Super flumina Babylonis (Offertory)

General information

Offertory for Pentecost XX
Source of text: Psalm 136:1 (Vulgate)

Notes on selected settings

Orlando di Lasso a 2 SA a 5 SSATB Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SATB

Michel-Richard de Lalande SATBB & 5-part strings Antonio Savetta a 8 Jeffrey Quick Nicolas Gombert a 4

Philippe de Monte a 8 Tomás Luis de Victória a 8 Marc-Antoine Charpentier SSB, 2 recorders, bc Luca Marenzio a 12

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Johann Kaspar Aiblinger — Super flumina Babylonis, Op. 9, No. 9  Latin SATB
• Orlando di Lasso — Super flumina Babylonis a 4  Latin SATB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Super flumina Babylonis a 5  Latin SAATB

Text and translations

Latin text Super flumina Babylonis illic sedimus et flevimus, cum recordaremur Sion.

English translation Over the waters of Babylon, there we sat and wept, as we reminisced about Sion. Translation by Campelli

Italian translation Sopra i fiumi di Babilonia, là sedemmo e piangemmo, quando ripensammo a Sion. Translation by Campelli