| Latin | English - literal | English - Anglican | Deutsch | Française | Español | Italiano | Русский | Esperanto |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto, Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen. | Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit, As it was in the beginning, both now and always, and to the ages of ages. Amen. | 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. | Ehre sei dem Vater und dem Sohn und dem Heiligen Geist, wie im Anfang, so auch jetzt und alle Zeit und in Ewigkeit. Amen. | Gloire au Père, et au Fils, et au Saint-Esprit. Comme il était au commencement, maintenant et toujours, pour les siècles des siècles. Amen. | Gloria al Padre, y al Hijo y al Espíritu Santo. Como era en el principio, ahora y siempre, por los siglos de los siglos. Amén. | Gloria al Padre e al Figlio e allo Spirito Santo. Come era nel principio e ora e sempre, nei secoli dei secoli. Amen. | Слава Отцу и Сыну и Святому Духу, и ныне, и присно, и во веки веков. Аминь. | Gloro al la Patro kaj la Filo kaj la Sankta Spirito. Kiel en la komenco tiel nun kaj ĉiam, kaj en eterno. Amen. |
Here are some settings by some of our greatest composers
of this most basic doxology of Christianity:
Claudio Monteverdi,from his SV 268 Beatus Vir (Psalm 112),
published in his Selva morale e spirituale, 1640.
The “Gloria Patri”
(with “Gloria (es)” prepended to many of the phrases)
starts at 7:37 in the following video:
For the text to the complete Bestus Vir, click here.
The conclusion of the Magnficat of Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610,
in two alternative performance (both led by John Eliot Gardiner):
Gardiner 1989, Basilica di San Marco, Venice
Gardiner 2010, BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, London [1]
Interestingly, the performing forces are the same, at least organizationally:
The Monteverdi Choir
The London Oratory Junior Choir
The English Baroque Soloists
His Magesties Sagbutts and Cornetts
London Oratory Junior Choir
Click here Then there is a Jean Tubéry-led complete performance from France,
by
Choeur de chambre de Namur
La Fenice
conducted by Jean Tubéry:
Click here for just the Gloria,
or for the whole Vespers view this:
George Frideric HandelThe last movement of Handel’s HWV 232 Dixit Dominus (Psalm 110), 1707:
(For a playlist for the complete Dixit Dominus, click here.
For the text, with links to a performance, click here.)
The last movement of Handel’s HWV 279 Utrecht Jubilate, 1713:
Johann Sebastian Bach.The last movement of Bach’s BWV 243 Magnificat, 1723.
The first video is conducted by
Count Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
The second video is conducted by Ton Koopman;
the Gloria Patri starts at 3:05.
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For the complete Harnoncourt and Koopman performances of the Magnificat,
with some commentary by Christoph Wolf, click here.
By the way, FWIW, my favorite segment of the Magnificat is
the three numbers starting with “Suscepit Israel” in the Harnoncourt performance.
Then there is Bach’s BWV 191, Gloria in excelsis Deo (Glory to God in the Highest)
(@Wikipedia; @bach-cantatas.com).
Here Bach precedes the Gloria Patri, with another familiar Christian trope:
“Gloria in excelsis Deo. Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis.”
The Gloria Patri itself is here broken into two parts,
with “Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto.” being sung,
rather than by a chorus, by soloists in the two higher voical ranges, soprano and tenor.
The second part,
“Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.”
then is sung by a chorus.
| # | Latin | English | Time in video | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gloria in excelsis Deo. Et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis. | Glory to God on high and peace on earth to men of good will. | (0:00) 0:22 | 4; 2/1 | (Same text.) | (Same text.) | D major | SSATB | 3; 0:00 | 3; 0:00 | 3; 0:00 | |
| 2 | Gloria Patri, et Filio, et Spiritui Sancto. | Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. | (6:45) 7:33 | 8; 2/5 | Domine Deus, Rex coelestis, Deus Pater omnipotens, Domine Fili unigenite, Jesu Christe altissime, Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris. | O Lord God, heavenly King, God the Father Almighty, O Lord, the only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ, the Most High, O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father. | G major | S1 + T | 5; 0:00 | 5; 0:00 | 5; 0:00 | |
| 3 | Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen. | As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be : world without end. Amen. | 10:40 | 12; 2/9 | Cum Sancto Spiritu in gloria Dei Patris, Amen. | With the Holy Ghost in the glory of God the Father. Amen. | D major | SSATB | 7; 6:05 | 7; 5:05 | 7; 4:20 |
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