Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Friday (Carlo Gesualdo)
General Information
Title: Tenebrae Responsories for Holy Friday
Composer: Carlo Gesualdo
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1611 as Part 2 of Responsoria et alia ad Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae spectantia, no. 10–18
Description: The service is divided into three sections, called "Nocturnos".
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Nocturnos 1
- 1. Omnes amici mei dereliquerunt me et praevaluerunt insidiantes mihi
- 2. Velum templi scissum est
- 3. Vinea mea electa, ego te plantavi
Nocturnos 2
- 4. Tamquam ad latronem existis cum gladiis et fustibus cemprehendere me
- 5. Tenebrae factae sunt, dum crucifixissent Jesum Judaei
- 6. Animam meam dilectam tradidi in manus iniquorum
Nocturnos 3
- 7. Traditerunt me in manus impiorum
- 8. Jesum tradidit impius summis pricipibus sacerdotum, et senioribus populi
- 9. Caligaverunt oculi mei fletu meo