This is the Most Famous Piece of Catholic Music
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- Опубліковано 12 чер 2024
- As we enter into Holy Week, Fr. Edmund Page breaks down one of the most notorious and moving pieces of Sacred Music ever composed: Allegri's Miserere.
Listen to Miserere here:
• Miserere Mei | Allegri...
0:00 Intro
0:15 Allegri's Miserere
0:38 The Text
1:55 When It's Sung
2:55 The Beauty of Its Composition
4:46 Hear it at the Abbey
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Allegri's Miserere Mei Deus is often regarded as one of the greatest pieces of Catholic Sacred Music ever created. It is traditionally sung after a long Tenebrae liturgy filled with Gregorian Chant.
You can listen to the Miserere along with many other famous pieces of Sacred Music for Holy Week in our playlist here:
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I was raised essentially pagan in the 1980s/90s. I was lost in drugs and łust. Then through a Catholic priest I discovered sacred Scripture and its inseparable pair sacred Tradition. I became very devout and joined the FSSP.. Please pray for me.
Absolutely beautiful. I have been a Catholic for six years, and it has been transformative. The best thing that has ever happened to me. May God help me die a Catholic and have a Requiem Mass done for the repose of my soul.
What a beautiful testimony!
Come out of her. Jesus only pray to
Beautifully said. Praise the Lord! I also love being a Catholic! May God continue to bless you abundantly!
@@annapaulineogrady9184 why did you click on this video?
@@robby9616 I point to Jesus right?
Absolutely beautiful, I have so much love for my Catholic brothers and sisters. God bless from your Orthodox brother 🫶🏼
❤️🙏🏼🕊️✝️🙏🏼
We love you, too. God bless us, one and all.
We love you, also, our brother in Christ. Wishing you a meaningful Holy Week and Easter.
Orthodox music is consistently gorgeous, and famous for being so. Tchaikovsky's "Hymn of the Cherubim" comes to mind. The love is reciprocated from this Roman Catholic. Our churches are the two lungs of the same faith.
In Buenos Aires I had the honour of visiting Orthodox church.
Hope to see soon a Catholic total unión.
We are the same people, we have the same foes....
We should stand united
God bless our orthodox broders and sisters..
The Miserere is my favorite piece of Catholic music! I was introduced to this piece during Tenebrae at my parish and it never disappoints. Always calls me back to repentance, holiness, and conversion. A blessed Holy Week to all who may read this. May God bless you in these last days of Lent.
Im going to a Tenebrae Service today!
This piece was made famous by the fact that it was only sung by the Sistine Chapel Schola for the first hundred or so years after it was written. It ended up leaking out when a 14 year old boy named Wolfgang was present in the Sistine Chapel, probably for Tenebrae, and afterward transcribed it from memory. I believe that the Pope was quite amused by this. Anyway, it adds to the piece’s mystique. It is so beautiful, as is all of the pre-1955 Holy Week Office.
Mozart! Fascinating.
Thank you for sharing!
Beautiful. I find myself listening more to sacred music than anything nowadays.
Good for you!
@drewgnner14, I too listen a more sacred music these days. God bless you!
I agree. I have lost my appetite for pop music or anything that doesn't lift the soul to God.
So Blessed to be Catholic!!!😊🎉
Peace to all. This is a wonderful explanation of, in my opinion, the most powerful Psalm. The Miserere is such a powerful piece. As an Orthodox Christian, we pray Psalm 50 daily in our morning prayers. The Latin version brings the power of David's repentance forward for all to share. To my Catholic brothers, I wish you a wonderful Holy Week. Pray for us sinners of both traditions so we may pray together. Forgive me, a sinner, as God forgives. Peace to all.
Peace be with you and to all Orthodox Christians as well! KYRIE ELEISON!
Well. Said. My. Friend. Peace. And. Good. Will. To. You. And. All. 🕊🙏🏻
Word. Psalm 51 is the quintessential penitential psalm. I always urge people to repent while they still have time, before it is too late.
Our Church sings this for tenebrae every Holy Week. My niece ised to sing the high part, before she went to the convent.
Wonderful!
Absolutely beautiful. This is one of my favorite pieces of all time.
I feel surrounded by 👼angels.
Thank you Father Edmund and all the priests and seminarians.
I've been Catholic My whole life. I was born the King's Child and have always lived in the King's Castle and Kingdom. His voice sounded good at birth and still sounds good today. I love my Lord God with every fiber of my being
Incredibly beautiful! 🙏 Thanks be to God for all of the blessings of His Most Holy Catholic Church and for the gift of our holy priests and religious! Glory to God now and forever 🙏😇
Beautiful, inspiring holy music, what a gift! Thank you Father for the explanation, makes it that much richer.
