Domine ad adiuvandum (Claudio Monteverdi)

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• CPDL #11222:

Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2006-03-12).   Score information: A4, 14 pages, 271 kbytes   Copyright: © 2006 Philip Legge

Edition notes: Full score; vocal score, and parts also available.

• CPDL #5844: Sibelius 2

Editor: Steven Langley Guy (submitted 2003-10-24).   Score information: A4 landscape, 5 pages, 80 kbytes   Copyright: Personal

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Vocal scores

• CPDL #11222:

Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2006-03-12).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 68 kbytes   Copyright: © 2006 Philip Legge

Edition notes: Vocal score, with bassus generalis part; full score, and parts also available. Revised 28 May 2006 to remove two unneeded cautionary sharps and to reduce file size.

• CPDL #9201: Capella

Editor: Unknown (submitted 2005-08-30).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 36 kbytes   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Voice parts only.

Orchestral parts

• CPDL #11222:

Editor: Philip Legge (submitted 2006-03-12).   Score information: A4, 34 pages, 525 kbytes   Copyright: © 2006 Philip Legge

Edition notes: Parts; full score, and vocal score also available. Revised 28 May 2006 to include parts for alternate instruments (different transpositions or clefs).

General Information

Title: Domine ad adiuvandum
Composer: Claudio Monteverdi
Larger work: Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: 2 cornetti, 3 trombones, 2 violins da brazzo, 4 viuola da brazzo, contrabasso da gamba, basso continuo
Published: Sanctissimae Virgini Missa senis vocibus ac Vesperae..., published by Riccardo Amadino, Venice, 1610.

Description: Opening Versicle and Response at Vespers, followed by the minor doxology Gloria Patri, with the orchestral accompaniment consisting of the Toccata from Monteverdi's first opera, L'Orfeo.

External websites:

• Complete Latin text of the Vespers of 1610, with an English translation in parallel (PDF or MS Word), from John Kilpatrick's web site

Original text and translations

Latin text

Deus, in adiutorium meum intende:

Domine, ad adiuvandum me festina.

Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto:

Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in sæcula sæculorum. Amen. Alleluja.

English translation

O God, make speed to save me:

O Lord, make haste to help me.

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit:

As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. Alleluja.

French translation

O Dieu, venez à mon aide.

Seigneur, hâtez-vous de me secourir.

Gloire au Père, au Fils et au Saint-Esprit.

Comme il était au commencement, maintenant et toujours

dans tous les siècles des siècles. Amen. Alléluia.

German translation

O Gott, komm mir zu Hilfe,

O Herr, eile mir zu helfen.

Ehre sei dem Vater und dem Sohne und dem heiligen Geiste.

Wie es war am Anfang, so auch jetzt und allezeit und in Ewigkeit.

Amen. Alleluia.