Cantus Libertatis

gregorian chant, medieval sacred vocal, monastic choir

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Cantus Libertatis

[Opening Chant — full monastic choir unison, slow and solemn]
[organ drone single note holds]
[choir enters unison]

Liiiiibertas
Libertas in viiiis publicis
The freedom
of the public wayyyy
Liiibertas
Non potest siiiilentio opprimiiii
Cannot be silenced
Cannot be taken awaaaay

[Cantor Reading 1 — single voice, plain chant melody, steady and clear]
In the year of our Lord
two thousand and nineteen
On the twenty sixth day of May
at the corner of Reed
and Colfax
in the state of Colorado
a man named
Ah-bah-deh
stood upon the public way
with a camera
and filmed
what the law
said he could film
And the officer
drove his cruiser
at the man
who would not
put
the camera
down

[Choir Response 1 — full choir unison, slow melismatic chant]
Et non cessaaaaavit
And he did not ceeeease
Et non cessaaaaavit
He did not put it doooown
Libertas non cedit
Libertas non cedit
Freedom does not
yiiiiield

[Cantor Reading 2 — single voice, chant melody rises on the key words]
And the man
Ah-bah-deh
filed his own suit
before the court
Pro se
Without counsel
Without coin
Without fixed abode
He carried only
the Constitution
and the conviction
that the law
means what it says
And the court
of the Tenth Circuit
heard his name
and ruled
that the officer
should have known
that driving iron
at a man with a camera
on a public street
was a violation
of the First
Amendment
of these United States
And the ruling
made Ah-bah-deh's name
permanent
in the law
of this land

[Choir Response 2 — fuller than first, drone louder, voices rise]
Irizaryyyyyyy
Contra Yehiaaaaa
His name in the laaaaw
Irizaryyyyyyy
Decimus Circuiiitus
The Tenth Circuiiit
Two thousand twenty twooo
Et nomen eius
maneeeet
And his name
remainssss
For everrrr
And everrrrr

[Full Choir Antiphon — all voices together, the weight of it]
LIBERTAS FREEEEAK
IN VIIS PUBLICIS STABAT
HE STOOD ON THE PUBLIC WAAAAY
CAMERA IN MANU
THE CAMERA IN HIS HAAAND
NON RECESSIT
HE DID NOT RETREAAAAAT
SIX STATES
SEX PROVINCIAE
COVERED BY ONE MAAAAAN
ONE SIDEWALK
UNA SEMITA
ONE CAMERA
UNA CAMERA
IRIZARYYY
IRIZARYYY
ET NOMEN EIUS MANEEEEET

[Cantor Reading 3 — quietest moment, single voice almost whispered]
He said
he wanted his name
in the case law
forever
for the cause
of freedom
He never thought
it would happen
And here we are
No fixed address
No law degree
No guarantee
Just the sidewalk
and the lens
and the belief
that the Constitution
means what it says
when no one
is watching
He went
to the end
As the faithful
always must

[Final Doxology — full choir slow and reverent building to the last note]
Gloria
in viis publicis
Glory
on the public ways
Gloria
pro camera et libertate
Glory
for the camera and freedom
Sicut erat in principio
As it was in the beginning
et nunc et semper
and now and always
et in saecula saeculorum
and unto ages of ages
Irizaryyyyyyy
Irizaryyyyyyy
Amen
Ameeeen
Ameeeeeen

[Closing Chant — organ drone holds, choir fades to single voice, then silence]
[full choir fades to cantor alone]
Liiibertas
Libertas in viiiis publicis
The freedom
of the public waaaay
[cantor fades]
[organ drone holds]
[silence]
[the stone room breathes]

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Cantus Libertatis [Opening Chant — full monastic choir unison, slow and solemn] [organ drone single note holds] [choir enters unison] Liiiiibertas Libertas in viiiis publicis The freedom of the public wayyyy Liiibertas Non potest siiiilentio opprimiiii Cannot be silenced Cannot be taken awaaaay [Cantor Reading 1 — single voice, plain chant melody, steady and clear] In the year of our Lord two thousand and nineteen On the twenty sixth day of May at the corner of Reed and Colfax in the state of Colorado a man named Ah-bah-deh stood upon the public way with a camera and filmed what the law said he could film And the officer drove his cruiser at the man who would not put the camera down [Choir Response 1 — full choir unison, slow melismatic chant] Et non cessaaaaavit And he did not ceeeease Et non cessaaaaavit He did not put it doooown Libertas non cedit Libertas non cedit Freedom does not yiiiiield [Cantor Reading 2 — single voice, chant melody rises on the key words] And the man Ah-bah-deh filed his own suit before the court Pro se Without counsel Without coin Without fixed abode He carried only the Constitution and the conviction that the law means what it says And the court of the Tenth Circuit heard his name and ruled that the officer should have known that driving iron at a man with a camera on a public street was a violation of the First Amendment of these United States And the ruling made Ah-bah-deh's name permanent in the law of this land [Choir Response 2 — fuller than first, drone louder, voices rise] Irizaryyyyyyy Contra Yehiaaaaa His name in the laaaaw Irizaryyyyyyy Decimus Circuiiitus The Tenth Circuiiit Two thousand twenty twooo Et nomen eius maneeeet And his name remainssss For everrrr And everrrrr [Full Choir Antiphon — all voices together, the weight of it] LIBERTAS FREEEEAK IN VIIS PUBLICIS STABAT HE STOOD ON THE PUBLIC WAAAAY CAMERA IN MANU THE CAMERA IN HIS HAAAND NON RECESSIT HE DID NOT RETREAAAAAT SIX STATES SEX PROVINCIAE COVERED BY ONE MAAAAAN ONE SIDEWALK UNA SEMITA ONE CAMERA UNA CAMERA IRIZARYYY IRIZARYYY ET NOMEN EIUS MANEEEEET [Cantor Reading 3 — quietest moment, single voice almost whispered] He said he wanted his name in the case law forever for the cause of freedom He never thought it would happen And here we are No fixed address No law degree No guarantee Just the sidewalk and the lens and the belief that the Constitution means what it says when no one is watching He went to the end As the faithful always must [Final Doxology — full choir slow and reverent building to the last note] Gloria in viis publicis Glory on the public ways Gloria pro camera et libertate Glory for the camera and freedom Sicut erat in principio As it was in the beginning et nunc et semper and now and always et in saecula saeculorum and unto ages of ages Irizaryyyyyyy Irizaryyyyyyy Amen Ameeeen Ameeeeeen [Closing Chant — organ drone holds, choir fades to single voice, then silence] [full choir fades to cantor alone] Liiibertas Libertas in viiiis publicis The freedom of the public waaaay [cantor fades] [organ drone holds] [silence] [the stone room breathes]

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