O quam metuendus

General information

Magnificat antiphon at Vespers for the Dedication of a Church.

Settings by composers

• Andrea Gabrieli SATT
• Jacob Handl (variation with 2nda pars Orantibus in loco isto; see workpage) SSAT.ATBB
• Ferdinand di Lasso (with Eastertide alleluias) SSATB
• Luca Marenzio SATB
• Simone Molinaro SATTB
• Bernardino Morelli SATTB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SATTB
• Melchior Schramm SSATTB
• Tomás Luis de Victoria SATB

Text and translations

Latin text O quam metuendus est locus iste! Vere non est hic aliud nisi domus Dei et porta coeli. [Alleluia.]

English translation Oh, how awe-inspiring is this place! Surely this can be nothing else but the house of God and the gate of heaven.