Vidi aquam

Vidi aquam is the antiphon for the sprinkling of water at the beginning of Mass during Eastertide; it replaces Asperges me Domine. It consists of an antiphon, a Psalm verse and the Doxology. The text of the antiphon is drawn from the vision of the Temple in Ezechiel 47. The Psalm excerpt is the first verse of Psalm 117 in the Vulgate (Hebrew 118).

Notes on selected settings

• Anonymous
  • Trent codices, 6 settings (1440's) for SAA SAT and SATT
  • Lanbeth Choirbook (1520's) SATTB
  • Gyffard Partbooks (1570's) ATTB
• William Armiger SATB, all divisi (in English)
• Manuel Cardoso – Liber secundus missarum, 1625 a 4
• Samuel Webbe SATB with organ

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Ambrosian chant — Vidi aquam  Latin Unison
• Blasius Ammon — Vidi aquam a 4  Latin SATB
• Anonymous — Vidi aquam (Gyffard Partbooks)  Latin ATTB
• Anonymous — Vidi aquam egredientem de templo (Lambeth Choirbook)  Latin SATTB
• Anonymous — Vidi aquam, 6 settings from the Trent codices  Latin SAA
• William Armiger — Vidi Aquam  English SATB
• Manuel Cardoso — Vidi aquam (Book I, 1625)  Latin SATB
• Henry Bird Collins — Vidi aquam  Latin SATB
• Aristotle Aure Esguerra — Vidi aquam a 3  Latin SAT, ATB
• Hernando Franco — Vidi aquam  Latin SATB
• Paul Grady — Vidi aquam  Latin SSAATBB
• Gregorian chant — Vidi aquam  Latin Unison
• Josef Gruber — Vidi aquam, op. 82  Latin SATB
• Michael Haller — Vidi aquam  Latin SATB
• Oliver Hayes — Vidi aquam  Latin ATB
• Orlando di Lasso — Vidi aquam  Latin SATTB
• Duarte Lobo — Vidi aquam  Latin SATB
• Filipe de Magalhães — Vidi aquam  Latin SATB
• Cristóbal de Morales — Vidi aquam  Latin SATB
• Oreste Ravanello — Vidi aquam, op. 66/2  Latin SSA
• Andrew Richesson — Vidi aquam  Latin SATB
• Franz Schöpf — Vidi aquam  Latin SATB
• Tomás Luis de Victoria — Vidi aquam  Latin SATB
• Samuel Webbe — Vidi aquam  Latin SATB
• Carl Bonaventura Witzka — Vidi aquam  Latin SATB

Text and translations

Latin text Vidi aquam egredientem de templo, a latere dextro, alleluja: Et omnes, ad quos pervenit aqua ista, salvi facti sunt et dicent, alleluja.  (verse: Ps. 117) Confitemini Domino, quoniam bonus: quoniam in saeculum misericordia ejus.  (doxology:) Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen. German translation Ich sah Wasser hervortreten aus dem Tempel von der rechten Seite, Hallelujah: Und alle, zu denen dieses Wasser kam, wurden heil, und sie sagten: Halleluja, halleluja.

English translation I saw water flowing from the temple, on the right side, alleluia: And all to whom that water came have been saved, and they will say, alleluia. Worship the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy is forever. Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Dutch translation Ik heb water zien vloeien, ter rechterzijde de tempel uit, alleluja; en allen tot wie dit water gekomen is, zijn behouden en zullen zeggen, alleluja. Vanuit de hemel hief God aan de Allerhoogste liet Zijn stem weerklinken, en de bronnen ontsproten, alleluja.

External links

• Wikipedia article