dulces exuuiae dum fata deusque sinebat seet castoff garments, hile fate and god alloed, accipite hanc animam meque his ex soluite take this spirit and me from these cares curis. Relieve. Uixi et quem dederat cursum fortuna peregi I lived, and the course given by Fortune I completed et nunc magna mei sub terras ibit imago. and no great beneath the the earth ill pass my shade. urbem praeclaram statui, mea moenia uidi, city famed I founded, my ramparts I beheld; ulta ulrum poenas inimico a fratre rece avenging a husband, the penalty from an evening and brother I exacted. felix heu! nimium felx, si litora tantum Happy, ah! too happy : if only our shores had P E R F O R M N C E N O E (Bh.X. 2007) Harmonic maor thirds are to be tuned pure (5:4) throughout. Classical pronunciation of the Latin. pelling alterations in the text are intended to reflect actual pronunciation. t, d, and n are true dentals; mute stops are unaspirated as in panish and Italian. v is like Castilian b, a bilabial fricative. "manga", bar 17, is pronounced maŋna, here ŋ is as ng in English "sing." imilarly, "numquan" in 43 is nuŋquan. r is a lingual trill, h strongly aspirated. Dipthongs: generally prolonged on the initial element: ae on a ith e offglide; similarly oe ("moenia", "poenas"). Likeise ith voel + semivoel, as e.g. nunc (16), virum (31-2), numquan. Note though that ea and oa elisions (34) prolong the second element, a. numquam Dardaniae tetigissent nostra carinae. never been touched by Dardanian keel! Publius ergilius Maro, eneid 4.651-8 Cover: "Dido" by Marc' ntonio Raimondi (afetr Raphael) courtesy of Peter Parshall.
1 DULCE EXUIE (ergil) DOUGL LEEDY 1969 Revised 2007 oprano I/II lto I/II enor I/II dagio ( q ca 56-62) c c c Dul Dul - ces ex - u - vi- ae dum fa - ta de- b n b - ces ex - u - vi- ae dum fa - ta de- Bass I/II c 4 us - que sin - e - bat: ac - ci - pit' hanc a - ni - mam ΠΠus - que sin - e - bat: ac - ci - pit' hanc a - ni - mam b 7 mequ' his ex - sol - vi- te cu - ris. n mequ' his ex - sol - vi- te cu - ris. released into the public domain by the composer (pd) (cc) 2007
2 11 i Π# b - xi et quen de-de-rat cur - sum for - tu - # i Π# # # - xi et quen de-de-rat cur - sum for - tu - i Π- xi et quen de-de-rat cu - sum for - tu - b n 15 na pe- re - gi et nunc mang - na me - # na pe - re - gi et nunc mang - na me - ΠΠ# Πna pe - re - gi et nunc mang - na me - # 18. i # sub ter. - ras i - - bit i-ma - # # # # # i sub ter - ras i - - bit i-ma -. i sub ter - ras i - - bit i-ma -
3 22 b. n n Π- - - - -. b. go. # Π- - - - - - - go.. Π- - - - - go. I II I II B I B II f 25 Ur bem prae f. f b. f f b f f b Ur - bem prae - cla - ram sta-tu -i, me -a Ur - bem prae - cla - ram sta-tu - i, me -a moe - Ur - bem prae - cla - ram sta-tu - i, me -a moe - Ur - bem prae - cla - ram sta-tu -i, me - a Ur - bem prae - cla - ram sta-tu -i, cla ram sta tu b b b b b Π- - - - - i, me -a moe - Πb b Πb b Ur - bem prae - cla - ram sta-tu - i, me - a
4 I II I II B I B II 28 b - - ni - a, moe - - - - - -. moe - - - ni - a vi - - - di, vi - - - b - - ni - a, moe - - - - ni - a vi - - - - di - b ni - a, moe - - - ni - a vi - - - di, vi -. moe b me - a moe - ni - a, moe - ni - a vi - - - - - b ni a vi.. b b. b ni - a, moe - ni - a vi - - - b b b Πdi,.. b b.. di, b Πmoe - ni - a, moe - - - ni - a vi - - - di,
5 I II I II B I B II 31 b. ul - ta vi - rum poe - - - nas in - i - mi - co b di, ul - ta vi - rum poe - - - nas in - i - mi - b - - ul - ta vi - rum poe - - - nas in - i - mi - co Π- - di, - - poe - nas i - ni - mi - di, ΠΠb ul ul.. ul - ta vi - rum poe - nas in - i - mi - b.. ul ta vi rum - - - - ta vi - rum poe - nas b. - - ta vi - rum poe - nas in - i - mi - b.
6 I II I II B I B II 34 Πa fra - tre,a fra - tre re - ce - - - co, in - i - mi - co a fra - tre re - ce - in - i - mi - co a fra - - - tre re - ce - - -. co a fra in - i - mi co a fra - tre re - ce - - -. poco a poco decrescendo e rallentando - - co a fra - - - tre re - ce -. - - - tre re - ce -.... - - co a fra - - - tre re - ce -
37.... a tempo (poco più lento) Œ Fe - lix heu! ni mi-um Œ b Œ Œ Fe - lix heu! ni mi um - - 7 B Œ Ni-mi - um fe - lix, ni-mi-um fe - olo I. 41 oprano olo fe - lix: si li - to -ra tan - tun num - quan fe - lix: si li - to ra tan - tun num - quan n fe - lix: si li - to -ra tan - tun num - quan b. B - - lix, ni-mi - um fe - - - Ni - mi- um fe - - - lix, ni - mi - um lix,
8 olo. I 44. Dar - da - ni - ae te - ti - gis - sent no - stra ca Dar - da - ni - ae te - tig - gis - sent no - stra ca - Dar - da - ni - ae te - tig - gis - sent no - stra ca -. n B. fe ni - mi - um fe - - - -. Π- - - lix, ni - mi - um fe - lix. 47 Πri - - - - - - nae. nae. Πri - - - - nae. ΠB. Π- - lix. aratoga pring, Death alley/corvallis, Oregon