Saint Benedict Ornate Wall Crucifix.
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In paradisum deducant te angeli: in tuo adventu suscipiant te martyres, et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Ierusalem.
Chorus angelorum te suscipiat, et cum Lazaro,
quondam paupere, aeternam habeas requiem.
May The Angels lead you into Paradise:
May The Martyrs receive you at your coming,
And lead you into The Holy City, Jerusalem.
May The Choir of Angels receive you,
and, with Lazarus, who once was poor,
May you have Everlasting Rest.
“In Paradisum”.
By: Gabriel Fauré.
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Traditional Latin Requiem Mass.
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“In Paradisum“ (English: “Into Paradise”) is an Antiphon from The Traditional Latin Liturgy of The Western Church’s Requiem Mass.
It is sung by The Choir as the body is being taken out of the Church. The Text of “In Paradisum”, with or without The Gregorian Melody, is sometimes included in musical settings of The Requiem Mass, such as those by Gabriel Fauré and Maurice Duruflé.
It is sung by The Choir as the body is being taken out of the Church. The Text of “In Paradisum”, with or without The Gregorian Melody, is sometimes included in musical settings of The Requiem Mass, such as those by Gabriel Fauré and Maurice Duruflé.
English: The Antiphon “In Paradisum”.
Deutsch: Antiphon zur Begräbnisfeier In paradisum deducant
te angeli - Zum Paradies mögen Engel dich geleiten.
Date: Mediæval.
Sources:
Author: Unknown.
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A Wonderful Consolation
At The Death Of A Loved One.
As usual, Zephyrinus exhibits his clairvoyant abilities: This remarkable piece based on the final Funeral Mass chant (and graveside blessing), concluding the famed Faure “Requiem”, seems so like the angels’ voices guiding the penitent soul at death through the personal Judgment, then Purgatory, and finally to the Divine Embrace. This piece has been on the commenter’s mind for the last two months, after a funeral of a cousin; and so the commenter had to learn the organ transcription (by Dr. Martin Setchell, a Fellow with the Royal Academy of Music, now in New Zealand); there are many instrumental transcriptions of this transcendent musical writing besides choral, including organ, piano, harp and other instruments, so striking it is). It also reminds me of Dante’s opening verses of the Purgatorio. A stunning piece, thank you, Zephyrinus for the presentation. -Dante P
ReplyDeleteBeautifully-stated, Dante P.
DeleteVery grateful.