Ubi caritas (Christoph Dalitz, 2014)
- Disposition: four part mixed choir (SATB)
- Composer: melody: Gregorian chant, arrangement: Christoph Dalitz
- First publication: 2014
- Text: anonymous (8th century)
- License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike
This antiphonal chant stems from the liturgy of Maundy Thursday, where it is used nowadays as an offertorium, but it is suitable at other occasions as well. The Liber Usualis (Paris/Tournai, 1896ff) uses the text "Ubi cariatas et amor", while the Graduale Triplex (Solesmes, 1979) uses "Ubi caritas est vera". As the new official catholic German songbook Gotteslob (2013) prints the antiphon with the text "et amor", I have used this version.
To the Gregorian melody, I have added renaissance polyphony which I have applied to the last verse of each stanza only. As all stanzas are set identically, the piece can be quickly learnt.
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- Edition for mixed voices (SATB) with translation and explanations in English (4 A4 pages, 100kB)
- Edition for equal voices (SSAA) with translation and explanations in English (4 A4 pages, 100kB)
- Edition for equal voices (TTBB) with translation and explanations in English (4 A4 pages, 100kB)
- YouTube video sung by Matthew Curtis
For a German translation and explanation, see the German version of this website.