This is one of my most favorite songs. I coukd listen to it over and over. The Sixteen in the UK sound like the angels in heaven when they sing it. Thanks for this mornings psalm.
This pieces of music and exactly how Father described it was drew me back into the Church. Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam!
Welcome Home!!!
It drew me too, and then and forever the Church continues to reject me. I just want Catholic help, I have no family or friends who are Catholic to go back with, I need confession but with the right priest. I don't trust any of them. They're harsh, vile, even reckless.
@@Awakeningspirit20The Church does not reject you, Jesus is the Head of the Church and in His wisdom He chose men to be fishers of men and to preach His Holy Word. All of us are sinners but if we approach Our Lord with a contrite and sincere heart He will show us His mercy and count us amongst His children, in His Church the spotless Bride of Jesus, the Groom. God hears our prayers and He does not reject a contrite heart as shown in Psalm 50. Go to confession, it is a Holy Sacrament and a source of infinite grace, necessary for our salvation. Pax Christi. Mater Boni Consilii, ora pro nobis 🙏✝️❤️🔥🌹
I listen to Miserere Mei Deus almost every time before falling asleep, ❤❤
Catholic Faith Forever and Ever. United states of north America, one nation under God ! Viva Cristo Rey !👍💪🙏⛪
Changing the legal name of your nation? Why?
@@geen-gekopieerde-naam United states of north America , one nation under God !👍💪🙏⛪
@@luisgerardoluevanosmedina433 It's just America, not North America. And the founders were largely Protestant, not Roman Catholic though there were a few Roman Catholics as well. See The Pledge of Allegiance for the actual name of your own country. All verifiable with a quick search and should be known by all Americans anyway.
@@geen-gekopieerde-naam Canada, United States and Mexico are north America. Guatemala Honduras, Nicaragua, Central America, and the rest down below are South America ! God Bless You !.
@@luisgerardoluevanosmedina433 WRONG AGAIN! NA is a lot more countries than that and includes the ones that you think are in South America. South America begins where Panama ends, and none of this changes the legal name of your own country. Everything you've said is incorrect and all easily verifiable on Google. You're American? Wow.
Thank you, Fathers. I’m so sad that arthritis has prevented me driving just since your move to the magnificent new abbey. However, in the years prior, St. Michael’s was one of the greatest spiritual gifts of my life. I am forever grateful to God for you and pray He will bless all of you in your most holy vocations.
Please look up strontium citrate for helping your arthritis.
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Speak to your doctor beforehand.
Maybe car pool .. network with people. They will get you there. Novena to St Joseph
I agree that "Miserere" is the most beautiful Catholic composition. I have the CD by the Tallis Scholars. It was suggested yrs.ago by Dave Matthews( the musician). He would play it every morning while his kids would get ready for school.
Beautifully Done Fathers and Fraters. Happy Holy Week! praying for you all. God Bless, Fr. Chris Tozzi, St Therese of Carmel, San Diego!
Do you use Gregorian chant, Father Chris?
In the 1950’s I don’t recall ever hearing music like this. But I do recall when we went to confession on Saturday afternoon, with sun streaming in the western windows, I could enjoy the scent of candle wax and incense. These holy odors were more pronounced when the church was not as full. Still remember that as a sacred odor. As always, except for Good Friday., the candle in its red globe was lit. I still look for that candle first whenever I enter any Catholic Church.
My son sang this as the Leading Chorister at Norwich Cathedral this year & last
@@chrislambert9435 Must have been so wonderful to hear.
@@user-yw8cl1tx3l Thankyou, Yes it was very special & even more so because I was familiar with Psalm 51
@@chrislambert9435 How great. Even in Catholic grade school, Psalm 23 is the one I remember. Course for me, that sure doesn’t mean it was the only one we learned. Too much just went right over my brain without a pause to learn. At my age, I am still learning what many children know. About our Church and God, not just technology.
@@user-yw8cl1tx3l Thankyou
The most Sacred Heart of Jesus, plese have pity on me. Amen ✝❤🕊
This hymn/psalm always moves me to a point where I Can feel my eyes wanting to start tearing up, that’s how much I love it.
I have long known of this piece, one of the most famous of the Renaissance. It particularly moved Mozart who heard it in St. Peter's. I never paid much attention to the text, so what a pleasant surprise (but not so surprising) to discover it is Psalm 50. As an Orthodox Christian it is very familiar. We recite it daily in our morning prayers -- it is also part of the 3rd Hour and Compline.
The story I've heard is that the exact composition was a closely guarded secret by the liturgists in the Vatican. Mozart heard it performed, once, he went back to where he was staying and wrote the whole thing down perfectly. There was no putting that cat back in the bag. Thanks to Mozart we can all now enjoy this piece.
