Lay a garland (or Tu es Petrus) for string octet by David Warin Solomons String Trio - Digital Sheet Music

Instrumental arrangement of the 8 part madrigal by Pearsall, based on the play "The Maid's Tragedy".Pearsall also used the same music (as a contrafactum) for the liturgical hymn Tu es Petrus.The pdf file contains score and parts.The sound sample is an electronic preview.The original words of the madrigal are:Lay a garland on her hearseof dismal yew.Maidens, willow branches wear,say she died true.Her love was false, but she was firmUpon her buried body lielightly, thou gentle earth.=======The words of the liturgical contrafactum are:Tu es Petrus, et super hanc petramAedificabo Ecclesiam meam,Et portae inferi non praevalebunt adversus eam:Et tibi dabo clavesRegni coelorum.Quodcumque ligaveris super terram,Erit ligatum et in coelis;Et quodcumque solveris super terramErit solutum et in coelis.You are Peter, and on this rockI will build My church,And the gates of hell will not prevail against it:And I will give you the keysTo the kingdom of heaven.Whatever you bind on earthWill be bound also in heaven;And whatever you release on earthWill be released also in heaven.