Nevskij's cantata

[William Ryan]

The words don't make sense as a continuous text in Latin, as has been 
noted in a number of places on the internet, but in a letter 'Prokofiev 
and his Cymbals' by Morag G. Kerr, in the The Musical Times, Vol. 135, 
No. 1820. (Oct., 1994), pp. 608-609 (available via JSTOR), it is pointed 
out that the words are separate phrases from the text chosen by 
Stravinsky for his Symphony of Psalms and may have been a bit of a joke. 
It is the most plausible explanation I have seen.
Will Ryan


The Musical Times, Vol. 135, No. 1820. (Oct., 1994), pp. 608-609.


Giampaolo Gandolfo wrote:
>     In Aleksandr Nevskij's cantata (Prokof'ev) the invading crusaders sing a song in Latin, where two lines don't make sense to me:
>
>     Peregrinus expectavi
>     pedes meos in cimbalis
>     Vincant arma crucifera!
>     Hostis pereat!
>     
> What is the meaning of the first two lines? They dont make any sense to me, neither grammatically nor logically; and how do they relate to the first two?
>     Any idea? Thank you.
>             Giampaolo Gandolfo
>              
>
>   

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