This can only happen come from heaven ,I listen to this on Sundays to remind me of gods love ,thank you for your video ,
so so beautiful! Thank you Fr. Edmund
I actually have the score for this piece. There’s no speaking part. 4:10
I am thankful to live in OC and having opportunity to join the Norbertine community for the prayers.
Beautiful video. I consider it a blessing that Fr. Edmund Page's father, Gary Page, was my catechism teacher when I started taking RCIA classes back in 2018. Both of them are great men. Absolutely love them!
This was positively exquisite. God Bless you all. From your Byzantine Catholic brother in Christ.
I started levitating when I heard that song
Dude
Na... you were just high! 🤣
God please you Fraters and Priests! Beautifully done.
So beautiful interpretation from St. Michael's Abbey! Thanks so much for your explanation! God bless you.
I absolutely adore this piece of music!
It truly is a masterpiece. It helps to have a fantastic psalm to set the music to as well.
On Good Friday 1977, in the chapel of King's College Cambridge, England, this transcendental music, especially the top treble notes, soared around the glorious ceiling vaults and into the souls of us there. A truly unique blessing.
Hello Father Edmund! I hope you are well. Keep the videos coming!
You warm my heart. Contemplating Christ through music is divine.
I agree and have thought for a long time now that this is the most beautiful piece of music IN HISTORY.
Great explanation of such a beautiful piece, thank you and may you have a blessed sacred Tridium
Wonderful video. I listen to the Miserere whenever I walk to Confession. I hope to see more videos like this!
Excellent work, Fr. Edmund!
Beautiful and so peaceful ❤
So lovely, and beautiful. Gives me so much peace , have a great holy week ! Thank you for sharing.
Stunningly beautiful AND spiritually uplifting! ♥️🙏 Renaissance choral music has no equal.
Beautiful indeed!
I’m not a catholic but the service and music I love It’s in my soul
I like King David. I relate to him. Also speaking of artistic beauty... these shots are stunning.
What’s not to like he committed adultery and killed the husband of the woman :(
@@erlindafields8897 and bitterly regretted it and repented
When he said he was born a sinner, does it mean he was born out of wedlock?
Thank you Fr. Edmund for this beautiful soul stirring piece. Gives me so much peace. Thank you once again
what a beautiful church, cant believe i live by this place of God
Beautiful and thank you for sharing.
St Norbert pray for us
Good for you, hope you have your mass....
God bless you
Great music and abbey!
Masterly presented! May God keeps blessing St. Michael`s Abbey
They're so beautiful! Thanks be to God.
Thanks be to God. God bless you all.
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL! Thank you - God bless you.
Thank you so much for introducing me to this piece and and explaining it! It's moving and inspiring without the background understanding, but even more so with this information. Such a rich heritage we have, and it requires knowledge to appreciate the wisdom and to fully embrace the gifts of God thru such music and arts.
What I'm hearing in this a "Real Genuine Repentance of a Human being/heart"...
I had a career singing. Past life as chrorist; from singing Gregorian in men choir, through great choirs, through other level of singing... and suddenly, being apart from "this past of my life".
When I'm hearing this, I feeling my tearing But, I get to realize, if God allow me my share of good paradise, where I'd love to be, singing a good part of it... in a men choir.
I believe to the Steeve Job's last word "Wow", with his big eyes; before he pass through...
There's something wonderful awaiting us if we learn "spiritual resiliance, the total surrender to God's Will"...
Knowing to give it all to God's hands.
God Has to Love us That much.
God bless you all !!🙏✝️❤
It's so beautiful!!!
Great video. God bless
Legitimately, the moment the music started playing the stress and fear I'd been feeling for the last 5-10 minutes washed off and now I feel calm.
Amen, dear brothers.
God Bless You.
Thank you.
😊❤Jesus is the Divine Son of God and the King 👑 of Kings 😊❤😊❤ thank you very much, O Jesus.
Beautiful ❤️
God Bless All Catholic Faithful Jesus and Mary.
Excelent music.
BRAVO.
From México.
Baetifull
Beautiful ❤
Just went here for Sunday mass after my old Parish got a new “wokeish” priest, this was an amazing mass. If you are nearby you should definitely check it out.
Rezemos p que todos os Sacerdotes acordem p Jesus e sua Palavra. Amém
@@cristinaraposo704 Amen
Incredibly beautiful
Thank you so much, Father, for explaining the context of this piece. I would love to come hear you all sing this sometime. I have never heard it with an all male choir before. We are blessed with a parish who has a very professional and enthusiastic choir who sings this every Spy Wednesday and have a soprano who soars on that high C. God bless you all.
Good video. Thanks.
