Hosanna filio David (2022)
A cappella SATB choir; Latin; 3 min. ca.
The composer writes: The text for Hosanna filio David is appropriate to Palm Sunday. (The “filio David” is, of course, Jesus.) Musically, it was sung as a Gregorian chant; but has also been set to music by such composers as Franz Schubert and Tomás Luis de Victoria. The text is drawn from St. Matthew and Psalm 117.
TEXT
Hosanna filio David:
Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini.
Rex Israel: Hosanna in excelsis!
Confitemini Domino, quoniam bonus, quoniam in saeculum misericordia eius.
Deus meus es tu, et confitebor tibi, Deus meus, et exaltabo te.
Hosanna in excelsis!
TRANSLATION
Hosanna to the son of David:
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
O King of Israel: Hosanna in the highest!
Confess to the Lord, because he is good, because his mercy endures forever.
You are my God, and I will confess to you, my God, and I will exalt you.
Hosanna in the highest!
The composer writes: The text for Hosanna filio David is appropriate to Palm Sunday. (The “filio David” is, of course, Jesus.) Musically, it was sung as a Gregorian chant; but has also been set to music by such composers as Franz Schubert and Tomás Luis de Victoria. The text is drawn from St. Matthew and Psalm 117.
TEXT
Hosanna filio David:
Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini.
Rex Israel: Hosanna in excelsis!
Confitemini Domino, quoniam bonus, quoniam in saeculum misericordia eius.
Deus meus es tu, et confitebor tibi, Deus meus, et exaltabo te.
Hosanna in excelsis!
TRANSLATION
Hosanna to the son of David:
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
O King of Israel: Hosanna in the highest!
Confess to the Lord, because he is good, because his mercy endures forever.
You are my God, and I will confess to you, my God, and I will exalt you.
Hosanna in the highest!
