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.]1

B. Britten sets stanzas 1-3

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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) [ chorus and organ], motet [
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• 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 [
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• by Thomas Tallis (c1505 - 1585), "Libera me Domine de morte", published 1575, from Cantiones Sacrae, no. 33. [
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• by Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901), "Libera me", first performed 1874 [soli, chorus, orchestra], in Messa da Requiem [
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This text (or a part of it) is used in a work

• 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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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (David Wyatt) , title 1: "Deliver me, Lord, from death", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , title 1: "Verlos mij, Heer (Libera me)", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2016, (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: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

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