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Ergo ne conticuit
Staff Notation • Sacred, Motets
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2 editions of this piece
Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
STTB · Mick Swithinbank
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Ergo ne conticuit by Johannes Lupi — Lyrics
(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.
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About Ergo ne conticuit
Johannes Lupi was a composer of the Franco-Flemish school. This sacred motet, Ergo ne conticuit, is set for four-part choir (STTB) and is sung in Latin. The text, by Erasmus of Rotterdam, laments the death of the musician Okeghem, whom it praises as a golden voice and a phoenix of Apollo's art. It questions why death has silenced such a noble voice that once resonated through sacred halls and moved hearts, and chastises death for violating the divine art of music.
