Christus resurgens

General information

Motet for Easter Sunday. Source of text is Romans 6:9-10 & 4:25. 6:9 is used for the Communion for OT 13A. For settings in English, see Christ being raised from the dead and Christ rising again.

Notes on selected settings

Severo Bonino Christus resurgens I SSB (AAB) Christus resurgens II SSB (AAB) William Byrd ATTB (replaces v. 4:25 with secunda pars) Sethus Calvisius SS or TT (v. 9) Andreas Hakenberger SSAATTTBBB (vv. 9,10)

Nobuaki Izawa SATB (v. 9) Gregor Lange SSATTB (vv. 9,10b) Orlando di Lasso a 3 STB or ATB (replaces v. 4:25 with secunda pars) a 5 SSATB (vv. 9,10) Joachimus de Monte SATTB ((vv. 9,10b, replacing autem with enim)

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Gregorio Allegri — Christus resurgens  Unknown SATB.SATB
• Anonymous — Christus resurgens (Egerton MS)  Latin ATT
• Anonymous — Christus resurgens (Pepys MS)  Latin AT
• Anonymous — Christus resurgens (Ritson MS)  Latin TT
• Severo Bonino — Christus resurgens I  Latin SSB
• Severo Bonino — Christus resurgens II  Latin SSB
• John Byrchley — Christus resurgens  Latin TB
• William Byrd — Christus resurgens  Latin ATTB
• Sethus Calvisius — Christus resurgens ex mortuis  Latin SS, TT
• Giovanni Ceresini — Christus resurgens  Latin Solo Soprano, Solo Tenor
• John Cornysh — Christus resurgens  Latin TT
• Moris Gore — Christus resurgens  Latin TB
• Gregorian chant — Christus resurgens  Latin Unison
• Andreas Hakenberger — Christus resurgens  Latin SSATB.ATTBB
• William Parsons I — Christus resurgens  Latin SATBB
• Nobuaki Izawa — Christus resurgens  Latin SATB
• Robert Johnson — Christus resurgens  Latin TB
• Thomas Knyght — Christus resurgens  Latin TTTB
• Gregor Lange — Christus resurgens  Latin SSATTB
• Orlando di Lasso — Christus resurgens  Latin STB,ATB
• Orlando di Lasso — Christus resurgens a 5  Latin SSATB
• Joachimus de Monte — Christus resurgens ex mortuis (prima pars)  Latin SATTB
• Peter Philips — Christus resurgens  Latin SSATB
• John Redford — Christus resurgens  Latin ATTB
• Jean Richafort — Christus resurgens  Latin SSTB,SATB,AATB
• Johann Staden — Christus resurgens ex mortuis  Latin SATB.SATB.ATTB
• Giovanni Battista Stefanini — Christus resurgens ex mortuis  Latin SATTB
• John Tailer — Christus resurgens  Latin ATBBB
• Johannes Wanning — Christus resurgens ex mortuis  Latin SATTB,ATTTB

Text and translations

Latin text 6:9  Christus resurgens ex mortuis, jam non moritur, mors illi ultra non dominabitur. 6:10  Quod enim mortuus est peccato, mortuus est semel, quod autem vivit, vivit Deo, Alleluia. 4:25  Mortuus est enim propter delicta nostra: et resurrexit propter justificationem nostram, Quod autem vivit, vivit Deo, Alleluia. Secunda pars Dicant nunc Iudaei quomodo milites custodientes sepulcrum perdiderunt Regem. Ad lapidis positionem quare non servabant petram iustitiae? Aut sepultum reddant, aut resurgentem adorent, nobiscum dicentes: Alleluia.

English translation 6:9  Christ, rising again from the dead, dieth now no more. Death shall no more have dominion over him. 6:10  For in that he died to sin, he died once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Alleluia. 4:25  He died for our sins and rose again for our justification, who liveth unto God. Alleluia. Secunda pars Let the Jews now say how it was that the soldiers guarding the sepulchre lost the King. Why did they not guard the tomb, which was sealed with a stone? Let them either return his buried body, or with us worship him risen, saying: Alleluia.