Immittet angelus Domini (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)

Music files

• Original key (high chiavette):

• Transposed down a tone:

• Transposed down a fourth:

- Alto in octave transposed violin clef.

Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2023-04-07). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 93 kB Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Replaces edition #3297 on which it is based. Note values halved.

Possible error(s) identified. Error summary: last chord is thus Opera Omnia, but in 1593 print superius descends to the third of the triad.

Title: Immittet Angelus Domini
Composer: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Sacred, Offertory for Pentecost XIV

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1593 in Offertoria totius anni, no. 44
Description: Offertorium. Dominica XIV post Pentecosten.

Latin text

Immittet angelus Domini in circuitu timentium eum et eripiet eos,
gustate et videte quoniam suavis est Dominus
(Ps. 33, 8-9)

English translation

The Angel of the Lord shall encamp round about them that fear Him, and shall deliver them:
O taste and see that the Lord is sweet.

Hungarian translation

Az Úr angyala az őt félőket körülsáncolja, és kiragadja őket.
Ízleljétek meg és lássátok, milyen édes az Úr.