Symphoniae sacrae I

Song Cycle by Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672)

1. Paratum cor meum, Deus
(Sung text)

Language: Latin

 ... 
 Paratum cor meum, Deus, paratum cor meum;
   cantabo, et psallam in gloria mea.
 Exsurge, gloria mea; exsurge, psalterium et cithara;
   exsurgam diluculo.
 Confitebor tibi in populis, Domine,
   et psallam tibi in nationibus:
 ...

Text Authorship:

by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Psalmus 107 (108)"

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a text in Hebrew (עברית) by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Psalm 107 (108)"
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Note: a variant of line 13 is used in Byrd's Da mihi auxilium.

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2. Exultavit cor meum in Domino
(Sung text)

Language: Latin

Exultavit cor meum in Domino.
Et exaltatum est cornu meum
in Deo meo, dilatatum est
os meum super inimicos meos.
Quia laetata sum, in salutari tuo.
Non est sanctus ut est Dominus,
neque enim est alius extra te,
et non est fortis sicut Deus noster.

Text Authorship:

by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Exultavit cor meum in Domino"

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Mon cœur a exulté en le Seigneur", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

1 Samuel 2:1–2
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3. In te, Domine, speravi
(Sung text)

Language: Latin

In te, Domine, speravi
non confundar in aeternum.
In justitia tua libera me.
Inclina aurem tuam, accelera
ut eruas me.
In te, Domine, speravi
non confundar in aeternum.

Text Authorship:

by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "In te, Domine, speravi"

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "En toi, Seigneur, j'ai espéré", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Psalms 30:1–2,1
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4. Cantabo domino in vita mea
(Sung text)

Language: Latin

 ... 
Cantabo Domino in vita mea;
   psallam Deo meo quamdiu fuero.
 ...

Text Authorship:

by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Psalmus 103 (104)"

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Note: Grandi adds "Alleluja" to many places in his motet, and adds at the end "Delectabor in Domino, in Deo, Jesu meo. Alleluja."
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5. Venite ad me omnes qui laboratis
(Sung text)

Language: Latin

Venite ad me omnes qui laboratis
omnes qui onerati estis.
Venite ad me, et ego reficiam vos.
Tollite jugum meum super vos,
et discite a me, quia mitis sum et humilis corde,
et invenietis requiem animabus vestris,
jugum enim meum suave est,
et onus meum leve.

Text Authorship:

by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Venite ad me omnes qui laboratis"

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Venez à moi, vous tous qui travaillez", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Matthew 11:28–30
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6. Jubilate Deo omnis terra
(Sung text)

Language: Latin

1 Psalmus in confessione.
  Jubilate Deo, omnis terra;
2 Servite Domino in lætitia. Introite in conspectu ejus in exsultatione.
3 Scitote quoniam Dominus ipse est Deus;
  ipse fecit nos, et non ipsi nos:
  populus ejus, et oves pascuæ ejus.
4  ... 
  atria ejus in hymnis:
  confitemini illi. Laudate nomen ejus,
5 quoniam suavis est Dominus, in æternum misericordia ejus,
  et usque in generationem et generationem veritas ejus.

Text Authorship:

by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Psalmus 99 (100)"

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a text in Hebrew (עברית) by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Psalm 99 (100)"
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DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Wim Reedijk) , "Gij ganse aarde juicht de Heer", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Psaume 100", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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7. Anima mea liquefacta est
(Sung text)

Language: Latin

Anima mea liquefacta est,
ut dilectus locutus est,
vox enim eius dulcis,
et facies eius decora.
Labia eius lilia stillantia
myrrham primam.

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by Bible or other Sacred Texts [an adaptation]

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Mon âme s'est liquéfiée", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

From Song of Solomon Chapter 5 verse 6; Chapter 2 verse 14; and Chapter 5 verses 13 and 8.

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8. Adjuro vos, filiae Jerusalem
(Sung text)

Language: Latin

Adjuro vos, filiae Jerusalem,
si inveneritis dilectum meum,
ut nuncietis ei,
quia amore langueo.

