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Fac ut ardeat
Staff Notation • Sacred, Motets
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Fac ut ardeat by Georg Joseph Vogler — Lyrics
1. Stabat Mater dolorosa
Iuxta crucem lacrimosa
Dum pendebat Filius.
2. Cuius animam gementem
Contristatam et dolentem
Pertransivit gladius.
3. O quam tristis et afflicta
Fuit illa benedicta
Mater unigeniti!
4. Quae moerebat et dolebat,
Pia Mater, dum videbat
Nati poenas incliti.
5. Quis est homo qui non fleret,
Matrem Christi si videret
In tanto supplicio?
6. Quis non posset contristari,
Christi Matrem contemplari
Dolentem cum Filio?
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About Fac ut ardeat
Georg Joseph Vogler's setting of Fac ut ardeat draws from the profound sorrow of the Stabat Mater sequence. The text expresses the intense grief of Mary at the foot of the cross, her soul pierced by a sword as she witnesses her suffering son. The composer uses the rich sonorities of SATB voices to convey the depth of this maternal anguish. The Latin text moves from Mary's personal lament to a universal plea: asking what human heart could remain unmoved by such a scene, and begging Mary, the fount of love, to ignite the singer's own heart with love and sorrow, so that they may mourn with her. This motet is a powerful exploration of Marian devotion and the shared pain of the Mater Dolorosa.
