Velum templi

General Information

The Second Responsory of the Office of Tenebrae on Good Friday. Taken from Matthew 27:51-52; Luke 23:42.

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Ruggerio Argilliano — Velum templi  Latin SATB.SATB
• Francisco López Capillas — Velum templi  Latin SATB
• Giovanni Croce — Velum templi  Latin SATB, AATB, ATTB, ATBB, TTTB, TTBB
• Mariano Garau — Velum templi  Latin SATB
• Marco Antonio Ingegneri — Velum templi  Latin SATB
• Pomponio Nenna — Velum templi scissum est  Latin SATB
• Antonio Maria Pacchioni — Velum templi  Latin SATB
• Jan Dismas Zelenka — Responsories for Good Friday, ZWV 55:10-18  Latin SATB
• Jan Dismas Zelenka — Velum templi scissum est  Latin SATB

Text and translations

Latin text Velum templi scissum est, Et omnis terra tremuit: latro de cruce clamabat, dicens: Memento mei, Domine, dum veneris in regnum tuum. Petræ scissæ sunt, et monumenta aperta sunt, et multa corpora sanctorum, qui dormierant, surrexerunt. Et omnis...

English translation The veil of the temple was rent, And all the earth trembled: the thief cried out from the cross, saying: Remember me, O Lord, when Thou comest into Thy kingdom. The rocks were split, and the tombs were opened, and many bodies of the saints, who slept, arose. And all...