Plange quasi virgo

Settings by composers

• Giovanni Croce SSAATTBB
• Mariano Garau SAB
• Carlo Gesualdo SSATTB
• Marco Antonio Ingegneri SATB
• Oreste Ravanello TTB
• Ludovico da Viadana SATB

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Anonymous — Accingite vos
• Johann Michael Haydn — Plange quasi virgo
• Jan Dismas Zelenka — Plange quasi virgo, ZWV 55:21
• Jan Dismas Zelenka — Responsories for Holy Saturday, ZWV 55:19-27

Text and translations

Latin text Plange quasi virgo, plebs mea, ululate, pastores, in cinere et cilicio quia veniet dies Domini magna et amara valde. Accingite vos, sacerdotes, et plangite, ministri altaris, aspergite vos cinere. Quia veniet dies Domini magna et amara valde. German translation Translation by Kurt Pages Klage wie eine Jungfrau, mein Volk, heult, ihr Hirten, in Asche und im härenen Gewand, denn es wird kommen der Tag des Herrn, der große und sehr bittere Tag. Gürtet euch, ihr Priester, und klagt, ihr Diener des Altars, bestreut euch mit Asche. Denn es wird kommen der Tag des Herrn, der große und sehr bittere Tag.

English translation Translation by Mick Swithinbank Weep like a virgin, my people, howl, keepers of the flock, covered with ashes and wearing hair-shirts, for the great and very bitter day of the Lord will come. Prepare yourselves, priests, and lament,acolytes before the altar, cover yourselves with ashes. For the great and very bitter day of the Lord will come.

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