Asperges me Domine

General information

Antiphon during the sprinkling of believers with holy water at the start of the Mass on Sunday through the whole liturgical year, except during Eastertide when Vidi aquam is used instead.
Source of text is Psalm 50:8,1 (Vulgate).

Settings by composers (manually maintained)

Anonymous Ambrosian chant Gregorian chant (optional SATB arr. and org. accomp. available) 4 settings from the 15c Trent codices STT 16c Gyffard Partbooks, 1st setting TTBarB 16c Gyffard Partbooks, 2nd setting TTBB 16c Gyffard Partbooks, 3rd setting TTBarB 16c Gyffard Partbooks, 4th setting STTB Anton Bruckner SATB, with organ Manuel Cardoso SATB Claudio Casciolini à 4 SATB à 2 SA Aristotle Aure Esguerra SAT or ATB Aires Fernandes ATTB

Johann Joseph Fux SATTB Josef Gruber op. 35-1 SATB op. 35-2 SATB Michael Haller SATB Bernard Hellebusch 1st setting SATB 2nd setting SATB Heinrich Isaac SATB Karl Kempter in A minor SATB in F major SATB George de La Hèle SSATTB or SSTTTB Orlando di Lasso SATTB - Mode 4 Orlando di Lasso SATTB - Mode 7

Filipe de Magalhães SATB Cristóbal de Morales 4vv. SATB 5vv. SSATB José Maurício Nunes Garcia: Office of Palm Sunday II SATB & orchestra Oreste Ravanello SSA Johann Baptist Schenk SATTB Franz Schöpf SATB Julije Skjavetić SATBB Rémi Studer SATB Tomás Luis de Victoria SATB John Wiegand SATB Carl Bonaventura Witzka SATB

Settings by composers (automated)

• Ambrosian chant — Asperges me  Latin Unison
• Anonymous — Asperges me (Gyffard Partbooks, 2nd setting)  Latin TTBB
• Anonymous — Asperges me Domine  Latin STT
• Anton Bruckner — 2 Asperges me WAB 3  Latin SATB
• Manuel Cardoso — Asperges me  Latin SATB
• Claudio Casciolini — Asperges me  Latin SATB
• Aristotle Aure Esguerra — Asperges me a 3  Latin SAT, ATB
• Aires Fernandes — Asperges me  Latin ATTB
• Johann Joseph Fux — Asperges me, K204  Latin SATTB
• Gregorian chant — Asperges me, Domine  Latin Unison
• Josef Gruber — Asperges me, op. 35-1  Latin SATB
• Josef Gruber — Asperges me, op. 35-2  Latin SATB
• Michael Haller — Asperges me  Latin SATB
• Bernard Hellebusch — Asperges me no. 1  Latin SATB
• Bernard Hellebusch — Asperges me no. 2  Latin SATB
• Heinrich Isaac — Asperges me  Latin SATB
• Karl Kempter — Asperges me  Latin SATB
• Karl Kempter — Asperges me F Major  Latin SATB
• George de La Hèle — Asperges me, Domine  Latin SSATTB, SSTTTB
• Orlando di Lasso — Asperges me I  Latin SATTB
• Orlando di Lasso — Asperges me II  Latin SATTB
• Duarte Lobo — Asperges me  Latin SATB
• Filipe de Magalhães — Asperges me  Latin SATB
• Cristóbal de Morales — Asperges me a 4  Latin SATB
• Cristóbal de Morales — Asperges me a 5  Latin SSATB
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Office of Palm Sunday - II  Latin SATB
• Oreste Ravanello — Asperges me, op. 66/1  Latin SSA
• Franz Schöpf — Asperges me  Latin SATB
• Julije Skjavetić — Asperges me, Domine  Latin SATBB
• Tomás Luis de Victoria — Asperges me  Latin SATB
• John Wiegand — Asperges me  Latin SATB
• Carl Bonaventura Witzka — Asperges me  Latin SATB

 

Text and translations

Latin text 50:8  Asperges me Domine hyssopo et mundabor: lavabis me et super nivem dealbabor. 50:1  Miserere mei Deus, secundum magnam misericordiam tuam. Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.   Italian translation Cospargimi, Signore, con la Tua grazia e sarò puro: Mi laverai e sarò più candido della neve.

English translation 51:7  Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 51:1  Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.