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Dum transisset Sabbatum
Staff Notation • Sacred, Responsories
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2 editions of this piece
Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
SATBB|SATBarB · Jonathan Goodliffe
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Dum transisset Sabbatum by Robert Johnson — Lyrics
Dum transisset Sabbatum, Maria Magdalene
et (altera Maria/Maria Jacobi) et Salome
emerunt aromata ut venientes ungerent Jesum.
Alleluia.
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About Dum transisset Sabbatum
Robert Johnson's Dum transisset Sabbatum is a sacred responsory for SATBB or SATBarB voices. The music opens with a profound sense of stillness, the voices entering one by one in imitation, gradually building a rich, imitative texture. The Latin text, drawn from the Gospels, describes Mary Magdalene and her companions arriving at Jesus' tomb early on the first day of the week, bearing spices to anoint him. The setting captures the solemnity of the subject matter, with moments of intense harmonic color and dramatic intensity, before concluding with the joyful acclamation of the Gloria Patri.
