Exultate Deo

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525–1594) · Renaissance

At a glance

Voicing
SAATB
Language of the text
Latin
Key
A major
Genre
Sacred
Series
Choir
Available voices
Soprano, Alto I, Alto II, Tenor, Bass
Score
PDMX / MuseScore, Public domain licence

Chapters, Soprano part

  1. Intro
  2. FIRST LISTEN — the whole piece, all voices
  3. RHYTHM READING — the words in rhythm, on one note
  4. SLOW — your part only
  5. FULL TEMPO — your part only
  6. WITH THE CHOIR — your part highlighted
  7. BALANCE CHECK — all voices equal
  8. End screen

Chapters, Alto I part

  1. Intro
  2. FIRST LISTEN — the whole piece, all voices
  3. RHYTHM READING — the words in rhythm, on one note
  4. SLOW — your part only
  5. FULL TEMPO — your part only
  6. WITH THE CHOIR — your part highlighted
  7. BALANCE CHECK — all voices equal
  8. End screen

Chapters, Alto II part

  1. Intro
  2. FIRST LISTEN — the whole piece, all voices
  3. RHYTHM READING — the words in rhythm, on one note
  4. SLOW — your part only
  5. FULL TEMPO — your part only
  6. WITH THE CHOIR — your part highlighted
  7. BALANCE CHECK — all voices equal
  8. End screen

Chapters, Tenor part

  1. Intro
  2. FIRST LISTEN — the whole piece, all voices
  3. RHYTHM READING — the words in rhythm, on one note
  4. SLOW — your part only
  5. FULL TEMPO — your part only
  6. WITH THE CHOIR — your part highlighted
  7. BALANCE CHECK — all voices equal
  8. End screen

Chapters, Bass part

  1. Intro
  2. FIRST LISTEN — the whole piece, all voices
  3. RHYTHM READING — the words in rhythm, on one note
  4. SLOW — your part only
  5. FULL TEMPO — your part only
  6. WITH THE CHOIR — your part highlighted
  7. BALANCE CHECK — all voices equal
  8. End screen

Practise with the player

Notes on the piece

A five-voice motet by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c. 1525–1594) on the verse of Psalm 80 (81), “Exult in God our helper”. Clear, vocal polyphony typical of Palestrina's style.

Written with AI assistance

Text and translations

Original text · Latin

Exsultate Deo adjutori nostro; jubilate Deo Jacob.
Sumite psalmum, et date tympanum; psalterium jucundum cum cithara.
Buccinate in neomenia tuba, in insigni die solemnitatis vestræ:
quia præceptum in Israël est, et judicium Deo Jacob.

Source of the text: flaminioonline.it

Score

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PDMX / MuseScore · Licence: Public domain

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