Highly divine beautiful and melodious
Beautiful❤️❤️❤️🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thank you for give your live to God, the humanity need you.
The 'Miserere' was very instrumental in my conversion to the (Catholic) Christian faith.
Alleluia, praise the Lord! 😍
A path to ecstasy. Of emotional communion. I am grateful for the rich explanation, Father.
Thank you, Father.
This kind of music that makes me so grateful for being raised and live as a catholic
In my Italian parish choir we sing this Miserere,,Splendid
Bring back TLM and the tradition
Amen 🙏
Viva Cristo Rey ❤
‘Tenebrae’ is always in the plural, but has a singular meaning, so it’s ‘darkness’, not ‘darknesses’.
Why?
There are some words in Latin that are declined in the plural but are singular nouns. Castrae is another example
I have CDs of Miserere and just love listening to this sacred music. At one time, it was only sung in the Sistine Chapel during Holy Week but today it's for all...first heard about The Tallis Scholars and Miserere by Dave Matthews.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤am a catholic since birth, I love it deep in my heart
Does anyone know if they have a Spotify? I would love to listen to them singing on Spotify. So beautiful and peaceful!
Same. I could start a more religious-sounding playlist.
Beautiful! I've served in music ministry for 45 years, and I've never heard this piece before! We only sang in latin rarely - for ordinations, and when I had the opportunity to sing as part of an Archdiocesan Choir which was created for a Papal Mass. I like Gregorian Chant and enjoy the challenge, but I couldn't handle just Gregorian Chant.
Properly speaking this isn’t Gregorian chant - it is polyphonic chant. Gregorian chant is actually meant to be quite easy. Polyphony is just taking it and making ultra fancy.
I love Gregorian chant.
I gotta be honest, Ave Maria probably is the most famous
I agree, but when sung with a full choir, this is the most beautiful and spine tingling. I urge you to look up a video of this song when it's sung by men and women. The high notes are unreal.
Or the Hallelujah chorus
@@Pablo-gl9dj The Hallelujah chorus isn't technically a "Catholic" song, and it isn't played or sung during Catholic liturgy.
"Have mercy on me, O God, according to thy great mercy. And according to the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my iniquity [Psalms 50:3] 4 Wash me yet more from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 5 For I acknowledge my iniquity, and my sin is always before me.
6 Against thee only have I sinned, and done evil in thy sight that thou mayst be justified in thy words and mayst overcome when thou art judged. 7 For behold I was conceived in iniquities; and in sins did my mother conceive me. 8 For behold thou hast loved truth: the uncertain and hidden things of thy wisdom thou hast made manifest to me. 9 Thou shalt sprinkle me with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed: thou shalt wash me, and I shall be made whiter than snow. 10 To my hearing thou shalt give joy and gladness: and the bones that have been humbled shall rejoice.
11 Turn away thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. 12 Create a clean heart in me, O God: and renew a right spirit within my bosom. 13 Cast me not away from thy face; and take not thy holy spirit from me. 14 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and strengthen me with a perfect spirit. 15 I will teach the unjust thy ways: and the wicked shall be converted to thee.
16 Deliver me from blood guiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall extol thy justice. 17 Thou wilt open my lips O Lord and my mouth shall declare thy praise. 18 For if thou hadst desired sacrifice, I would indeed have given it: with burnt offerings thou wilt not be delighted. 19 The sacrifice to God is an afflicted spirit: a contrite and humbled heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 20 Deal favourably, O Lord, in thy good will with Sion; that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.
21 Then shalt thou accept the sacrifice of justice, oblations and whole burnt offerings: then shall they lay calves upon thy altar." Psalm 50 ..... Yet never again, for the only sacrifice ever more worthy and pleasing to Thee is the Perfect Sacrifice of Thy Divine Son, Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ and His Perfect Sacrifice on His Cross. ✝✝✝
Amen!
God bless you, Father, and your religious order 🙏
Amen
How is it that at age 66, 27-28 years after becoming Catholic, this is the first time that I am aware of hearing this marvelous piece of art? I've known Psalm 50/51 for most of my life, but I have never heard this!!!
Most likely because vatican 2 destroyed sacred Catholic music and replaced it with uninspiring sludge.
@@Greg-wn2pp exactly this. Tragic!!
Vatican II robbed Catholics of their rich spiritual and cultural heritage. May God have mercy on us all and restore His holy church. May His Kingdom come!
Amen ✝️
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Amen. Amen. Amen
First heard this by the Tallis Scholars group and I was floored. When I read about the backstory of it along with how it was heard and transposed I was floored again. The only other piece I can put it on par with is Thomas Luis De Victorias Ave Maria for Double Choir
The Misererae sounds a lot better with men and women.
Holy mother Virgin Mary bless you
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