Solve iubente Deo

General information

Magnificat antiphon at II Vespers for St. Peter in Chains (1 August).

Notes on selected settings

• Alvise Balbi SAAAAAB,SAAATTB or SATTBBB (transposed down a fourth)

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Alvise Balbi — Solve iubente Deo  Unknown SSAATTB
• William Byrd — Solve jubente Deo  Latin AATTBB
• Luca Marenzio — Solve iubente Deo  Latin SATB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Solve jubente Deo  Latin SATTBB

Text and translations

Latin text Solve jubente Deo, terrarum Petre, catenas: qui facis ut pateant coelestia regna beatis. Alleluia.

English translation Loosen by God’s command, Peter, the chains of the earth: thou who makest open the kingdom of heaven to the blessed, Alleluia.

German translation Löse, auf Weisung Gottes, die Ketten der Erde, Petrus, der du bewirkst, dass offen stehen die himmlischen Reiche den Seligen. Halleluja.