Quem dicunt homines

General information

Matthew 16: vv. 13, 16-18. The nine parody mass settings based on Richafort's motet include:

• Missa Quem dicunt homines (Vincenzo Ruffo)
• Missa Quem dicunt homines (Jean Mouton)
• Missa Quem dicunt homines (Cristobál de Morales)
• Missa Quem dicunt homines (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)
• Missa Quem dicunt homines (Antonius Divitis)

Notes on selected settings

Cornelius Canis SATTB (13,16 only) Nicolas Gombert SATTBB (13,16,18, with secunda pars "Petre, díligis me?") Orlando di Lasso SATTB (not v. 17) Luca Marenzio SATB (not v. 17)

Matins of St. Peter 1815 (José Maurício Nunes Garcia) Bass solo, SSAATTB, 2 bassoons & organ (13,16,18) Jean Richafort SATB or STTB (with secunda pars "Petre, díligis me?") Girolamo Scotto TT (13,16,18) Adrian Willaert SATB or ATTB

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Orlando di Lasso — Quem dicunt homines  Latin SATTB
• Luca Marenzio — Quem dicunt homines?  Latin SATB
• Jean Richafort — Quem dicunt homines  Latin STTB,SATB
• Girolamo Scotto — Quem dicunt homines  Latin TT

Text and translations

Latin text 13  …Quem dicunt homines esse Filium hominis? 16  Respondens Petrus dixit: Tu es Christus, filius Dei vivi. 17  Et ait Jesus: Beatus es Simon Petre Quia caro et sanguis non revelavit tibi sed Pater meus qui est in caelis. 18  Et ego dico tibi, quia tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram ædificabo ecclesiam meam.

Hungarian translation 13  Kinek tartják az emberek az Emberfiát? kérdezte Jézus tanítványaitól. 16  Péter így válaszolt: Te vagy a Krisztus, az élő Isten Fia. 17  18  Én pedig mondom neked: Te Péter vagy, és én erre a kősziklára fogom építeni egyházamat.

English translation 13  …Whom do men say that the Son of man is? 16  Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God. 17  And Jesus answered, Blessed art thou, Simon Peter: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. 18  And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church.