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In exitu à 5
Staff Notation • Sacred, Vesper Psalms
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In exitu à 5 by Pietro Lappi — Lyrics
Alleluja. In exitu Israël de Aegypto, domus Jacob de populo barbaro,
facta est Judaea sanctificatio ejus; Israël potestas ejus.
Mare vidit, et fugit; Jordanis conversus est retrorsum.
Montes exsultaverunt ut arietes, et colles sicut agni ovium.
Quid est tibi, mare, quod fugisti? et tu, Jordanis, quia conversus es retrorsum?
montes, exsultastis sicut arietes? et colles, sicut agni ovium?
A facie Domini mota est terra, a facie Dei Jacob:
qui convertit petram in stagna aquarum, et rupem in fontes aquarum.
Non nobis, Domine, non nobis, sed nomini tuo da gloriam:
super misericordia tua et veritate tua;
nequando dicant gentes: Ubi est Deus eorum?
Deus autem noster in caelo; omnia quaecumque voluit fecit.
Simulacra gentium argentum et aurum, opera manuum hominum.
Os habent, et non loquentur; oculos habent, et non videbunt.
Aures habent, et non audient; nares habent, et non odorabunt.
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About In exitu à 5
This SSATB setting of In exitu Israel is a powerful Vesper Psalm from the sacred choral tradition. Pietro Lappi crafts a rich polyphonic texture, allowing the five voices to intertwine and build to moments of great intensity. The Latin text, recounting the Israelites' exodus from Egypt and the wonders of God's deliverance, is set with dramatic flair. The music vividly portrays the sea fleeing, the Jordan turning back, mountains leaping, and the earth shaking before the Lord. The piece culminates in a glorious affirmation of faith, proclaiming that glory belongs not to us, but to God's name, whose power is manifest in the heavens.
