Sicut cervus

Like as the Hart

Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (c. 1525–1594)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Unaccompanied

Function/Language(s):
Latin

Occasion:
Proper of Time → Lenten Season → Third Sunday of Lent → Cycle A
Proper of Time → The Sacred Paschal Triduum → Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord → The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night
Proper of Time → The Weeks in Ordinary Time → Third Sunday in Ordinary Time → Cycle A
Proper of Time → The Weeks in Ordinary Time → Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time → Cycle B

Publication Information:
E. C. Schirmer — 2988 (1976)

Text Information:
Reference: Psalm 42:1

Lyrics:

Sicut cervus desiderat ad fontes aquarium:
ita desiderat anima mea ad te, Deus.

English translation:
Like as the hart desireth the water-brooks,
so longeth my soul after thee, O God.

Notes: For connection to Easter Vigil, see response to Reading VII.
Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: Feb 3, 2022 Last updated: May 14, 2022