Tenor Choir Practice: "Exultate Deo", (A-flat score), by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina , is based on Biblical Psalm 81 (80) . From the beginning upward leap on the word "Exult! , to a fanfare-like intonation of "rejoice", each half-verse of the Psalm, receives a strong harmonic cadence. Exultate Deo , composed in Latin , is generally performed a capella and features five voice parts : one soprano , two altos , one tenor and one base. SAATB mixed voices. Choirparts.
Latin:
Exsultate Deo, adjutori nostro:
Jubilate Deo Jacob.
Sumite psalmum et date tympanum:
psalterium jucundum cum cithara.
Buccinate in neomenia tuba:
insigni die solemnitatis vestrae.
Sample Latin Pronunciation:
Ex-suel-tah-tay Day-oh, Ad --Jew-Tore-ee Nost-row,
You-bee-latt-tay Day-oh Yak -ob
Sum-ee-tay Sal-moom Et Dah-Tay Teem-pan-noom,
Sal-ter-yum Yoo-coon-doom Coom See-tah-ha
Boo-chee-nah-tey In Nay-oh-main-yah Too-bah
In-see-nee Dee-ay Sole-ay-nee-ta-tees Ves-tray
English:
Rejoice in God our helper:
sing aloud to the God of Jacob.
Take the psalm and bring hither the timbrel:
the merry harp with the lute.
Blow the trumpet in the new moon,
even on our solemn feast day.
