In me transierunt
Staff Notation • Sacred, Motets
2 editions of this piece
Different typesettings and voicings of the same work. This page shows the main edition; the others are below.
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In me transierunt by Jean Maillard — Lyrics
About In me transierunt
Jean Maillard’s motet In me transierunt for STTB voices opens with a sense of profound distress. The music vividly portrays the lamentation and suffering expressed in the Latin text, drawn from Psalm 38. The composer uses the four-part texture to create moments of both intense drama and quiet introspection, mirroring the text’s exploration of guilt, pain, and the absence of peace. The lower voices often provide a foundation of sorrow, while the upper voices can soar with anguish or recede into hushed confession. It is a powerful setting of a deeply personal psalm, exploring themes of divine judgment and human frailty with compelling musicality.