Seniores populi
General information
9th of the Tenebrae Responsories for Maundy Thursday
Settings by composers
- Orlando di Lasso SATB
- Jeffrey Quick SSATBB
- Ludovico da Viadana SATB
- Tomás Luis de Victoria SATB, ATTB & ATBB
- Michael Haydn SATB
Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above
- Ruggerio Argilliano — Seniores populi
- Marco Antonio Ingegneri — Seniores populi
- Jan Dismas Zelenka — Responsories for Maundy Thursday, ZWV 55:1-9
- Jan Dismas Zelenka — Seniores populi, ZWV 55:09
Text and translations
Latin text
Responsorium:
Seniores populi consilium fecerunt,
Ut Jesum dolo tenerent, et occiderent:
cum gladiis et fustibus exierunt tamquam ad latronem.
Versus:
Collegerunt pontifices et pharisaei concilium.
Ut Jesum dolo tenerent, et occiderent:
cum gladiis et fustibus exierunt tamquam ad latronem.
Responsorium:
Seniores populi consilium fecerunt,
Ut Jesum dolo tenerent, et occiderent:
cum gladiis et fustibus exierunt tamquam ad latronem.
English translation
Responsory:
The elders of the people discussed
That they might by craft apprehend Jesus and kill him.
They came out with swords and clubs as against a robber.
Verse:
Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council,
That they might by craft apprehend Jesus and kill him.
They came out with swords and clubs as against a robber.
Responsory:
The elders of the people discussed
That they might by craft apprehend Jesus and kill him.
They came out with swords and clubs as against a robber.