Emendemus in melius
General information
Matins Responsory for Lent I & Distribution of Ashes on Ash Wednesday.
Source of text is Psalm 106:6 Ps. 78:9; cf. Esther 13, Joel 2)
Settings by composers
- William Byrd SATTB (Adds variant 3)
- Baldassare Donato SAATB or SATTB (Adds variant 1)
- Andrea Gabrieli ATTBBB
- Cristóbal de Morales ATTBB or SAATB (Adds variant 2)
- Ascanio Trombetti SATTT
Original text and translations
Latin text Emendemus in melius quae ignoranter peccavimus; |
English translation Let us amend for the better in those things in which we have sinned through ignorance; |