Ecce sacerdos (antiphon)

General information

Antiphon at 2nd Vespers for the Common of a Confessor Bishop. The mass by Palestrina uses the opening of this chant as a cantus firmus. For the responsory used at the reception of a bishop, see Ecce sacerdos magnus.

Notes on selected settings

Edward Elgar SATB with organ Ben Heffer SATB & keyboard Giovanni Maria Nanino contrafact of a madrigal SATB.SATB

José Maurício Nunes Garcia I a 4 SATB (adds variant 1) II a 4 SATB a 8 SATB.SATB (adds variant 1) Samuel Webbe TB & organ

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Edward Elgar — Ecce sacerdos magnus  Latin SATB
• Francesco Feroci — Ecce sacerdos magnus  Latin TTB
• Jacob Handl — Ecce sacerdos magnus  Latin SATB.SATB
• Ben Heffer — Ecce sacerdos magnus  Latin SATB
• Giovanni Maria Nanino — Donne vaghe e leggiadre  Italian SATB.SATB
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Ecce sacerdos I a 4  Latin SATB
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Ecce sacerdos II a 4  Latin SATB
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Ecce sacerdos, a 8  Latin SATB.SATB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Missa Ecce sacerdos magnus  Latin SATB,ATTB
• Tomás Luis de Victoria — Ecce sacerdos magnus  Latin SATB
• Samuel Webbe — Ecce sacerdos  Latin TB

Text and translations

Latin text Ecce sacerdos magnus, qui in diebus suis placuit Deo, et inventus est justus; Variant 1 et in tempore iracundiae factus est reconciliatio. Variant 2 non est similis illi. Portuguese translation Eis um grande sacerdote, que em seus dias agradou a Deus, e foi julgado justo e perfeito; Variant 1 no tempo da ira tornou-se o elo de reconciliação. Variant 2

English translation Behold a great priest, who in his days pleased God, and was found righteous; Variant 1 and in the time of wrath he was made a reconciliation. Variant 2 nobody is similar to him. German translation Seht, das ist der Hohepriester, der in seinen Tagen Gott gefiel und gerecht gefunden ward; Variant 1 und zur Zeit des Zornes trat er auf als Mittler der Versöhnung. Variant 2 keiner ist ihm ähnlich.