O quam gloriosum

General information

All Saints, Second Vespers, Antiphon to the Magnificat; cf. Apocalypse 7:9

Notes on selected settings

Francesco Bianciardi SSAAB, or SAATB, or SATTB William Byrd SATTB Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger S + continuo Heinrich Pfendner SSBB & bc (adds "Exultabunt sancti in gloria, laetabuntur in cubilibus suis.")

Jacobus Vaet SATB (with "Alleluia.") Francisco Valls S + violins and continuo Healey Willan, 1924, no. 2. of 6 Motets Gioseffo Zarlino SAATBB

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Giovanni Animuccia — O quam gloriosum  Latin SATTB
• Giulio Belli — O quam gloriosum est regnum  Latin SATTB
• Vincenzo Bertolusi — O quam gloriosum est regnum  Latin SSAATTB
• Francesco Bianciardi — O quam gloriosum  Latin SSAAB
• Jean de Castro — O quam gloriosum est regnum  Latin SATTB
• Giovanni Contino — O quam gloriosum  Latin SAATTB
• Francesco Feroci — O quam gloriosum  Latin TTB
• Basil Harwood — O how glorious is the Kingdom  English SATB
• Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger — O quam gloriosum  Latin S
• Rudolph di Lasso — O quam gloriosum  Latin SSATTB
• Luca Marenzio — O quam gloriosum est regnum  Latin SATB, ATTB
• Teodoro Riccio — O quam gloriosum  Latin STTTB
• Simon de Roy — O quam gloriosum  Latin SSTTBB
• Jan Tollius — O quam gloriosum est regnum  Latin STTBB
• Jacobus Vaet — O quam gloriosum  Latin SATB
• Curtio Valcampi — O quam gloriosum est regnum  Latin SAATTB
• Francisco Valls — O quam gloriosum  Latin Solo Soprano
• Francisco Valls — O quam gloriosum II  Latin SAT.SATB
• Tomás Luis de Victoria — O quam gloriosum est regnum  Latin SATB,ATTB
• Scott Villard — O quam gloriosum  Latin SATB
• Healey Willan — O how glorious  English SATB
• Gioseffo Zarlino — O quam gloriosum  Latin ATTTBB

Text and translations

Latin text O quam gloriosum est regnum, in quo cum Christo gaudent omnes Sancti! Amicti stolis albis, sequuntur Agnum, quocumque ierit. German translation O wie herrlich ist das Reich, in welchem mit Christus alle Heiligen sich freuen; angetan mit weißen Kleidern folgen sie dem Lamme, wohin immer es geht.

English translation O how glorious is the kingdom in which all the saints rejoice with Christ, clad in robes of white they follow the Lamb wherever he goes. Spanish translation ¡Oh, qué glorioso es el reino en que todos los santos se alegran con Cristo! Vestidos con túnicas blancas, siguen al Cordero dondequiera que vaya.