Alleluia (Hallelujah)

Hallelujah, Halleluyah, or Alleluia, is a transliteration of the Hebrew word הַלְלוּיָהּ meaning "praise (הַלְּלוּ) Yah (יָהּ)." It is found mainly in the book of Psalms and has a similar pronunciation in many, but not all, languages. The word is used in Judaism as part of the Hallel prayers, and in Christian praise. It has been accepted into the English language, but its Latin form Alleluia is used by many English-speaking Christians in preference to Hallelujah.

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Original text and translations

Hebrew text הַלְלוּיָהּ Latin text Alleluia! and in early manuscripts: Alleluja Greek text Aλληλουια Church Slavonic text Aллилyiя English translation Hallelujah! also: Alleluia! Halleluyah! Alleluya!

Catalan translation Al·leluia! German translation Halleluja! French translation Alleluia ! Portuguese translation Aleluia! Russian translation Aллилуйя Spanish translation Aleluya! Ukrainian translation Aлилýя

Settings by composers

Note: Settings that include verses celebrating a particular feast, occasion or saint have their texts on the individual score pages and are listed in Category:Alleluia verses. The following list only includes settings of the single word, "Alleluia", "Hallelujah", etc. Some of these are excerpts.

• Anonymous I
• Anonymous III
• Giuseppe Antonio Bernabei
• William Boyce
• Dietrich Buxtehude
• Fabio Fresi
• Andrea Gabrieli
• Gregorian chant
• Eduard Grell
• Manfred Hößl
• Claudio Macchi
• Graeme Martin
• Francesco Mancini
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
• Michael Praetorius
• Henry Purcell
• Andris Solims
• Thomas Tallis
• John Taverner - two settings
• Giovanni Totaro
• Michael Winikoff

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