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Alderdom (Old age)

Language: Latin

Solo voices, tenor, baritone and bass. Oldinge (Very old people):
 Amor est pax mea,
 est aurora mea vesperi,
 opes mihi largitus, ut ipse largiar.
 Amor est pax mea.

Choir. Engle (Angels):
 Lucis fons ex humili,
 atrae terrae fulgur,
 mille fracta radiis
 mira fax divina!

Choir with soprano and tenor solo:
 Ecce! Audite! Coeli cantus
 terrae campi reboant,
 lucis sublimes regiones
 vox amoris personat.

Choir. Alle (Tutti):
 Amor vitam dedit,
 replet desideria,
 scaturigo est virtutis,
 pax amoris nomen est.

 Lucis fons ex humili
 igne splendet coeli
 Amor alme, unice,
 ave! tibi grates!


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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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