Salve festa dies

General information

Author: Venantius Fortunatus.

An Easter processional hymn.

Notes on selected settings

• Anonymous
  • Trent 93 STTB
  • Trent 89 STT
  • Trent 88 ATB
  • Trent 91 STB
• Sixt Dietrich SATB, verse 1 and refrain

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Gregor Aichinger — Salve festa dies a 10  Latin SATTB.SAATB
• Anonymous — Salve festa dies I  Latin STTB
• Anonymous — Salve festa dies II  Latin STT
• Anonymous — Salve festa dies III  Latin ATB
• Anonymous — Salve festa dies IV  Latin STB
• Christoph Dalitz — Salve festa dies  Latin SAT, ATB, SSA, TTB
• Sixt Dietrich — Salve festa dies  Latin SATB
• Gregorian chant — Salve festa dies  Latin unison
• John Sheppard — Salve festa dies  Latin TTBB
• Jacobus Vaet — Salve festa dies  Latin SSATB

Text and translations

Latin text Salve festa dies toto venerabilis aevo In tempore paschale:   qua Deus infernum vicit et astra tenet. In die ascensione:   qua Deus ascendit victor et astra tenet. In die pentecoste:   qua sacer accendit Spiritus igne suos. Ecce renascentis testatur gratia mundi Omnia cum Domino dona redisse suo. Namque triumphanti post tristia tartara Christo Undique fronde nemus gramina flore favent. Legibus inferni oppressis super astra meantem laudant rite deum lux polus arva fretum. Qui crucifixus erat Deus, ecce per omnia regnat Dantque Creatori cuncta creata precem. Nobilitas anni, mensium decus atque dierum horarum splendor saecula cuncta fovens. Christe salus rerum, bone conditor atque redemptor unica progenies ex Deitate Patris.

English translation Hail thee, festival day! Blessed day to be hallowed forever; Day when our Lord was raised, Breaking the kingdom of death. Day when our risen Lord Rose in the heavens to reign. Day when the Holy Ghost Shone in the world full of grace. (tr. The English Hymnal 1907)