O quam suavis est

General information

Text is from the Bible, book of Wisdom 12:1 and 16:21.

Common uses: Corpus Christi, First Vespers, Antiphon to the Magnificat.

Settings by composers

• Gregor Aichinger — O quam suavis  SATTB
• Gregor Aichinger — O quam suavis est Domine  SATTB
• Ambrosian chant — O quam suavis  Unison
• William Byrd — O quam suavis  ATTB
• Giovanni Pietro Finatti — O quam suavis  SSATB
• Giovanni Gabrieli — O quam suavis  SATB.ATTB
• Giovanni Gabrieli — O quam suavis est a 7  AATTBBB
• Orlando di Lasso — O quam suavis  SATTBB
• Alonso Lobo — O quam suavis est, Domine  SSAATB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — O quam suavis est a 8  SATB.SATB
• Peter Philips — O quam suavis est I  SATB.SATB
• Peter Philips — O quam suavis est II  STTB.STTB
• Lorenzo Ratti — O quam suavis est a 12  SATB.SATB.SATB
• Andrea Saladi — O quam suavis est Domine  SATTB,ATTTB
• Curtio Valcampi — O quam suavis est Domine  SSATTB
• Orazio Vecchi — O quam suavis est a 8  ATTB.ATTB
• Sebastian de Vivanco — O quam suavis est  SATB 

Text and translations

Latin text O quam suavis est, Domine, spiritus tuus, qui ut dulcedinem tuam in filios demonstrares pane suavissimo de caelo praestito, esurientes reples bonis, fastidiosos divites dimittens inanes. Alternative Latin text as found in the Ambrosian chant O Quam suavis est, Domine, spiritus tuus qui ut dulcedinem tuam in filios demonstrares pane suavissimo de caelo praestito, implesti bonis, divites dimittens inanes. Gloria Patri…

English translation O how sweet is thy spirit, Lord, thou who, in order to demonstrate thy sweetness to thy children, send down from heaven the sweetest bread unsurpassed, filling the hungry with good things, sending away empty the disdainful rich! Alternative English translation O how sweet, O Lord, is thy spirit, who, to show thy tenderness to thy children, feedest them with thy sweetest bread from heaven, feeding the hungry with good things, and sending the disdainful rich away empty. Translation by St Ann choir Spanish translation (Sb 16, 21; Lc 1, 52) ¡Oh, qué agradable es, Señor, tu Espíritu, que para mostrar a tus hijos tu dulzura, con un pan suavísimo recibido del cielo, colmas de bienes a los hambrientos, mientras que a los ricos altaneros los despides vacíos. Alternative text ¡Oh, qué agradable es, Señor, tu Espíritu, que para mostrar a tus hijos tu dulzura con un pan suavísimo recibido del cielo los llenaste de bienes, despidiendo a los ricos vacíos. Gloria al Padre... Translation by Alejandro Borrego Pérez

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