Veni sancte Spiritus (Antiphon)

General information

Antiphon for the Magnificat at Vespers of Pentecost, not to be confused with the Sequence of the same name.

Settings by composers

Gregorian chant Alleluia verse "Veni Sancte Spiritus" Gregorio Allegri SATB (omits qui per diversitatem…) Carlotta Ferrari SATB (omits qui per diversitatem…) William Byrd AATBB (omits qui per diversitatem…) Hans Leo Hassler SATTB Bernhard Klein TTBB Orlando di Lasso SSATTB Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart SATB & SATB soli & orchestra

Michael Praetorius a 4 SSST a 12 SSAT.SATB.ATTB Samuel Scheidt SATB.SATB Heinrich Schütz SSTT & bc Ludwig Senfl SATBB David Sulcius SATB

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Adam Gumpelzhaimer — Veni Sancte Spiritus
• Andreas Hakenberger — Veni Sancte Spiritus, reple
• Johann Knöfel — Alleluia, Veni Sancte Spiritus
• Giovanni Bonaventura Matucci — Alleluia. Veni Sancte Spiritus
• Johann Gottfried Schicht — Veni Sancte Spiritus

Text and translations

Latin text Veni sancte Spiritus: Reple tuorum corda fidelium: et tui amoris in eis ignem accende. qui per diversitatem linguarum cunctarum gentes in unitate fidei congregasti. Alleluia.

English translation Come Holy Spirit: fill the hearts of your faithful, and kindle your love in them. You, who through the diversity of many tongues, have gathered the nations together in the unity of faith. Alleluia.

German translation Komm, o Herr Gott, Heilger Geist erfüll die Herzen deiner Geistgläubigen und entzünd in ihnen das Feuer deiner Liebe rein, der du durch Manchfaltigkeit der Zungen allzumal die Völker in Einigkeit des Glauben versammlet hast. provided in Veni, Sancte Spiritus (David Sulcius).