Cantemus Domino

General information

The Canticle of Miriam, also known as the Song of Moses (Az Yashir Moshe). Source of text is Exodus 15:1-3. In the Catholic novus ordo adopted in 1970 it has a prominent place in the Easter Vigil.

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Settings by composers

George Frideric Handel finale of Israel in Egypt, SATB.SATB & orchestra Hans Leo Hassler SSAT.ATBB vv1-2 Jacob Obrecht a 5 Gioachino Rossini SATB.SATB v1

Johann Baptist Schiedermayr SATB & orchestra vv1-3 Franz Schubert Mirjam's Siegesgesang, D 942 (Franz Schubert) S solo SATB & unorchestrated keyboard Ascanio Trombetti SATTTBB vv1-2a

Text and translations

Latin text 15:1  Cantemus Domino gloriose enim magnificatus est: equum et ascensorem projecit[dejecit] in mare. 15:2  Fortitudo mea et laus mea Dominus, et factus est mihi in salutem: iste Deus meus, et glorificabo eum; Deus patris mei, et exaltabo eum. 15:3  Dominus quasi vir pugnator omnipotens nomen ejus.

English translation 15:1  I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 15:2  The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will glorify him; the God of my father, and I will exalt him. 15:3  The Lord is as a man of war, Almighty is his name.