Veni Sancte Spiritus (Gregorian chant)

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• (Posted 2020-05-29)  CPDL #58895: 

Editor: Éric Leroy (submitted 2020-05-29).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 311 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Version à l'unisson en ré mineur. Arranged by Jehan Revert, Tradition Notre-Dame de Paris.

• (Posted 2020-05-28)  CPDL #58893:   

Editor: Éric Leroy (submitted 2020-05-28).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 323 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Fa mineur. Arranged by Jehan Revert, Tradition Notre-Dame de Paris. Scanned score.

• (Posted 2019-03-05)  CPDL #53464:       

Editor: St. John's College Freshman Chorus (submitted 2019-03-05).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 104 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Monophone with stemless notes and with English translation.

• (Posted 2001-05-10)  CPDL #02660:     

Editor: Abel Di Marco (submitted 2001-05-10).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 32 kB   Copyright: Religious

Edition notes: Arranged by Abel Di Marco (optional accompaniment).

• (Posted 2001-05-10)  CPDL #02648: 

Editor: Abel Di Marco (submitted 2001-05-10).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 6.41 MB   Copyright: Religious

Edition notes: keep looking; V's not strictly alphabetized

General Information

Title: Veni Sancte Spiritus
Composer: Anonymous (Gregorian chant)
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: Unison
Genre: Sacred, Sequence hymn for Pentecost

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella or keyboard

First published:
Description: Tonus Primus, Dorian mode. The sequence for Whitsunday. Attributed to Pope Innocent III, (1160 or 1161 -1216) or Stephen Langton, Archibishop of Canterbury (c. 1150 - 1228), but also (with fewer adherents and less modern credibility) to Robert King of France (996-1031), Notcker (840-912), and/or Ermanno Contratto (1054). Long discussion of authorship and sources in Blume, C., Bannister, H. Marriott., Adam, d. Saint Victor., Notker, B., Catholic Church. (1915). Thesauri hymnologici prosarium: Die Sequenzen des Thesaurus Hymnologicus. Leipzig: O.R. Reisland. AHMA (Analecta Hymnica Medii Aevi) vol 54 p. 234-9.

External websites:

• On Gregobase
• In Cantus index
• in Cantus
• At Gregorien.info
• A version in Ab at Hymnary.org
• Hymnary.org
• Entry for "Veni Sancte Spiritus" in the Catholic Encyclopedia
• Getto, Giovanni. Ospite Dell'anima : Meditazioni Sullo Spirito Santo : Il Veni Sancte Spiritus E Il Gloria Patri. Già E Non Ancora, 198. Milano: Jaca Book, 1991.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Veni Sancte Spiritus.