- Victimae paschali laudes
"Victimae paschali laudes" is a sequence prescribed for the
Roman Catholic Mass of Easter Sunday. It is usually attributed to the 11th centuryWipo of Burgundy , chaplain to the German EmperorConrad II , but has also been attributed toNotker Balbulus ,Robert II of France , andAdam of St. Victor ."Victimae Paschali Laudes" is one of only four medieval Sequences which were preserved in the "Missale Romanum" published in 1570 following the
Council of Trent (1545-63). Before Trent many feasts had their own sequences [David Hiley, "Western Plainchant : A Handbook" (OUP, 1993), II.22, pp.172-195] and about 16 different sequences for Easter were in use. [Joseph Kehrein, "Lateinische Sequenzen des Mittelalters" (Mainz 1873) pp78-90]"Victimae Paschali Laudes" is one of the few Sequences that is still in liturgical use today. Its text was set to different music by many
Renaissance andBaroque composers, including Busnois, Josquin, Lassus, Willaert,Hans Buchner , Palestrina, Byrd, Perosi, andFernando de las Infantas . Lutheran hymns derived from "Victimae Paschali Laudes" include "Christ ist erstanden " and "Christ lag in Todesbanden ".The tenth verse ("Credendum est...") is nowadays omitted (it is not found in the 1923 "
Liber usualis ", but the 1917" Catholic Encyclopedia" includes it without comment).Media
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External links
* [http://www.classicaland.com/fma.asp Victimae paschali laudes] from both "
Codex Las Huelgas " (c. 1300-25) and "Missale Romanum " (1570) (PDF format).
* [http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Victimae_pascali_laudes Settings and translations at Choralwiki]
* [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15407a.htm Catholic Encyclopedia article]
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