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Domine Dominus Noster a 5
Staff Notation • Sacred, Motets, Vesper Psalms
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3 editions of this piece
Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
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Domine Dominus Noster a 5 by Andrea Gabrieli — Lyrics
In finem, pro torcularibus. Psalmus David.
Domine, Dominus noster, quam admirabile est nomen tuum in universa terra! quoniam elevata est magnificentia tua super caelos.
Ex ore infantium et lactentium perfecisti laudem propter inimicos tuos,
ut destruas inimicum et ultorem.
Quoniam videbo caelos tuos,opera digitorum tuorum, lunam et stellas
quae tu fundasti.
Quid est homo, quod memor es eius? aut filius hominis, quoniam visitas eum?
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About Domine Dominus Noster a 5
This majestic setting of Psalm 8 by Andrea Gabrieli, scored for five voices (SATTB), is ideal for Vespers or other liturgical occasions. The Latin text, beginning with the exclamatory "Domine, Dominus noster" (O Lord, our Lord), contemplates the magnificence of God's creation and humanity's place within it. Gabrieli's rich five-part writing would have been suited to the grand spaces of St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, where he served as organist. The motet draws on the full range of the voices to express the awe-inspiring grandeur of the text, from the wonders of the heavens to the dominion granted to humankind.
