Name of Gregorian chant?

[Nero2000]

Hey.

I am getting into Gregorian chants lately. And i was wondering what the name of this one is:

youtube.com/watch?v=5Vq4swSIfvo

The video is a game trailer, and does not really matter, but I like the chant (have heard it somewhere before) and don’t really have anything else to go on, so I thought this was the right place to come to. I have been searching alot by my own without luck.

Hope one of you guys can help

 

[Ad_Orientem]

It’s a setting of Psalm 50 from the Vulgate (or in newer Bibles Ps. 51), Miserere mei, Deus, using Psalm Tone 2 from the Liber Usualis. You can read the text in Latin & English <here>.

I suspect the composer ripped the sound from a recording of Allegri’s famous setting of the Psalm, often used in movies to give them a Medieval feel. (It switches between polyphony and chant, using Psalm Tone Two). You can listen to a recording of Allegri’s setting <here>.

There’s a story about that piece, related to Mozart. When Allegri composed his setting of Psalm 50 for the papal court, it was not allowed to be performed anywhere else. When Mozart was 14, he had the privilege to hear Mass at the Sistine Chapel, and when he got home he wrote down the music from memory! The pope was so impressed that he allowed the music thereafter to be performed outside the Vatican.

 

[dshix]

There’s a story about that piece, related to Mozart. When Allegri composed his setting of Psalm 50 for the papal court, it was not allowed to be performed anywhere else. When Mozart was 14, he had the privilege to hear Mass at the Sistine Chapel, and when he got home he wrote down the music from memory! The pope was so impressed that he allowed the music thereafter to be performed outside the Vatican.

Ha, you beat me to the story.

I might add that Mozart almost got excommunicated for his “crime,” but the pope forgave and reconciled him because of the impressiveness of his feat.

However, we should keep in mind that the whole story is somewhat of a legend, and may or may not be entirely true. Most historians accept the story to an extent, but suggest that Mozart probably transcribed the piece over a period of time, after hearing it on multiple occasions (the piece was sung annually, but more than once on Good Friday).

 

[Nero2000]

It’s a setting of Psalm 50 from the Vulgate (or in newer Bibles Ps. 51), Miserere mei, Deus, using Psalm Tone 2 from the Liber Usualis. You can read the text in Latin & English <here>.

I suspect the composer ripped the sound from a recording of Allegri’s famous setting of the Psalm, often used in movies to give them a Medieval feel. (It switches between polyphony and chant, using Psalm Tone Two). You can listen to a recording of Allegri’s setting <here>.

There’s a story about that piece, related to Mozart. When Allegri composed his setting of Psalm 50 for the papal court, it was not allowed to be performed anywhere else. When Mozart was 14, he had the privilege to hear Mass at the Sistine Chapel, and when he got home he wrote down the music from memory! The pope was so impressed that he allowed the music thereafter to be performed outside the Vatican.

Well that was fast, thanks a lot