Audivi vocem

General information

Audivi vocem in/de caelo dicentem is the 2nd Magnificat antiphon for the Office of the Dead in Dominican books. Among several similar texts are Audivi vocem de[in] cœlo tamquam, the Responsory for the Octave of Easter, (set by Belli) and Audivi vocem de caelo venientem, a Matins Responsory for All Saints.

Source of text is Revelation 14:13; see also the Anglican Burial Sentence I heard a voice from heaven.

Settings by composers

• Giulio Belli SSATTB ("…tanquam…", the Responsory)
• William Byrd ATTBarB
• Duarte Lobo SSTTTB
• Wietse Stuurman SATB

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Duarte Lobo — Missa pro defunctis
• John Sheppard — Audivi vocem

Text and translations

Latin text Audivi vocem in caelo dicentem mihi: 'Beati mortui qui in Domino moriuntur.'

English translation I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me: Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.