Product Description
Alonso Lobo was a Spanish composer born in 1555. Only his sacred compositions are known today and Versa est in luctum is his most well-known motet. This song of mourning was written after the death of Phillip II of Spain.
Scored for clarinet choir: 4 Bb, alto, and bass clarinets.
Duration: 3.75 minutes
Versa est in luctum cithara mea,
et organum meum in vocem
flentium.
Parce mihi Domine,
nihil enim sunt dies mei.
My harp is turned to grieving
and my flute to the voice
of those who weep.
Spare me, O Lord,
for my days are as nothing.
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