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Ego flos campi
Staff Notation • Sacred, Motets
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9 editions of this piece
Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
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Ego flos campi by Jacobus Clemens non Papa — Lyrics
Ego flos campi et lilium convallium.
Sicut lilium inter spinas sic amica mea inter filias.
Sicut malus inter ligna silvarum, sic dilectus meus inter filios.
Sub umbra illius quem desideraveram sedi, et fructus ejus dulcis gutturi meo.
Introduxit me Rex in cellam vinariam ordinavit in me charitatem.
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About Ego flos campi
For the Easter season or any occasion celebrating the Virgin Mary, Jacobus Clemens non Papa’s motet Ego flos campi offers a richly woven soundscape. The Latin text, drawn from the Song of Songs, uses botanical imagery to express divine love, portraying the speaker as a flower of the field and lily of the valleys, longed for by her beloved. The music unfolds with sensuous chromaticism and intricate polyphony, perfectly capturing the text’s amorous devotion. Clemens, a master of the High Renaissance motet style, crafts a stunning eight-part setting for SSATTBB and AATTTBB voices, creating a dense, resonant texture that evokes the enclosed garden and fountain of living waters mentioned in the text. It is a work of profound beauty and devotional intensity, ideal for a skilled choir seeking to explore the expressive potential of sacred polyphony.
