Cignus ustus cantat
Carl Orff
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Cignus ustus cantat by Carl Orff (Ft. Christoph Genz)
Release Date
Tue Oct 04 2011
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The piece is originally a poem set to music. The title in English is, “The Roast Swan”. The subject of the piece is about a once beautiful swan, which is now being cooked and eaten.
Cignus ustus cantat Annotated
Olim lacus colueram,
olim pulcher extiteram,
dum cignus ego fueram.
(Male chorus)
Miser, miser!
modo niger
et ustus fortiter!
(Tenor)
Girat, regirat garcifer;
me rogus urit fortiter;
propinat me nunc dapifer,
(Male Chorus)
Miser, miser! !
modo niger
et ustus fortiter!
(Tenor)
Nunc in scutella iaceo,
et volitare nequeo
dentes frendentes video:
(Male Chorus)
Miser, miser!
modo niger
et ustus fortiter!
Cignus ustus cantat Q&A
Who wrote Cignus ustus cantat's ?
Cignus ustus cantat was written by Anonymous.
Who produced Cignus ustus cantat's ?
Cignus ustus cantat was produced by Carl Orff.
When did Carl Orff release Cignus ustus cantat?
Carl Orff released Cignus ustus cantat on Tue Oct 04 2011.