Psalm 23, Dead Sea Scrolls
Psalm 23, Dead Sea Scrolls

Psalm 23:4 [Latin]

4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

Si ambulem in medio umbrae mortis, from Missa pro defunctis (1532) in Viginti missarum musicalium, composed by Jean Richafort (c. 1480 – c.1547)

Requiem [in memoriam Josquin Desprez] à 6 voix: III. Graduale - Si ambulem

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Os justi Gregorian chant
Os justi meditabitur, Gregorian chant excerpt as it appears in Liber Usualis (1961)

Psalm 37:30, 31a, 1 [Latin]

30 The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

31 The law of his God is in his heart; none of his steps shall slide.

1 Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

Os justi meditabitur, Gregorian chant from Liber Usualis (p. 1200) [pdf] – Introit for the Common of a Confessor not a Bishop.

Os Justi Meditabitur (Confessor not a Bishop, Introit)

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Liber Usualis (p. 1200-1201) [pdf]

 

Wisdom 3:1-3 [Latin]

1 Justorum autem animae in manu Dei sunt, et non tanget illos tormentum mortis.

2 Visi sunt oculis insipientium mori, et aestimata est afflictio exitus illorum,

3 et quod a nobis est iter exterminium; illi autem sunt in pace:

–
1 The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God,
    and no torment shall touch them.
2 They seemed, in the view of the foolish, to be dead;
    and their passing away was thought an affliction
3     and their going forth from us, utter destruction.
But they are in peace.

Justorum animae, from Gradualia I, no. 31 (1605), composed by William Byrd (1539/40-1623)

Byrd - Justorum Animae | The Marian Consort

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Detail of an 18th-century posthumous engraving of William Byrd by Gerard Vandergucht, after Niccolò Haym.
Detail of an 18th-century posthumous engraving of William Byrd by Gerard Vandergucht, after Niccolò Haym.

Psalm 48:9-10,1 [Latin]

9 We have thought of thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.

10 According to thy name, O God, so is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of righteousness.

1 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.

Suscepimus Deus – Justitia – Magnus Dominus, from 1605 in Gradualia I, no. 1 – by William Byrd (1539/40-1623)

Byrd: Suscepimus (Introitus) - Cardinall's Musick

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The score of Philips' Cantiones Sacrae (1613)
The score of Philips’ Cantiones Sacrae (1613 edition)

Romans 6:9-10; 4:25 [Latin]

9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.

10 For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God.

25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.

Christus resurgens, from Cantiones sacrae quinis vocibus, no. 16 (1612) – by Peter Philips (1560-1628)

Christus resurgens

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Early third century depiction of eucharistic bread and fish, Catacomb of San Callisto, Rome.
Early third century depiction of eucharistic bread and fish, Catacomb of San Callisto, Rome.

John 6:48-50 [Latin]

48 I am that bread of life.

49 Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead.

50 This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.

Ego sum panis vivus (1587) in Motectorum liber secundus, 4vv, no. 9 – by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594)

Palestrina - Ego sum panis vivus

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Campanile of Santa Barbara, at the Ducal Palace in Mantua: Wert was choir director here from 1565 until 1592.
Campanile of Santa Barbara, at the Ducal Palace in Mantua: Wert was choir director here from 1565 until 1592.

Romans 11:33-36 [Latin]

33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!

34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?

35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?

36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.

O altitudo divitiarum (1581) from Modulationum cum sex vocibus liber primus, no. 3

Giaches de Wert - O altitudo divitiarum

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Pentecost by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld
Pentecost by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld

Acts 2:1-2, John 20:19 [Latin]

1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.

2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.

19 Then the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.

Dum complerentur dies Pentecostes by Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611)

First published: 1572 in Motecta I, no. 16

Victoria | Dum complerentur dies Pentecostes [á 5; Ensemble Plus Ultra]

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William Byrd
William Byrd

John 14:18; 16:22 (Latin)

18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.

Non vos relinquam orphanos (1607) from Gradualia II, no. 37, by William Byrd (1539/40 or 1543 – 1623)

Byrd: Non vos relinquam orphanos

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Scarlatti as a young man.
Scarlatti as a young man.

Psalm 30:1-2 [Latin]

1 I will extol thee, O Lord; for thou hast lifted me up, and hast not made my foes to rejoice over me.

2 O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

Exaltabo te Domine by Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725)
Offertory for Ash Wednesday & Pentecost XI

Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725), Exaltabo te, Domine

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