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Jubilate Deo is a small hymnal of Gregorian chant in the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church, produced after the liturgical reforms of Vatican II. It contains a selection of chants used in the Mass and various liturgies (e.g. Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament ), as well as Marian antiphons and seasonal hymns.
Benjamin Britten's Jubilate Deo is a sacred choral setting of Psalm 100 in English, written in 1961 for St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, "at the request of H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh". [1] Britten scored the joyful music in C major for four-part choir and organ. A late companion piece to his 1934 Te Deum in C, it is also known as his ...
Utrecht Te Deum and Jubilate is the common name for a sacred choral composition in two parts, written by George Frideric Handel to celebrate the Treaty of Utrecht, which established the Peace of Utrecht in 1713, ending the War of the Spanish Succession. He composed a Te Deum, HWV 278, and a Jubilate Deo , HWV 279. The combination of the two ...
Psalm 100 was one of the fixed psalms in the older Anglican liturgy for office of lauds on Sundays, and the Prayer Book translation given by Driver (with an added Gloria) is a part of the order of morning prayer in the Book of Common Prayer under the title Jubilate Deo, or just Jubilate. [39]
A Hymn to the Virgin for chorus and soli (1930; revised 1934) Christ's Nativity for unaccompanied chorus (1931) A Boy Was Born, Op. 3, for children's chorus and mixed choir (1933; revised 1955) Jubilate Deo in E-flat for chorus and organ (published posthumously; 1934) Te Deum in C for treble solo, chorus, trumpet, and organ (1934)
Rejoice in the Lamb sets music to 48 lines from Jubilate Agno by Smart. Smart was born in Kent in 1722 and was active during the Enlightenment.He began his career as an academic but became mentally unwell in part due to alcoholism and debt.
The cantata is scored for four vocal soloists (soprano, alto or contralto, tenor, and bass), a four-part choir, two flutes (second doubling piccolo), two oboes, two clarinets in B-flat, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets in C, three trombones, tuba, strings, timpani, four percussionists, two harps, piano, and strings.
Phaedra was the composer's last vocal work, written in 1975 and first performed by Dame Janet Baker at the Aldeburgh Festival on 16 June 1976. [2] Britten assembled the libretto from parts of a translation of Racine's Phèdre by Robert Lowell. [3]