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Translation Lau Kanen

Sanctus
Language: Latin 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FIN FRE
Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus,
Domine Deus Sabaoth.
Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua.
Hosanna in excelsis!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   W. Rihm •   J. Rutter •   H. Howells •   B. Britten •   B. Britten 

H. Howells sets lines 1-3

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Text Authorship:

  • by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Sanctus" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Giovanni Gabrieli (1558 - 1613), "Sanctus" [ chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Frank Martin (1890 - 1974), "Sanctus" [ double chorus ], from cantata Mass for double choir, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791), "Sanctus", K. 427 no. 4, from mass Große Messe in c-Moll, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Wolfgang Michael Rihm (1952 - 2024), "Sanctus", 2015/2016 [ soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra ], from oratorio Requiem-Strophen, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by John Milford Rutter, CBE (b. 1945), "Sanctus", from mass Requiem, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Sanctus", op. posth. 113 no. 3, D 696 no. 3 (1820), published 1829 [ satb chorus a cappella ], from Sechs Antiphonen zur Palmweihe am Palmsonntag, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
  • by Herbert Norman Howells (1892 - 1983), "Sanctus - I will lift up mine eyes", 1936-8, published 1951, first performed 1950 [ soprano, tenor, mixed chorus, and orchestra ], from Hymnus Paradisi, no. 4
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  • by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Sanctus / Benedictus", from oratorio Missa Brevis in D, no. 3
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  • by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Sanctus", op. 66 no. 4, published 1961 [ soprano, tenor, baritone, satb chorus, boys' chorus, orchestra, chamber orchestra, organ ], from War Requiem, no. 4
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "Heilig, heilig, heilig"
  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Holy", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Sanctus", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-06-25
Line count: 4
Word count: 16

Heilig, heilig, heilig
Language: Dutch (Nederlands)  after the Latin 
Heilig, heilig, heilig,
De Heer, de God der hemelse machten.
Vol zijn hemel en aarde van uw heerlijkheid.

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Text Authorship:

  • Translation from Latin to Dutch (Nederlands) by Lau Kanen

Based on:

  • a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Sanctus"
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This text was added to the website: 2012-02-15
Line count: 3
Word count: 18

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