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Beatus vir
Staff Notation • Sacred, Motets, Vesper Psalms
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Beatus vir by Johann Kaspar Ferdinand Fischer — Lyrics
Alleluia. Reversionis Aggei et Zacchariae. Beatus vir qui timet Dominum: in mandatis ejus volet nimis.
Potens in terra erit semen ejus; generatio rectorum benedicetur.
Gloria et divitiae in domo ejus: et justitia ejus manet in saeculum saeculi.
Exortum est in tenebris lumen rectis: misericors, et miserator, et justus.
Jucundus homo qui miseretur et commodat; disponet sermones suos in judicio:
quia in aeternum non commovebitur.
In memoria aeterna erit justus;
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About Beatus vir
Fischer's Beatus vir for SATB voices presents a powerful setting of this Vesper Psalm text. The music opens with an immediate sense of grandeur, its intricate contrapuntal writing skilfully weaving the vocal lines together. Fischer's command of the idiom is evident in the way the texture shifts and responds to the changing text, from the assertion of blessedness to the promise of lasting justice and light. The Latin text, a Psalm of David, speaks of the righteous man who fears the Lord and whose works endure through generations, finding solace and strength in divine remembrance. This motet offers a compelling and substantial liturgical statement.
