Libera me, Domine | Libera me, Domine

Libera me, Domine

Language: Latin

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE GER

Libera me, Domine, 
de morte aeterna 
in die illa tremenda,
quando cœli movendi sunt et terra;
dum veneris iudicare 
sæculum per ignem.
 
Tremens factus sum ego, 
et timeo, 
dum discussio venerit 
atque ventura ira.
 
Dies illa, dies iræ, 
calamitatis et miseriæ,
dies magna et amara valde.
 
Requiem æternam dona eis, Domine;
et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Available sung texts: ← What is this?

• B. Britten • A. Bruckner • T. Tallis

A. Bruckner sets stanza 1 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
T. Tallis sets stanza 1
B. Britten sets stanzas 1-3

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Text Authorship:

by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Libera me" [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 (Joseph) Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896), "Libera me, Domine", WAB. 21 (c1843), stanza 1 [ chorus and organ ], motet [sung text checked 1 time]
by (Joseph) Anton Bruckner (1824 - 1896), "Libera me, Domine", WAB. 22 (1854), published 1922 [ SSATB chorus, three trombones, violoncello, contrabass, and organ ], Vienna: Universal Editions [sung text checked 1 time]
by Wolfgang Michael Rihm (1952 - 2024), 2015/2016 [ soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra ], from oratorio Requiem-Strophen, no. 8b [sung text not yet checked]
by Wolfgang Michael Rihm (1952 - 2024), "Lacrimosa II", 2015/2016 [ soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra ], from oratorio Requiem-Strophen, no. 12c, Text compilation. note: the first sentence is De profundis clamabo [sung text not yet checked]
by Thomas Tallis (c1505 - 1585), "Libera me Domine de morte", published 1575, stanza 1, from Cantiones Sacrae, no. 33 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901), "Libera me", first performed 1874 [ soli, chorus, orchestra ], in Messa da Requiem [sung text checked 1 time]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Libera me", op. 66 no. 6, published 1961 [ soprano, tenor, baritone, satb chorus, boys' chorus, orchestra, chamber orchestra, organ ], from War Requiem, no. 6
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Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2010-02-05
Line count: 15
Word count: 56