Tu es Petrus

You are Peter

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

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Unaccompanied

Function/Language(s):
Latin

Occasion:

Proper of Time → The Weeks in Ordinary Time → Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time → Cycle A
Proper of Saints → The Chair of Saint Peter, Apostle (February 22)
Proper of Saints → Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles (June 29)
Papal Occasions (Visitation, Election, Death)

Publication Information:
cdpl.org

Text Information:
Reference: Matthew 16:18-19

Lyrics:

Tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram aedificabo ecclesiam meam, et portae inferi non praevalebunt adversus eam: et tibi dabo claves regni caelorum.

Translation:
You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the flames of hell will not prevail against it, and I will give to you the keys of the kingdom of heaven. (Matt. 16:18-19)

Notes: SSATTB voicing
Submitted by: Anthony DiCello Added: Jun 7, 2022 Last updated: Jun 7, 2022