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Confitemini Domino a5
Staff Notation • Sacred, Motets
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Confitemini Domino a5 by Orlando di Lasso — Lyrics
Alleluja. Confitemini Domino, et invocate nomen ejus; annuntiate inter gentes opera ejus.
Cantate ei, et psallite ei; narrate omnia mirabilia ejus.
Laudamini in nomine sancto ejus; laetetur cor quaerentium Dominum.
Quaerite Dominum, et confirmamini; quaerite faciem ejus semper.
Mementote mirabilium ejus quae fecit; prodigia ejus, et judicia oris ejus:
semen Abraham servi ejus; filii Jacob electi ejus.
Ipse Dominus Deus noster; in universa terra judicia ejus.
Memor fuit in saeculum testamenti sui; verbi quod mandavit in mille generationes:
quod disposuit ad Abraham, et juramenti sui ad Isaac:
et statuit illud Jacob in praeceptum, et Israël in testamentum aeternum,
dicens: Tibi dabo terram Chanaan, funiculum haereditatis vestrae:
cum essent numero brevi, paucissimi, et incolae ejus.
Et pertransierunt de gente in gentem, et de regno ad populum alterum.
Non reliquit hominem nocere eis: et corripuit pro eis reges.
Nolite tangere christos meos, et in prophetis meis nolite malignari.
Et vocavit famem super terram, et omne firmamentum panis contrivit.
Misit ante eos virum: in servum venundatus est, Joseph.
Humiliaverunt in compedibus pedes ejus; ferrum pertransiit animam ejus:
donec veniret verbum ejus. Eloquium Domini inflammavit eum.
Misit rex, et solvit eum; princeps populorum, et dimisit eum.
Constituit eum dominum domus suae, et principem omnis possessionis suae:
ut erudiret principes ejus sicut semetipsum, et senes ejus prudentiam doceret.
Et intravit Israël in Aegyptum, et Jacob accola fuit in terra Cham.
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About Confitemini Domino a5
Orlando di Lasso's setting of the Latin text Confitemini Domino is a substantial motet for five voices (SATTB). The text, drawn from Psalm 105, is a jubilant call to praise God, recounting his mighty deeds and eternal covenant. It urges listeners to remember his wonders, seek his face, and declare his works among the nations. Lasso responds to this exultant message with rich, imitative polyphony, weaving the voices together to create a powerful and expressive musical homily. The five-part texture allows for moments of grand declamation alongside passages of intimate reflection, perfectly capturing the devotional and celebratory spirit of the psalm.
