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Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2003 12:44:48 +0100
To: classics@u.washington.edu
From: James Butrica <jbutrica@morgan.ucs.mun.ca>
Subject: Re: liturgical assistance (non-Athenian)

>James Butrica wrote:
>
>> Does anyone recognize any or all of the following text?
>>
>> O laetum delectabile convivium amore et stupore dignum sacramentum;
>> O dulce o ineffabile convivium amore et stupore dignum sacramentum;
>> O magnum o admirabile convivium amore et stupore dignum sacramentum.
>>
>> Venite mortales, properate gentes, advolate populi:
>> amantem deum amate, redamate et adorate.
>> Eamus, properemus, advolemus omnes:
>> amantem deum amemus, redamemus et adoremus.
>
>Could it be from Marc-Antoine Charpentier's setting of O pretiosum et
>admirabile convivium? I don't have the words for this.
>
>Ralph Hancock
>hancock@dircon.co.uk
>www.users.dircon.co.uk/~hancock/antioch.htm

Yes -- someone in the Music Department here is editing a pile of
Charpentier's music but doesn't know the source of the words.
By the way, am I right in my understanding of the text: "O
joyous/sweet/ineffable etc. feast, sacrament worthy of love and awe"? The
words could be grouped in a variety of ways.

James L. P. Butrica
Department of Classics
The Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's NL  A1C 5S7
(709) 737-7914 / (709) 753-5799 (home)


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