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Musica, Dei donum optimi

Language: Latin

[Musica, Dei]1 donum optimi,
trahit homines, trahit deos.
Musica truces mollit animos,
tristesque mentes erigit,
vel ipsas arbores
et horridas movet feras.


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1 Lassus (one-line version): "Musica est Dei"

Input by Steven Cox

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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)

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Date added to the website: 2006-01-10.

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