Duo seraphim

General information

Matins responsory for Trinity Sunday.

Settings by composers

Gregor Aichinger SSAATTBB Alvise Balbi SS Girolamo Belli SSATBB Francesco Croatti SSTB.ATTB Richard Dering SS & bc Juan Esquivel SSAATB Francisco Guerrero SSAT.SATB.SATB or SSTBar.ATBarB.ATBarB Jacob Handl SATB.SATB

Hans Leo Hassler a 12, SSAT.SATB.ATTB Hans Leo Hassler a 16, SSAT.SSAT.SATB.ATBB Marco Antonio Ingegneri SSAT.SATB or AAATTTBB Leone Leoni SS or TT Tiburtio Massaino SSAAT & AATTB Claudio Monteverdi TTT & bc Samuel Scheidt SSAATTBB Tomás Luis de Victoria SSAA or TTBB

There are also settings by Marco da Gagliano (1618), Henri Du Mont (SS & Bc in Motets, 1681) and Samuel Scheidt (Cantiones sacrae, 8vv (Hamburg, 1620)).

Text and translations

Latin text Duo seraphim clamabant alter ad alterum: Sanctus Dominus Deus Saboath. Plena est omnis terra gloria ejus. (Isaiah 6:3) Tres sunt, qui testimonium dant in coelo: Pater, Verbum et Spiritus Sanctus: et hi tres unum sunt. Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth. Plena est omnis terra gloria ejus.

English translation Two seraphim cried to one another: Holy is the Lord God of Sabaoth. The whole earth is full of his glory. There are three who bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit: and these three are one. Holy is the Lord God of Sabaoth. The whole earth is full of his glory. English translations by John Kilpatrick; PDF and Word documents available as part of translation of Vespers of 1610 (Monteverdi)