Civitas sancti tui

Your Holy Cities

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SSATB

Accompaniment:
Unaccompanied

Function/Language(s):
Latin

Occasion:

Proper of Time → Holy Week → Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord
Proper of Time → The Sacred Paschal Triduum → Friday of the Passion of the Lord

Publication Information:
Oxford University Press — ISBN 0-19-395305-6 (1994)

Text Information:
Reference: Isaiah 64:9

Lyrics:

Civitas sancti tui
facta est deserta.
Sion deserta facta est.
Ierusalem desolata est.

English translation:
Your holy cities have become a desert,
Zion is a desert,
Jerusalem is a waste.

Notes: Actually SATTB or SATBB.
Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: Nov 13, 2021 Last updated: Dec 13, 2022