Ecce sacerdos magnus
General information
Ecce sacerdos magnus (cf. Ecclesiasticus 44:16-27) is the responsory used at the reception of a Bishop.
Settings by composer
- Ecce sacerdos (Ludwig Bonvin) SATB
- Ecce sacerdos (Anton Bruckner) SSAATTBB with organ and 3 trombones
- Ecce sacerdos (Max Filke)
- Ecce sacerdos magnus (Vinzenz Goller)
- Jacob Handl
- Ecce sacerdos magnus (Hans Leo Hassler) a 6
- Henricus Isaac a 4 (contrafactum of Ecce dilectus meus)
- Giovanni de Macque
- Constanza Porta a 6
- Ecce sacerdos (Gottfried von Preyer)
- Ecce Sacerdos magnus (J. Singenberger) SATB (slight divisi) and organ
- Johann Walther a 5
For the antiphon at 2nd Vespers for the Common of a Confessor Bishop, see Ecce sacerdos (antiphon)
Other setting is that by Maximilian Stadler (not available yet on CPDL). The mass by Palestrina uses the chant as a cantus firmus.
Original text and translations
Latin text Ecce sacerdos magnus, qui in diebus suis placuit Deo. Portuguese translation Eis um grande sacerdote, que em seus dias agradou a Deus. Chinese translation 看,這是大司祭。 |
English translation Behold a great priest, who in his days pleased God. German translation Seht einen Hohepriester, wie er in seinen Erdentagen Gott gefiel, |
External links
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