Cor Meum by Orlando di Lasso (SSA) -- Renaissance Music

Because when I'm feeling weltschmerz, I reach for the Renaissance .

Di Lasso (aka Orlandus Lassus and Roland De Lassus) was born about 1530-ish in what is now Belgium. He died in 1594 in Munich. In between, he lived, sang, and wrote music all over Europe. He wrote church music and party music. He wrote so much music that I cannot claim even a passing acquaintance with all of it. I can tell you, though, that I have never yet met a di Lasso I didn't like.

The text for Cor Meum, from Psalms 38:11, is heartbreaking: My heart is troubled, my strength has left me, even the light is gone from my eyes (translation found in CPDL version copyright 2014). It's thus a great text to sing out all the weltschmerz. Di Lasso matched the music to the text's feel by setting it in a minor key. But, although the text does not offer hope, the music does with a nice major chord at the end. I know that was the practice. But it still makes me feel like di Lasso is giving us all a warm hug at the end and telling us it's going to be ok.

If you don't recognize the words, that's probably because I'm singing in Latin. If you know Latin and don't understand what I am singing ... then I need to work on diction a little more!

I love this song. While I didn't quite create an error-free version, alas, I hope you find it listenable. And if you came here with a heavy heart, my wish for you is that you can let the heaviness go as you listen, and leave feeling lighter.

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