Versa est in luctum

Alonso Lobo

At a glance

Voicing
SSATTB
Language of the text
Latin
Key
E minor
Genre
Sacred
Series
Choir
Available voices
Soprano I, Soprano II, Alto, Tenor I, Tenor II, Bass
Score
PDMX / MuseScore, Public domain licence

Chapters, Soprano I part

  1. Intro
  2. FIRST LISTEN — the whole piece, all voices
  3. RHYTHM READING — the words in rhythm, on one note
  4. SLOW — your part only
  5. FULL TEMPO — your part only
  6. WITH THE CHOIR — your part highlighted
  7. BALANCE CHECK — all voices equal
  8. End screen

Chapters, Soprano II part

  1. Intro
  2. FIRST LISTEN — the whole piece, all voices
  3. RHYTHM READING — the words in rhythm, on one note
  4. SLOW — your part only
  5. FULL TEMPO — your part only
  6. WITH THE CHOIR — your part highlighted
  7. BALANCE CHECK — all voices equal
  8. End screen

Chapters, Alto part

  1. Intro
  2. FIRST LISTEN — the whole piece, all voices
  3. RHYTHM READING — the words in rhythm, on one note
  4. SLOW — your part only
  5. FULL TEMPO — your part only
  6. WITH THE CHOIR — your part highlighted
  7. BALANCE CHECK — all voices equal
  8. End screen

Chapters, Tenor I part

  1. Intro
  2. FIRST LISTEN — the whole piece, all voices
  3. RHYTHM READING — the words in rhythm, on one note
  4. SLOW — your part only
  5. FULL TEMPO — your part only
  6. WITH THE CHOIR — your part highlighted
  7. BALANCE CHECK — all voices equal
  8. End screen

Chapters, Tenor II part

  1. Intro
  2. FIRST LISTEN — the whole piece, all voices
  3. RHYTHM READING — the words in rhythm, on one note
  4. SLOW — your part only
  5. FULL TEMPO — your part only
  6. WITH THE CHOIR — your part highlighted
  7. BALANCE CHECK — all voices equal
  8. End screen

Chapters, Bass part

  1. Intro
  2. FIRST LISTEN — the whole piece, all voices
  3. RHYTHM READING — the words in rhythm, on one note
  4. SLOW — your part only
  5. FULL TEMPO — your part only
  6. WITH THE CHOIR — your part highlighted
  7. BALANCE CHECK — all voices equal
  8. End screen

Practise with the player

Notes on the piece

A six-voice funeral motet by Alonso Lobo, a Spanish Renaissance composer, published in the Liber primus missarum (1602). The text comes from Job 30:31: “My harp is turned to mourning”.

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Score

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