Cantemus Domino

General information

The Canticle of Miriam, also known as the Song of Moses (Az Yashir Moshe). Source of text is Exodus 15:1-3. In the Catholic novus ordo adopted in 1970 it has a prominent place in the Easter Vigil.

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Notes on selected settings

George Frideric Handel finale of Israel in Egypt, SATB.SATB & orchestra Hans Leo Hassler SSAT.ATBB vv1-2 Jacob Obrecht a 5 Johann Georg Rauch (thru "et factus est mihi in salutem") SATB, 2 violins, fag. bc

Gioachino Rossini SATB.SATB v1 Johann Baptist Schiedermayr SATB & orchestra vv1-3 Franz Schubert Mirjam's Siegesgesang, D 942 (Franz Schubert) S solo SATB & unorchestrated keyboard Ascanio Trombetti SATTTBB vv1-2a

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Tomaso Cecchino — Cantemus Domino  Latin SATTB
• Cesare Gussago — Cantemus Domino  Latin SATB.SATB
• Hans Leo Hassler — Cantemus Domino  Latin SSAB.ATTB
• Johann Georg Rauch — Cantemus Domino  Latin SATB
• Gioachino Rossini — Cantemus  Latin SATB.SATB
• Johann Baptist Schiedermayr — 2 Offertorien, Op. 21  Latin SATB
• Ascanio Trombetti — Cantemus Domino  Latin SATTTBB

Text and translations

Latin text 15:1  Cantemus Domino gloriose enim magnificatus est: equum et ascensorem projecit[dejecit]in mare. 15:2  Fortitudo mea et laus mea Dominus, et factus est mihi in salutem: iste Deus meus, et glorificabo eum; Deus patris mei, et exaltabo eum. 15:3  Dominus quasi vir pugnator omnipotens nomen ejus.

English translation 15:1  I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 15:2  The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will glorify him; the God of my father, and I will exalt him. 15:3  The Lord is as a man of war, Almighty is his name.

Dutch translation

15:1  Ik wil zingen voor de HEER,
zijn macht en majesteit zijn groot!
Paarden en ruiters
wierp hij in zee.
15:2  De HEER is mijn sterkte,
hij is mijn beschermer,
de HEER kwam mij te hulp.
Hij is mijn God, hem wil ik eren,
de God van mijn vader,
hem loof en prijs ik.
15:3  Zijn naam is HEER,
hij is een krijgsheld.
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