Expurgate vetus

The Epistle (1 Corinthians 5:7-8) for Easter Sunday, frequently set as a motet.

Notes on selected settings

Thomas Crequillon a 5 Rinaldo del Mel SATTB (somewhat different text) Andrea Gabrieli SSAAATTB or AATTBarBarBB Jean Guyot STTT (abbreviated, with alleluias)

Johannes Lupi SATTB (also attributed to Gombert or Berchem, somewhat different text) Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SATB.SATB (somewhat different text) Andreas de Silva a 4 Alexander Utendal SSATTB (Starts with Fratres)

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Christoph Buel — Expurgate vetus fermentum  Latin SSATTB
• Andrea Gabrieli — Expurgate vetus fermentum a 8  Latin SSAAATTB
• Jean Guyot — Expurgate vetus fermentum  Latin STTT
• Hans Leo Hassler — Expurgate vetus fermentum  Latin SATTT,ATTBB
• Johannes Lupi — Expurgate vetus fermentum  Latin SATTB
• Rinaldo del Mel — Expurgate vetus fermentum  Latin SATTB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Expurgate vetus fermentum  Latin SATB.SATB
• Alexander Utendal — Fratres expurgate vetus fermentum  Latin SSATTB

Text and translations

Latin text 5:7  Expurgate vetus fermentum, ut sitis nova conspersio, sicut estis azymi. Etenim Pascha nostrum immolatus est Christus. 5:8  Itaque epulemur: non in fermento veteri, neque in fermento malitiae et nequitiae: sed in azymis sinceritatis et veritatis.

English translation 5:7  Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us. 5:8  Therefore let us keep the feast: not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness: but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.