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by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Adjuro vos, filiae Jerusalem"

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Je vous en supplie, filles de Jérusalem", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Song of Solomon 5:6; 2:14; 5:13; 5:8
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9. O quam tu pulchra es, amica mea
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Language: Latin

O quam tu pulchra es, amica mea
columba mea, formosa mea,
immaculata mea!
O quam tu pulchra es!
Oculi tui, oculi columbarum.
O quam tu pulchra es!
Capilli tui sicut greges caprarum.
O quam tu pulchra es!
Dentos tui sicut greges tonsarum.
O quam tu pulchra es!
Sicut vitta coccinea labia tua.
O quam tu pulchra es!
Sicut turris David collum tuum.
O quam tu pulchra es!
Duo ubera tua sicut duo hinnuli
capreae gemelli.
O quam tu pulchra es!

Text Authorship:

by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "O quam tu pulchra es, amica mea"

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Oh, comme tu es belle, mon amie", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Song of Solomon 4:1-5,8
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10. Veni de Libano, veni, amica mea
(Sung text)

Language: Latin

Veni de Libano, veni, amica mea,
columba mea, formosa mea,
o quam tu pulchra es!
Veni, coronaberis.
Surge, propera,
amica mea, soror mea, sponsa mea,
immaculata mea; et veni.

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by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Veni de Libano, veni, amica mea"

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Viens du Liban, viens, mon amie", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Song of Solomon 4:1-5,8
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11. Benedicam Dominum in omni tempore
(Sung text)

Language: Latin

Benedicam Dominum in omni tempore,
semper laus ejus in ore meo.
Laudabitur anima mea.

Audiant mansueti et laetentur.
Magnificate Dominum mecum
et exaltemus nomen ejus in idipsum.

Text Authorship:

by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Benedicam Dominum in omni tempore"

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Je bénirai Dieu en tout temps", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Psalms 34:2–4
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12. Exquisivi Dominum et exaudivit me
(Sung text)

Language: Latin

Exquisivi Dominum et exaudivit me,
et ex omnibus tribulationibus meis eripuit me.
Accedite ad eum et illuminamini
et facies vestrae non confundentur.

Text Authorship:

by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Exquisivi Dominum et exaudivit me"

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "J'ai cherché le Seigneur et il m'a entendu", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Psalms 34:5–7
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13. Fili mi, Absalon
(Sung text)

Language: Latin

Fili mi Absalom, fili mi Absalom,
Quis mihi tribuat ut ego moriar pro te 
Absalom, fili mi, fili mi.

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by Bible or other Sacred Texts

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Mon fils, Absalom", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

2 Samuel 19:1
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14. Attendite, popule meus
(Sung text)

Language: Latin

Attendite, popule meus,
legem meam, inclinate aurem
vestram in verba oris mei.
Aperiam in parabolis os meum,
loquar propositiones ab initio.
Quanta audivimus et cognovimus ea,
et patres nostri narraverunt nobis.

Text Authorship:

by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Attendite, popule meus"

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FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Écoutez, mon peuple", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Psalms 78:1–3
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15. Domine, labia mea aperies
(Sung text)

Language: Latin

Domine, labia mea aperies,
et os meum annuntiabit laudem tuam.

Text Authorship:

by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Domine, labia mea aperies"

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16. In lectulo per noctes
(Sung text)

Language: Latin

In lectulo per noctes
quem diligit anima mea quaesivi,
nec respondit mihi.
Surgam et circuibo civitatem,
per vicos et plateas
quaeram quem diligit anima mea.

Text Authorship:

by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "In lectulo per noctes"

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Song of Solomon 3:1-2
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17. Invenerunt me costudes civitatis
(Sung text)

Language: Latin

Invenerunt me costudes civitatis.
Paululum cum pertransirem eos,
inveni quem diligit anima mea.
Tenui nec dimittam illum.
Egredimini, filiae Hierusalem,
et congratulamini mihi,
cantate dilecto meo cum laetitia,
cantate dilecto meo cum jubilo.
cantate dileto meo cum cythara.

