O quam gloriosum

General information

All Saints, Second Vespers, Antiphon to the Magnificat; cf. Apocalypse 7:9

Settings by composers

Vincenzo Bertolusi SSAATTB William Byrd SATTB Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger S + continuo Luca Marenzio SATB or ATTB Heinrich Pfendner SSBB & bc (adds "Exultabunt sancti in gloria, laetabuntur in cubilibus suis.")

Jan Tollius STTBB Jacobus Vaet SATB (with "Alleluia.") Francisco Valls S + violins and continuo Tomás Luis de Victoria SATB or ATTB Scott Villard SATB Gioseffo Zarlino SAATBB

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Francesco Bianciardi — O quam gloriosum
• Francesco Feroci — O quam gloriosum
• Healey Willan — O how glorious

in translation

• O how glorious is the kingdom (Basil Harwood) (still under copyright)

Text and translations

Latin text O quam gloriosum est regnum, in quo cum Christo gaudent omnes Sancti! Amicti stolis albis, sequuntur Agnum, quocumque ierit.

German translation O wie herrlich ist das Reich, in welchem mit Christus alle Heiligen sich freuen; angetan mit weißen Kleidern folgen sie dem Lamme, wohin immer es geht.

English translation O how glorious is the kingdom in which all the saints rejoice with Christ, clad in robes of white they follow the Lamb wherever he goes.