O quam gloriosum | UK Choral Composers

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Liturgical: Antiphon

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Latin

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O quam gloriosum is an All Saints Antiphon to the Magnificat, Second Vespers. This text is sometimes augmented with other texts as in the Pfender or Vaet settings (see the CPDL link above for these settings). The setting by Gabriel Jackson combines this antiphon text with Revelation 7:12.

Text and English Translation
Text	English Translation
O quam gloriosum est regnum,	O how glorious is the kingdom
in quo cum Christo gaudent omnes Sancti!	in which all the saints rejoice with Christ!
Amicti stolis albis, sequuntur Agnum,	Clothed in white robes, they follow the Lamb,
quocumque ierit.	wherever He goes.

Text augmentation in Gabriel Jackson's setting:
laudantes Deum et dicentes:	praising God and saying:
(Revelation 7:12)
Benedictio, et claritas, et sapientia,	Blessing, and splendour, and wisdom
et gratiarum actio, honor, virtus	and thanksgiving, honour, power,
et fortitude Deo nostro	and might be to our God
in saecula saeculorum. Amen.	for ever and ever. Amen.

Works using this text

Title	Composer	Published	Scoring: Voices	Scoring: Instruments	Length	Difficulty
O quam gloriosum	Gabriel Jackson	2016	S(S)A(A)T(T)B(B) S(S)A(A)T(T)B(B) Voicing listed indicates the following: If a voice is listed alone [S], this indicates that there is no divisi throughout. If a (div.) is indicated after a voice part [S(div.)], this indicates that there are occasional divisions in the voice part. If a voice is listed in parentheses [S(S)], this indicates that there are frequent divisions in the voice part. If a voice is listed more than once (SS or SSS), there are separate voice parts throughout the composition. All soloists are listed in the comment section.	Organ Organ Organ	00:06:00	3