Veni Sancte Spiritus (Gregorian chant)

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• (Posted 2019-03-05)  CPDL #53464:       

Editor: St. John's College Freshman Chorus (submitted 2019-03-05).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 104 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Monophone with stemless notes and with English translation. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

• CPDL #02660:     

Editor: Abel Di Marco (submitted 2001-05-10).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 32 kB   Copyright: Religious

Edition notes:

Arranger: Abel Di Marco (optional accompaniment)

General Information

Title: Veni Sancte Spiritus
Composer: Anonymous (Gregorian chant)

Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: Unison

Genre: Sacred, Sequence hymn

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella or keyboard

First published:

Description:

Tonus Primus, Dorian mode. The sequence for Whitsunday.

Attributed to Pope Innocent III, (1160 or 1161 -1216) or Stephen Langton, Archibishop of Canterbury (c. 1150 - 1228), but also (with fewer adherents and less modern credibility) to Robert King of France (996-1031), Notcker (840-912), and/or Ermanno Contratto ( 1054). Long discussion of authorship and sources in Blume, C., Bannister, H. Marriott., Adam, d. Saint Victor., Notker, B., Catholic Church. (1915). Thesauri hymnologici prosarium: Die Sequenzen des Thesaurus Hymnologicus. Leipzig: O.R. Reisland. AHMA (Analecta Hymnica Medii Aevi) vol 54 p. 234-9.

External websites:

• On Gregobase
• In Cantus index
• in Cantus
• At Gregorien.info
• A version in Ab at Hymnary.org
• Hymnary.org
• Entry for "Veni Sancte Spiritus" in the Catholic Encyclopedia
• Getto, Giovanni. Ospite Dell'anima : Meditazioni Sullo Spirito Santo : Il Veni Sancte Spiritus E Il Gloria Patri. Già E Non Ancora, 198. Milano: Jaca Book, 1991.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Veni Sancte Spiritus.