Christus factus est

Christus factus est (Christ became obedient) is taken from Saint Paul's Epistle to the Philippians. It is a gradual in the Catholic liturgy of the mass on Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday.

Text

The text is derived from Philippians 2:8–9.

Christus factus est pro nobis obediens
usque ad mortem, mortem autem crucis.
Propter quod et Deus exaltavit illum et dedit illi nomen,
quod est super omne nomen.

Christ became obedient for us unto death,
even to the death, death on the cross.
Therefore God exalted Him and gave Him a name
which is above all names.^[1]

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In the Catholic liturgy it used as Gregorian gradual on Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday and Good Friday. The melody is found in the Graduale Romanum, 1974, p. 148. Over the centuries the text has been set in music by several composers.^[1]

Anton Bruckner has set the text three times in music. He set it first in 1844 as gradual of the Messe für den Gründonnerstag (WAB 9). The second setting Christus factus est, WAB 10 of 1873 is a motet in D minor for eight-voice mixed choir, 3 trombones, and double bass quintet ad libitum. The third setting Christus factus est, WAB 11 of 1884 is a motet for SATB choir a cappella in D minor. This third setting is with Locus iste and Ave Maria among Bruckner's most popular motets.

References

↑ Christus factus est on ChoralWiki

Sources

Anton Bruckner - Sämtliche Werke, Band 21: Kleine Kirchenmusikwerke, Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der Internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Hans Bauernfeind and Leopold Nowak (Eds.), Vienna, 1984
Cornelis van Zwol, Anton Bruckner - Leven en Werken , Thot, Bussum (Netherlands), 2012. ISBN 90-686-8590-2

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