Cantabo Domino in vita mea

General information

Source of text is Psalm 103:33-34 (Vulgate).

Settings by composers

Antonio Burlini A solo Frédéric Debons SATB (v.33 only) Teofilo Gargario SB with continuo Alessandro Grandi SATB (adds in Deo Jesu meo) S

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SSAATB Heinrich Schütz T solo, with 2 violins & bc (v.33 only, replaces sum with fuero) Velthur Tognoni SATB (v.33 only) Orazio Vecchi SATB (v.33 only)

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Alessandro Grandi — Cantabo Domino a 4 (II)
• Ludovico da Viadana — Cantabo Domino in vita mea

Text and translations

Latin text 103:33  Cantabo Domino in vita mea: psallam Deo meo quamdiu sum. 103:34  Iucundum sit ei eloquium meum: ego vero delectabor in Domino.

English translation 104:33  I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live : I will praise my God while I have my being. 104:34  And so shall my words please him : my joy shall be in the Lord.