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Avertisti faciem
Staff Notation • Sacred, Arias
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Avertisti faciem by Constantijn Huygens — Lyrics
Psalmus cantici, in dedicatione domus David.
Exaltabo te, Domine, quoniam suscepisti me, nec delectasti inimicos meos super me.
Domine Deus meus, clamavi ad te, et sanasti me.
Domine, eduxisti ab inferno animam meam; salvasti me a descendentibus in lacum.
Psallite Domino, sancti ejus; et confitemini memoriae
sanctitatis ejus.
Quoniam ira in indignatione ejus, et vita in voluntate ejus:
ad vesperum demorabitur fletus, et ad matutinum laetitia.
Ego autem dixi in abundantia mea: Non movebor in æternum.
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About Avertisti faciem
Constantijn Huygens's Avertisti faciem is a solo sacred aria for soprano, written in Latin. The text is drawn from a psalm, describing a cry to God in times of trouble, followed by a plea for salvation and a confession of faith. The music explores the dynamic shift from distress to joy, mirroring the psalm's emotional arc from weeping to gladness. Huygens's setting captures the personal and devotional nature of the text, suitable for a solo voice seeking to express profound spiritual reflection and supplication through its melodic lines and harmonic structure.
