Joseph Eybler: Ecce quomodo moritur, Responsorium, HV 125

The "Ecce quomodo moritur justus" is a traditional
chant for Good Friday, typically performed a cappella during the entombment
ceremony. The lyrics were written by the Slovenian Composer Jacobus Gallus
(also known as Jacob Handl) and has been set to music by countless composers.
Passend zur Grablegung beweint der Text den Tod
Christi als unverständliche Tat, die dem einzig gerechten von einer ungerechten
Welt zugefügt wurde.

The present edition of the "Ecce quomodo moritur justus" was composed by the Viennese
Hofkapellmeister Joseph Edler von Eybler in 1816 and adds a second stanza with
the text "Tanquam agnus" by the prophet Isaiah, also ending in "Et erit in pace memoria eius".

Like most Good Friday music, the piece is performed a cappella without
an orchestra. However, the Austrian National Library also holds an arrangement
by an unknown arranger (colla parte accompaniment by wind instruments), so this
edition is available both as an Urtext full score (=choral score) for a
cappella chorus, and as and arrangement for chorus with wind instruments.

Composer

Joseph Eybler (1765-1846)

Subtitle

Responsorium, HV 125

Scoring

Coro SATB (a cappella) o Coro SATB, 2Ob., 2Trb., Fag.

Editor

Reinhold Kainhofer

Publisher

Edition Kainhofer, Vienna

Language

Latin

Year

1816

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