Vinea mea electa
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General information
3rd of the Responsories for Good Friday
Settings by composers
- Anonymous SATB
- Ludovico da Viadana SATB
Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above
- Mariano Garau — Vinea mea electa
- Luigi Mazzi — Vinea mea electa
- Jan Dismas Zelenka — Responsories for Good Friday, ZWV 55:10-18
- Jan Dismas Zelenka — Vinea mea electa, ZWV 55:12
Text and translations
Latin text
Vinea mea electa, ego te plantavi:
quomodo conversa es in amaritudinem,
ut me crucifigures et Barrabbam dimitteres.
Sepivi te, et lapides elegi ex te,
et ædificavi turrim.
English translation
O vineyard, my chosen one. I planted thee.
How is thy sweetness turned into bitterness,
to crucify me and take Barabbas in my place?
I protected thee; I took the hard stones away from thy path,
and built a tower in thy defence.