Ascendens Christus in altum

General information

Responsory for Matins at Ascension.
Source of text is Ephesians 4:8.

Notes on selected settings

• Jacobus Clemens non Papa SATTB (prima pars Ascendo ad Patrem meum)
• Francisco Guerrero SAATB (2nda pars Ascendit Deus in jubilatione)
• Ferdinand di Lasso SSATTB (prima pars Ascendit Deus in jubilatione)
• Tomás Luis de Victoria SATTB (2nda pars Ascendit Deus in jubilatione)

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Raffaella Aleotti — Ascendens Christus in altum  Latin SATTB
• Jacob de Brouck — Ascendens Christus in altum  Latin SATTB
• Domenico Maria Ferrabosco — Ascendens Christus in altum  Latin SSATB
• Francisco Guerrero — Ascendens Christus in altum - Ascendit Deus  Latin SAATB
• Jacob Handl — Ascendens Christus  Latin SATB
• Ferdinand di Lasso — Ascendit Deus in Iubilatione - Ascendens Christus in altum  Latin SSATTB
• Giovanni Battista Mosto — Ascendens Christus in altum  Latin SATTB,ATTTB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Ascendens Christus  Latin TTBB
• Jacobus Clemens non Papa — Ascendens Christus in altum  Latin SATTB
• Tomás Luis de Victoria — Ascendens Christus in altum  Latin SATTB

Text and translations

Latin text Eph. 4:8  Ascendens Christus in altum, captivam duxit captivitatem: dedit dona hominibus. Alleluia. See also Ascendit Deus in jubilatione

English translation Eph. 4:8  Christ, ascending on high, led captivity captive: He gave gifts to men. Alleluia. [God goes up in jubilation]