Text Authorship:

by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Invenerunt me costudes civitatis"

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Song of Solomon 3:3-5
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18. Veni, dilecte mi, in hortum meum
(Sung text)

Language: Latin

Veni, dilecte mi, in hortum meum,
ut comedas pretiosum fructum tuum.
Venio, soror mea sponsa, in hortum meum
et messui myrrham meam cum aromatibus meis.

Veni, dilecte mi, in hortum meum,
ut comedas pretiosum fructum tuum.
Venio, soror mea sponsa, in hortum meum
comedi favum meum cum melle meo,
cum lacte meo vinum meum bibi.
Comedite, dilecti, et bibite, amici,
et inebriamini, carissimi.

Text Authorship:

by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Veni, dilecte mi, in hortum meum", Song of Songs 5,1

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19. Buccinate in neomenia tuba
(Sung text)

Language: Latin

Buccinate in neomenia tuba;
in insigni die solennitatis vestrae.
Alleluja.
In voce exultationis,
in voce tubae corneae exultate
Deo, adjutori nostro.
Alleluja.

Text Authorship:

by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Buccinate in neomenia tuba"

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Psalms 81:3,1; 98:6
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20. Jubilate Deo in chordis
(Sung text)

Language: Latin

Jubilate Deo in chordis
et organo, in tympano et choro.
Cantate et exultate et psallite,
psallite sapienter.
Alleluja.

Text Authorship:

by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Jubilate Deo in chordis"

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Psalms 150:4; Psalms 98:4
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Symphoniae sacrae I

Song Cycle by Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672)

1. Paratum cor meum, Deus (Sung text)

2. Exultavit cor meum in Domino (Sung text)

3. In te, Domine, speravi (Sung text)

4. Cantabo domino in vita mea (Sung text)

5. Venite ad me omnes qui laboratis (Sung text)

6. Jubilate Deo omnis terra (Sung text)

7. Anima mea liquefacta est (Sung text)

8. Adjuro vos, filiae Jerusalem (Sung text)

9. O quam tu pulchra es, amica mea (Sung text)

10. Veni de Libano, veni, amica mea (Sung text)

11. Benedicam Dominum in omni tempore (Sung text)

12. Exquisivi Dominum et exaudivit me (Sung text)

13. Fili mi, Absalon (Sung text)

14. Attendite, popule meus (Sung text)

15. Domine, labia mea aperies (Sung text)

16. In lectulo per noctes (Sung text)

17. Invenerunt me costudes civitatis (Sung text)

18. Veni, dilecte mi, in hortum meum (Sung text)

19. Buccinate in neomenia tuba (Sung text)

20. Jubilate Deo in chordis (Sung text)

1. Paratum cor meum, Deus
(Sung text)

2. Exultavit cor meum in Domino
(Sung text)

3. In te, Domine, speravi
(Sung text)

4. Cantabo domino in vita mea
(Sung text)

5. Venite ad me omnes qui laboratis
(Sung text)

6. Jubilate Deo omnis terra
(Sung text)

7. Anima mea liquefacta est
(Sung text)

8. Adjuro vos, filiae Jerusalem
(Sung text)

9. O quam tu pulchra es, amica mea
(Sung text)

10. Veni de Libano, veni, amica mea
(Sung text)

11. Benedicam Dominum in omni tempore
(Sung text)

12. Exquisivi Dominum et exaudivit me
(Sung text)

13. Fili mi, Absalon
(Sung text)

14. Attendite, popule meus
(Sung text)

15. Domine, labia mea aperies
(Sung text)

16. In lectulo per noctes
(Sung text)

17. Invenerunt me costudes civitatis
(Sung text)

18. Veni, dilecte mi, in hortum meum
(Sung text)

19. Buccinate in neomenia tuba
(Sung text)

20. Jubilate Deo in chordis
(Sung text)