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Could ye not watch with me one hour?
Staff Notation • Sacred, Motets
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Could ye not watch with me one hour? by Marco Antonio Ingegneri — Lyrics
Una hora non potuistis vigilare mecum,
qui exhortabamini mori pro me?
Vel Judam non videtis, quomodo non dormit,
sed festinat tradere me Judæis?
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About Could ye not watch with me one hour?
Marco Antonio Ingegneri served as maestro di cappella at St. Mary's Cathedral in Venice, where he was a colleague of Claudio Monteverdi. He is remembered for his motets, drawing on a rich tradition of sacred polyphony. Could ye not watch with me one hour? is a setting of the Gospel text concerning Jesus's agony in the Garden of Gethsemane. The words speak of the disciples' failure to stay awake and pray, and the urgency of the betrayal that is about to unfold. Ingegneri's SATB setting draws out the drama and pathos of the text, contrasting moments of supplication with the inexorable advance of events. The motet is a powerful reflection on faith, frailty, and the coming Passion.
