Duo seraphim

General information

Matins responsory for Trinity Sunday.

Settings by composers

Gregor Aichinger SSAATTBB Francesco Croatti SSATTTBB Richard Dering SS 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, SSSSSAAAATTTTBBB Marco Antonio Ingegneri SSSAATTB or AAATTTBB Claudio Monteverdi SSS or TTT Tomás Luis de Victoria SSAA or TTBB

There are also settings by Marco da Gagliano (1618), Henri Dumont (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)