Canite tuba (Antiphon)

General information

1st antiphon at Lauds and Vespers for Advent IV.
Source of text is Joel 2:1 and Isaiah 40:4.

Notes on selected settings

Blasius Ammon a 6 Giovanni Cavaccio a 8 Francisco Guerrero SATB (2nda pars Rorate coeli)

Jacob Händl a 5 Hans Leo Hassler a 5 Marc'Antonio Ingegneri a 8

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SSATB (2nda pars Rorate coeli) Jacob Regnart a 4 Michele Varotto a 5

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Gregorian chant — Canite tuba  Latin Unison
• Francisco Guerrero — Canite tuba  Latin SATB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Canite tuba  Latin SSATB
• Benedetto Pallavicino — Canite tuba  Latin SAATTTBB

Text and translations

Latin text Canite tuba in Sion, quia prope est dies Domini. Ecce veniet ad salvandum nos. Erunt prava in directa, et aspera in vias planas: Veni, Domine, et noli tardare. Alleluia.

English translation Blow the trumpet in Zion, for the day of the Lord is nigh. Lo, He comes to our salvation. The crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways plain. Come, Lord, and do not delay. Alleluia.