a wordplay between ''poli'' (heavens) and ''Pole'' (vocative of the Cardinal's latinized surname, ''Polus'')."

⌛ Period → Renaissance ◈ Genre / Form → Motets

♯ Key C major

⁄ Time Signature 2/2

♬ Voicing → SATTB

◆ Difficulty

Elementary

↕ Range F2 – G-5

¶ Language → Latin

Measures 57

Texture mixed texture

Parts 5

Instruments A cappella

Pages 3

CPDL # 65702

Editor Pothárn Imre

Posted 2021-09-09

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Cantus

C4 – D5

Altus

G3 – A4

Tenor

C3 – F5

Quintus

C3 – F5

Bassus

F2 – G-5

¶Lyrics / Text

Te spectant, Reginalde, poli, tibi sidera rident, exsultant montes, personat Oceanus, Anglia dum plaudit quod faustos excutis ignes; elicis et lacrimas ex adamante suo.