Pueri Hebraeorum, portantes

General information

First antiphon, for the procession with palm branches on Palm Sunday.

Settings by composers

• Gregorian chant
• Hubertus Krämer SATB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SSAA or TTBB
• Franz Schubert SATB

Original text and translations

Latin text Pueri Hebraeorum, portantes ramos olivarum, obviaverunt Dominus, clamantes et dicentes: Hosanna in excelsis. Korean translation 어린 유대인들이 올리브나무 가지를 들고 주님을 맞으러 갔으니, 외치며 말하기를, 높은 곳에서 호산나.

English translation The Hebrew children bearing olive branches, went forth to meet the Lord, crying out, and saying, Hosanna in the highest.