''Veni Creator Spiritus'' (Latin: Come, Creator Spirit) is a traditional

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believed to have been written by

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, a ninth-century German monk, teacher, archbishop, and saint. When the original

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text is used, it is normally sung to a

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tune first known from

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around the year 1000. The hymn has been translated and paraphrased into several languages, and adapted into many musical forms, often as a hymn for Pentecost or for other occasions that focus on the

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Liturgical use

As an invocation of the Holy Spirit, ''Veni Creator Spiritus'' is sung in the

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during liturgical celebrations on the feast of

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, at both

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and

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. It is also sung at occasions such as the

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entering the

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during a

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, the

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s, the

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s, the

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of members of

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s, administering the

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, the

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, the convening of

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s or councils, the

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of monarchs, the

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starting the judicial year, and the beginning of other similar solemn events. It is also traditional to chant the hymn on

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to obtain a plenary

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used the hymn as the basis for his Pentecost

chorale A chorale is the name of several related musical forms originating in the music genre of the Lutheran chorale: * Hymn tune of a Lutheran hymn (e.g. the melody of " Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"), or a tune in a similar format (e.g. one o ...

"", first published in 1524. ''Veni Creator Spiritus'' is also widely used in

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liturgies, where it has appeared since the publication of the

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and continues to appear, for example, in the ordinal of the 1662 ''Book of Common Prayer'', and in the Novena to The Holy Ghost in ''

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'', published in 1947. The translation "Come Holy Ghost, our souls inspire" was by Bishop

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in 1625, and has since been sung at all subsequent British coronations. Another English example is "Creator Spirit, by whose aid", written in 1690 by

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and published in ''The Church Hymn Book'' (1872, n. 313).

Text

Several variations of the lyrics exist. Below are the original ninth-century text and a classicizing revision published in 1632 under

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. The former is used in some Protestant churches and certain Catholic religious orders, while the latter is used in most

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Catholic parishes. A versified English translation follows.

Notable English translations

Since the

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in the 16th century, there have been more than fifty English-language translations and paraphrases of ''Veni Creator Spiritus''. The version attributed to

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, his sole venture into English verse, first appeared in the Prayer Book Ordinal of 1550. It was the only metrical hymn included in the Edwardian liturgy. In 1561 John Day included it after the psalms in his incomplete metrical psalter of that year. From 1562 onwards, in ''The Whole Booke of Psalmes'', Day printed Cranmer's version at the start of the metrical paraphrases. In terms of concision and accuracy, Cranmer compares poorly with Luther. Cranmer's sixth stanza, which mentions the

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and religious strife within Christendom ("the last dreadful day... strife and dissension..."), was a new addition, with no parallel in the Latin original or in Luther's version. The version included in the 1662 revision of the ''Book of Common Prayer'' compressed the content of the original seven verses into four (with a two-line doxology), but retained the Latin title. It was written by Bishop

for the

of King

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in 1625. The same words have been used at every coronation since, sung by the choir after the

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and before the

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. The first verse is: During the

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in 2023, for the first time, the words were translated and also sung in

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and

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, in addition to English. The Cosin text was translated and arranged by

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, Iain Urchadan and Damian McManus. Another well-known version by the poet

was first published in his 1693 work, ''Examen Poeticum''. It has six-line verses and hence must be sung to a

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in 88 88 88

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, such as " Melita" by

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, or else adapted in part to the CM with alleluias of "

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". Dryden's first verse is:

German paraphrases

wrote a

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in German, " Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist" (literally: Come, God Creator, Holy Ghost) as a

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for

, first published in 1524, with a melody derived from the chant of the Latin hymn. It appears in the Protestant hymnal ''

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'' as EG 126.

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published his own German paraphrase in 1845, " Komm, Schöpfer Geist, kehr bei uns ein" (literally: Come, Creator Spirit, visit us), also using an adaptation of the plainchant melody. It appears in the German Catholic hymnal ''

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'' (2013) and its 1975 predecessor. A rhymed German translation or paraphrase, "Komm, Heiliger Geist, der Leben schafft" (literally: Come, Holy Spirit who creates life), was written by

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to a melody close to the Gregorian chant, published in 1972. It became part of the ''Gotteslob'' hymnal in 1975, and the second edition in 2013, as GL 342 in the section "Pfingsten – Heiliger Geist" (Pentecost – Holy Spirit).

Musical settings

Over the centuries, Veni Creator Spiritus has inspired the following works by notable composers, in approximate chronological order: * Jehan Titelouze, ''Veni creator'' (1623) *

Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers (c. 1632, Paris – 13 November 1714) was a French organist, composer and theorist. His first ''livre d'orgue'' is the earliest surviving published collection with traditional French organ school forms (a collection by Lou ...

