Iste confessor
Iste confessor is the Vesper hymn for Confessor Bishops, tracable to the 10th century and possibly originally composed in honor of St. Martin<ref>Hymns of the Breviary and Missal by Matthew Britt, Benziger Brothers, 1922</ref>. There are two variants, "Iste confessor Domini sacrata" and, in the Liber Usualis, "Iste confessor Domini colentes ". Alternatim settings usually begin with the second verse, "Qui pius, prudens"
Original text and Translations
Latin text 1. Iste Confessor Domini colentes | English translation THIS the Confessor of the Lord, whose triumph |
Settings
- Two anonymous settings (Trent 88, mid-15c) STT (single verse each)
- Caspar Ett a 4
- Heinrich Finck a 4 (first verse)
- Václav Emanuel Horák SATB with organ
- Josquin
- Lassus
- Iste confessor, SV 279 (Claudio Monteverdi) SS with 2 vlni & bc
- José Maurício Nunes Garcia SATB bs (one verse)
- Giovanni Felice Sances (composer page)
- Alessandro Scarlatti "Iste confessor Domini sacrata" for SATB & S solo
- Tallis
- Tomás Luis de Victoria a 4 (alternatim)
Organ verses have been written by Frescobaldi (Tocate), Titelouse & others.
External links
- List of English paraphrases at Hymnary.org