In monte Oliveti

General Information

The First Responsory of the Office of Tenebrae on Maundy Thursday. Additionally, the responsory after the Lesson during the Blessing of Palms on Palm Sunday. Taken from Matthew 26:39, 41-42.

At Tenebrae, the phrase "Fíat volúntas tua" is omitted.

Notes on selected settings

Anonymous SSA (16c setting with attribution to Marco Antonio Ingegneri, no verse) Ruggerio Argilliano SATB.SATB (basso seguente) Pedro de Cristo ATTB Giovanni Croce SATB (no verse) Eustache du Carroy at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP) SATTB

Mariano Garau (both w/o "fiat voluntas tua") Orlando di Lasso SAATBB (no verse; "oravi" for "oravit") Carl Loewe SATB and organ (German) Giovanni Battista Martini TTB (also arr. SATB) Juozas Naujalis SATB (w/o "fiat voluntas tua") Leonhard Paminger SATTB (2nda pars "Spiritus…", no verse)

Jeffrey Quick SATB (w/o "fiat voluntas tua") Franz Schubert SATB (no verse) Ivo de Vento SAATB (no verse; "oravi" instead of "oravit")

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Anonymous — In monte Oliveti  Latin SSA
• Ruggerio Argilliano — In monte Oliveti  Latin SATB.SATB
• Anton Bruckner — In monte Oliveti  Latin SATB
• Pedro de Cristo — In monte Oliveti  Latin STTB
• Giovanni Croce — In monte Oliveti  Latin SATB, STTB, AATB, ATTB
• Mariano Garau — In monte Oliveti 1996  Latin ATB
• Mariano Garau — In monte Oliveti II  Latin SATB
• Derrick Gerarde — In monte Oliveti  Latin SSATTBB
• Carlo Gesualdo — In monte Oliveti  Latin SSATTB
• Pietro Amico Giacobetti — In monte Oliveti  Latin SATTB
• Johann Michael Haydn — 9 Responsoria in Coena Domini  Latin SATB
• Marco Antonio Ingegneri — In monte Oliveti  Latin SATB
• Marco Antonio Ingegneri — On the Mount of Olives  English SATB
• Orlando di Lasso — In monte Oliveti  Latin SAATBB
• Giovanni Battista Martini — In monte Oliveti  Latin TTB,SSA
• Juozas Naujalis — In monte Oliveti  Latin SATB
• Pomponio Nenna — In monte Oliveti  Latin SATB
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Office of Palm Sunday I  Latin SATB
• Antonio Maria Pacchioni — In monte Oliveti  Latin SATB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — In monte Oliveti  Latin SATB
• Leonhard Paminger — In monte Oliveti  Latin SATTB
• Jeffrey Quick — In Monte Oliveti  Latin SATB
• Franz Schubert — In monte Oliveti, D696:2  Latin SATB
• Ivo de Vento — In monte Oliveti  Latin SAATB
• Ludovico da Viadana — In monte Oliveti  Latin SATB,ATTB
• Jan Dismas Zelenka — In monte Oliveti, ZWV 55:01  Latin SATB
• Jan Dismas Zelenka — Responsories for Maundy Thursday, ZWV 55:1-9  Latin SATB
• Mikolaj Zielenski — In monte Oliveti  Latin SATBB

Text and translations

Latin text In monte Oliveti oravit ad Patrem: Pater, si fieri potest, transeat a me calix iste: Spiritus quidem promptus est, caro autem infirma. Fiat voluntas tua. Vigilate, et orate, ut non intretis in tentationem. Spiritus... Italian translation Sul monte degli ulivi Gesú pregava il Padre: Padre, se è possibile, allontana da me questo calice. È vero che lo spirito è forte, ma la carne è debole. State desti e pregate per non entrare in tentazione. È vero... German translation Auf dem Ölberg betete Jesus zum Vater: Vater, wenn es möglich ist, lass diesen Kelch an mir vorübergehen. Der Geist ist zwar willig, doch das Fleisch ist schwach. Seid wachsam und betet, damit ihr nicht in Versuchung geratet. Der Geist...

English translation On Mount Olivet, he prayed to the Father: Father, if it be possible, let this chalice pass from me: The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. Thy will be done. Watch and pray, that ye may not enter into temptation. The spirit... Portuguese translation No monte das Oliveiras, rezou ao Pai: Pai, se possível, afasta de mim este cálice. O espírito está pronto, mas a carne é fraca. Vigiai e rezai e afastai-vos da tentação. O espírito...