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Exsultet coelum mare
Staff Notation • Sacred, Motets
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3 editions of this piece
Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
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Exsultet coelum mare by Orlando di Lasso — Lyrics
Exsultet coelum, mare, sol, luna et sidera,
quia fulgens clare Deus per omnia,
en jacet in cunabulis et pendet ad ubera,
concrepat vagitibus ipsa laetitia.
Potentia fit impotens, fit egens divitia,
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About Exsultet coelum mare
This grand motet by Orlando di Lasso, scored for SATTB voices, is ideal for celebrations of the Christmas season. The text rejoices that heaven and earth, sun, moon and stars now exult, for God lies shining in the manger. Power becomes powerless, richness becomes need, and He who feeds all thirsts and hungers. The immensity of God is clothed in infancy. The tenor line intones a plainchant melody, a cantus firmus, which is woven into the rich polyphonic fabric of the surrounding voices. This is a moving contemplation of the Incarnation, full of wonder and praise.
