Jesu dulcis memoria
General information
A poem of 42 to 53 stanzas traditionally ascribed to St. Bernard of Clairvaux. It is divided into three Office hymns: "Jesu dulcis memoria" (Vespers), "Jesu Rex admirabilis" (Matins), "Jesu decus angelicum" (Lauds).
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Settings by composers
- Gregor Aichinger — Iesu dulcis memoria Latin SSAT
- Anonymous — Jesu dulcis memoria Latin SATB
- Anonymous — Jesu, dulcis memoria I Latin SA, TB, BB
- Joseph Barnby — Jesu! the very thought is sweet English SATB
- Ludwig van Beethoven — Jesu dulcis memoria Latin SATB
- Henrique Coe — Jesu Dulcis Memoria Latin SATB
- Estêvão de Brito — Jesu dulcis memoria Latin SATB
- Angel Embil — Jesu dulcis memoria Latin SATB
- Mariano Garau — Jesu dulcis memoria Latin SATB
- Mariano Garau — Jesu dulcis memoria II Latin SAA
- Christopher Garton-Zavesky — Jesu dulcis memoria Latin SATB
- Thomas Gebhardt — Jesu dulcis memoria Latin SATB
- Gregorian chant — Jesu dulcis memoria Latin Unison
- Carl Greith — Jesu dulcis memoria Latin SATB
- Jacob Handl — Jesu dulcis memoria Latin SATTBB,SAATBB
- George Cooper I — Jesu, thou joy of loving hearts English SATB
- Juan Francés de Iribarren — Jesu dulcis memoria Latin SSAB
- Michael J. Drake, Jr. — Jesu dulcis memoria Latin SSA
- William Henry Monk — Jesu! the very thought is sweet English SATB
- Donat Müller — Jesu dulcis memoria Latin SS
- Annibale Orgas — 4 Motteten a 6 Latin SSAATB
- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Jesu, dulcis memoria Latin SATB
- Giacomo Petrino — Iesu dulcis memoria Latin SSA,SST
- Josef Rheinberger — 6 lateinische Hymnen, Op. 58 Latin SATB
- Carlo Rossini — Jesu, dulcis memoria Latin SATB
- Cornelius Schmuck — Jesu dulcis memoria Latin SATB
- Stanislav Surin — Jesu dulcis memoria Latin Unison
- Tomás Luis de Victoria — Jesu, dulcis memoria Latin SATB
- André Vierendeels — Jesu dulcis memoria I Latin SATB
- André Vierendeels — Jesu dulcis memoria II Latin TTTB
- Scott Villard — Jesu dulcis memoria Latin SATB
- Georg Joseph Vogler — Jesu dulcis Latin TTBB
Text and translations
Latin text Jesu dulcis memoria |
English translation Jesus, sweet remembrance, |
Italian translation O Gesù, dolce memoria, |
Singing versions
English text Jesu, the very thought of thee |
English text Jesu! the very thought is sweet; |
English text (or link to a text page) needs to be added. "Jesus, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts"
(1858 translation by Ray Palmer) |