Portrait of Josquin des Prés. (Image via Wikipedia)
1 Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Lord.
2 Lord, hear my voice: let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplications.
3 If thou, Lord, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
4 But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.
5 I wait for the Lord, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
6 My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: I say, more than they that watch for the morning.
7 Let Israel hope in the Lord: for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption.
8 And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
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De profundis (1515) by Josquin des Prez (c. 1440-1521)
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A fascinating project: I have just stumbled in by accident, but will have to come back & explore further. Keep up the good work, it\\’s a great idea!May I recommend to you the Clerks Group recording of Josquin\\’s \\”Liber generationis Jesu Christi\\”, a setting of Matthew\\’s genealogy of Christ? It\\’s a bizarre text to set but a lovely setting. Josquin also set Luke\\’s genealogy: it\\’s never been recorded but I\\’m hoping to rectify that situation sometime!!David
Thank you, David. I appreciate the kind words and your recommendations!
Just remembered I’d already uploaded a copy privately to let a friend listen:
http://www.mediafire.com/listen/1212got24xr6lpy
Sounds magnificent. I didn’t find a copy on YouTube and probably would not be permitted to embed it here, but thank you for the link!
(Matthew 1:1-16)