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Currite, currite, populi, currite
Staff Notation • Sacred, Arias
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Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
Solo Tenor · Peter Rottländer
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Currite, currite, populi, currite by Claudio Monteverdi — Lyrics
Currite, currite, populi, currite,
psallite, psallite tympanis, psallite,
vocibus dicite alleluia.
Quia hodie celebremus diem festum Sancti N.
cuius animam paradisum possidet.
Currite, currite, populi, currite,
psallite, psallite tympanis, psallite,
vocibus dicite o sancte N., sancte prudentissime,
tibi laus, tibi gloria,
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About Currite, currite, populi, currite
This virtuosic solo tenor aria from Monteverdi's sacred output is a jubilant call to celebrate a saint. The text urges the people to run, sing with drums and voices, and cry Alleluia, proclaiming the saint's feast day and the heavenly kingdom they possess. It then shifts to an entreaty for the saint to pray for the singers, that they may enter the heavenly kingdom. The music reflects this fervant, ecstatic mood with its driving rhythms and soaring vocal line, demanding considerable agility and stamina from the soloist. A powerful and expressive showpiece for a single tenor voice.
