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by St. Thomas Aquinas (1225? - 1274)
Translation © by Thomas A. Gregg
O salutaris hostia
Language: Latin
O salutaris hostia, quae coeli pandis ostium, Bella premunt hostilia, Da robur fer auxilium, uni trinoque Domino sit sempiterna Gloria qui vitam sine termino, Nobis donet in patria.
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Authorship:
- by St. Thomas Aquinas (1225? - 1274), no title [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 Emma Marie Albani, née Lajeunesse (1847 - 1930), "O salutaris", op. 9, published 1990 [ voice and piano ], Éd. du Nouveau Théâtre Musical [sung text not yet checked]
- by Antônio Francisco Braga (1868 - 1945), "O salutaris hostia", Rio de Janeiro: Bevilacqua [sung text checked 1 time]
- by André Caplet (1879 - 1925), "O salutaris hostia", 1919, published 1920 [ three-part women's chorus a cappella ], from Trois chants d'église a capella, no. 2, Paris, Éd. Durand [sung text not yet checked]
- by Joaquim Torres Delgado de Carvalho (1872 - 1921), "O salutaris hostia", op. 39 [ voice and piano ], Rio de Janeiro: Arthur Napoleão [sung text not yet checked]
- by Marcel Dupré (1886 - 1971), "O salutaris", op. 9 no. 1 [ chorus ], from Quatre Motets, no. 1, motet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ange Flégier (1846 - 1927), "O salutaris hostia", published [1893], lines 1-4 [ bass and piano or organ ], from Vingt mélodies, 2ème volume, no. 19, Éd. Émile Gallet; confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard de Guide (1909 - 1962), "O salutaris hostia ", op. 14 no. 2 (1944) [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Arthur Honegger (1892 - 1955), "O salutaris", H. 136a (1939), first performed 1943 [ voice, organ and piano (or harp) ], used in the film Cavalcade d'Amour [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Brasílio Itiberê (1896 - 1967), "O salutaris" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Louis-Emmanuel Jadin (1768 - 1853), "O salutaris" [ two-part chorus ], from Six motets, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Louis-Emmanuel Jadin (1768 - 1853), "O salutaris" [ three-part chorus ], from Six motets, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Edouard Lalo (1823 - 1892), "O Salutaris", op. 34 [ vocal trio or chorus with organ or piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Roland de Lassus (1532 - 1594), "O salutaris hostia", published 1582 [ SATTB chorus a cappella ], from Sacrae cantiones quinque vocum, no. 14 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alberto Nepomuceno (1864 - 1920), "O salutaris hostia", 1897, first performed 1899 [ medium voice and orchestra ], Viúva Bevilacqua [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Louis-Étienne-Ernest Rey (1823 - 1909), as Ernest Reyer, "O salutaris hostia ", published 1874 [ soprano or tenor and piano or organ ], (Paris) Berlin, Fürstner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini (1792 - 1868), "O salutaris hostia" [ contralto and piano ], from Péchés de vieillesse, Vol XI: Miscellanée de musique vocale, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Pierre de la Rue (c1460 - 1518), "O salutaris hostia" [ chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Anton Yulyevich Simon (1850 - 1916), "O salutaris", op. 14 no. 6, from Vingt mélodies (Двадцать мелодий), no. 16 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Urmas Sisask (b. 1960), "O salutaris hostia", 1988 [ chorus a cappella ], from Gloria Patri [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Glauco Velasquez (1883 - 1914), "Salutaris", 1902 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- possibly by Josquin des Prez (c1440 - 1521) or possibly by Gaspar von Weerbecke (c1445 - c1516), "O salutaris hostia" [ four-part chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Charles Marie Jean Albert Widor (1844 - 1937), "O salutaris", op. 8 [ low voice, violin, violoncello and organ ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Édouard Woolley (1916 - 1991), "O salutaris hostia " [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "O heilig, heilzaam offerlam", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Thomas A. Gregg) , "O saving sacrifice", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Oi pelastava uhri", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Thomas A. Gregg
This text was added to the website: 2004-03-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 28
O saving sacrifice
Language: English after the Latin
O saving sacrifice [victim], who opens wide the gates of heaven: our foes press on to war, give us strength when we ask for help. One God in Three, in everlasting glory, who lives forever, grant us our true home.
Authorship:
- Translation from Latin to English copyright © 2003 by Thomas A. Gregg, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Latin by St. Thomas Aquinas (1225? - 1274), no title
This text was added to the website: 2004-03-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 40