Audivi vocem

General information

Part of the Office of the Dead.
Source of text is Revelation 14:13; see also I heard a voice from heaven.

Settings by composers

• William Byrd ATTBarB
• Duarte Lobo SSTTTB
• Wietse Stuurman SATB

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Duarte Lobo — Missa pro defunctis
• John Sheppard — Audivi vocem

Text and translations

Latin text Audivi vocem in caelo dicentem mihi: 'Beati mortui qui in Domino moriuntur.'

English translation I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me: Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.