Haec dies

Haec dies is an antiphon text associated with Easter, and is used as the gradual at the masses of Easter Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, and in place of the hymn at vespers. It is derived from Psalm 107:1-3 and Psalm 118:1-2, 24.

Settings by composers (manual)

Anonymous 3/4 in F, SATB Jacques Arcadelt AATB William Byrd Haec dies - Alleluia Pascha nostrum AATTB a 3 SAT a 6 SSATTB Anton Diabelli (2 Gradualia) SAB & orchestra Ignazio Donati (Alleluia, Haec dies) SATB violin & bc Caspar Ett SATB Stefano Felis SSATB Robert Führer (4 Festoffertorien) SATB & orchestra Franz Xaver Haberl TTBB Johann Evangelist Habert SATB & organ Jacob Handl TTBB.TTBB

Oliver Hayes SATB Marco Antonio Ingegneri SATB Heinrich Isaac SATB Franz Lachner (2 Motetten Op. 131 SATB Jan Le Febure Haec dies I SATB Haec dies II Thomas Morley 'arranged for ATB' José Maurício Nunes Garcia SATB & orchestra Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina a 4 SATB a 6 SSATTB a 8 SATB.SATB Paolo Pandolfo SATB & organ

Marcos Portugal SATB & orchestra Oreste Ravanello )p. 66/11 SSA Andrea Rota SAATBB John Sheppard: Kyrie & Haec dies (for Vespers) SATTBarB Caleb Simper: King of Kings (see workpage) SATB & organ Georg Stein TTBB Simone Stella SSA Francesco Usper SMsTTBar & bc Orazio Vecchi TTB Ludovico da Viadana SATB Nicola Vicentino: Alleluia and Haec dies SATB Samuel Webbe SATB & organ Charles Wood SSATBB Jan Dismas Zelenka (ZWV 169) SATB & orchestra

Settings by composers (automated)

• Felice Anerio — Haec dies quam fecit Dominus  SATB.SATB.SATB
• Anonymous — Haec dies  SATB
• Jacques Arcadelt — Haec dies  SATB, ATTB
• William Byrd — Haec dies - Alleluia Pascha nostrum  AATTB
• William Byrd — Haec dies a 3  SAT, ATT, SAB
• William Byrd — Haec dies a 6  SSATTB
• Franz Bühler — Haec dies, Op. 2/5  SATB
• Anton Diabelli — 2 Gradualia  SAB
• Ignazio Donati — Alleluia, Haec dies  SATB
• John Ensdale — Haec dies  TTTB
• Caspar Ett — Haec dies  SATB
• Stefano Felis — Hæc dies quam fecit Dominus  SSATB
• Robert Führer — 4 Festoffertorien  SATB
• Franz Xaver Haberl — Haec dies  TTBB
• Johann Evangelist Habert — Haec dies  SATB
• Jacob Handl — Haec dies  TTBB.TTBB
• Oliver Hayes — Haec dies  SATB
• Marco Antonio Ingegneri — Haec dies  SATB
• Heinrich Isaac — Haec dies & Pascha nostrum  SATB
• Nobuaki Izawa — A Domino factum est istud  SATB
• Franz Lachner — 2 Motetten, op. 131  SATB
• Jan Le Febure — Haec dies I  SATB
• Thomas Morley — Haec dies  ATB
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Haec dies  SATB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Haec dies a 4  SATB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Haec dies a 6  SSATTB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Haec dies a 8  SATB.SATB
• Paolo Pandolfo — Haec dies  SATB
• Marcos Portugal — Haec dies  SATB
• Oreste Ravanello — Haec dies, op. 66/11  SSA
• Conrad Rein — Haec dies quam fecit Dominus  SATB
• Andrea Rota — Alleluia Haec dies a 6  SAATBB
• Jehan Sarton — Haec dies  SATTB
• John Sheppard — Kyrie & Haec dies  SATTBB
• Caleb Simper — King of Kings  SATB
• Georg Stein — Haec dies  TTBB
• Simone Stella — Haec dies  SSA
• Christoph Straus — Hæc dies quam fecit Dominus a 9  SSAATTTBB
• Francesco Usper — Haec dies  SSATT
• Orazio Vecchi — Haec dies  SATTB
• Ludovico da Viadana — Haec dies  SATB
• Nicola Vicentino — Alleluia and Haec dies  SATB
• Samuel Webbe — Haec dies  SATB
• Charles Wood — Haec dies  SSATBB
• Jan Dismas Zelenka — Haec dies, ZWV 169  SATB

 

Text and translations

Latin text Haec dies quam fecit Dominus: exultemus et laetemur in ea, alleluia. verse for Easter Sunday: Confitemini Domino, quoniam bonus: quoniam in saeculum misericordia ejus. [Pascha nostrum Immolatus est Christus.] verse for Easter Monday: Dicant nunc Israel, quoniam bonus: quoniam in saeculum misericordia ejus. verse for Easter Tuesday: Dicant nunc, qui redempti sunt a Domino: quos redemit de manu inimici, et de regionibus congregavit eos.

English translation This is the day which the Lord hath made: let us be glad and rejoice therein. (Psalm 118:24) Alleluia. verse for Easter Sunday: Give praise to the Lord, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever. (Psalm 118:1; 107:1) [Christ our Passover was sacrificed for us.] verse for Easter Monday: Let Israel now say, that he is good: that his mercy endureth for ever. (Psalm 118:2) verse for Easter Tuesday: Let them say so that have been redeemed by the Lord, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy: and gathered out of the countries. (Psalm 107:2-3a)

Portuguese translation Este é o dia feito pelo Senhor: regozijemo-nos e alegremo-nos por issom Aleluia. Estrofe para o Domingo de Páscoa: Dai graças ao Senhor porque ele é bom: e eterna é sua misericórdia. (Salmo 118:1)