, "L'hymne de la Pentecôte" in his ''2e Livre d'Orgue'' (1667) *

Marc-Antoine Charpentier Marc-Antoine Charpentier (; 1643 – 24 February 1704) was a French Baroque composer during the reign of Louis XIV. One of his most famous works is the main theme from the prelude of his ''Te Deum'' ''H.146, Marche en rondeau''. This theme is st ...

, 5 settings: **''Veni creator Spiritus'', H.54, for 3 voices (or chorus), 2 violins and continuo (1670s) **''Veni creator Spiritus'', H.66, for soloists, chorus, flutes, bassoons, strings and continuo (1680s) **''Veni creator Spiritus'', H.69, for 1 voice and continuo (1690 ca.) **''Veni creator Spiritus'', H.70, for 1 voice and continuo (1690) **''Veni creator Spiritus'', H.362, for 3 voices and continuo (early 1690s?) * Michel-Richard Delalande, ''Veni creator Spiritus'' S 14 (1689) or S 14 bis (1684) *

Johann Pachelbel Johann Pachelbel (also Bachelbel; baptised – buried 9 March 1706) was a German composer, organist, and teacher who brought the south German organ schools to their peak. He composed a large body of sacred and secularity, secular music, and ...

, chorale prelude for organ, on "Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist" (1693) *

Nicolas de Grigny Nicolas de Grigny (baptized 8 September 1672 – November 30, 1703) was a French organist and composer. He died young and left behind a single collection of organ music, and an ''Ouverture'' for harpsichord. Life Nicolas de Grigny was born in R ...

, ''Veni creator'' en taille à 5, fugue à 5 for organ (5 versets) (1699) *

Henry Desmarest Henri Desmarets (February 1661 – 7 September 1741) was a French composer of the Baroque music, Baroque period primarily known for his stage works, although he also composed sacred music as well as secular cantatas, songs and instrumenta ...

, ''Veni creator,'' for soloists, chorus and orchestra (early 1700s) *

Johann Gottfried Walther Johann Gottfried Walther (18 September 1684 – 23 March 1748) was a German music theorist, organist, composer, and lexicographer of the Baroque era. Life and work Walther was born at Erfurt. Not only was his life almost exactly contempor ...

, chorale prelude for organ, on "Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist" (early 1700s) *

Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach (German: Help:IPA/Standard German, �joːhan zeˈbasti̯an baχ ( – 28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque music, Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across a variety ...

harmonized "Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist" for his four-part chorale

BWV 370 Johann Sebastian Bach's chorale harmonisations, alternatively named four-part chorales, are Lutheran hymn settings that characteristically conform to the following: * four-part harmony * SATB vocal forces * pre-existing hymn tune allotted to the ...

, and also used the tune as the basis for his chorale prelude for organ BWV 631 (1708–1717), which he later extended as BWV 667 (1750). *

Charles-Hubert Gervais Charles-Hubert Gervais (19 February 1671 – 14 January 1744) was a French composer of the Baroque era. The son of a valet to King Louis XIV's brother, Monsieur, Gervais was born at the Palais Royal in Paris and probably educated by Monsieur's mu ...

, ''Veni creator'' (1723) *

Ferdinando Bertoni Ferdinando Gasparo Bertoni (15 August 1725 – 1 December 1813) was an Italian composer and organist. Early years He was born in Salò, Republic of Venice, and began his music studies in Brescia, not far from his birthplace. Around 1740 he went ...

, ''Veni creator'' (1765) *

François Giroust François Giroust (10 April 1737 – 28 April 1799) was a French composer. He was born in Paris, where he was the last ''maître'' of the Chapelle royale before the French Revolution. He died, aged 62, at Versailles.John Eby, ''Giroust, Fr ...

, ''Veni creator'' à 4 voix et orchestre (1787) *

Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (, , 9October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic music, Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Piano ...

, ''Veni creator'' à 4 voix (1858) *

Hector Berlioz Louis-Hector Berlioz (11 December 1803 – 8 March 1869) was a French Romantic music, Romantic composer and conductor. His output includes orchestral works such as the ''Symphonie fantastique'' and ''Harold en Italie, Harold in Italy'' ...

, ''Veni creator'' à cappella H 141 (c.1861–1868), a

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for women's voices to the Latin text *

César Franck César Auguste Jean Guillaume Hubert Franck (; 10 December 1822 – 8 November 1890) was a French Romantic music, Romantic composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher born in present-day Belgium. He was born in Liège (which at the time of h ...

, ''Veni creator'' for two voices (TB) and organ, FWV 68 (1876) *

Anton Bruckner Joseph Anton Bruckner (; ; 4 September 182411 October 1896) was an Austrian composer and organist best known for his Symphonies by Anton Bruckner, symphonies and sacred music, which includes List of masses by Anton Bruckner, Masses, Te Deum (Br ...

harmonized the original tune for voice and organ as his motet WAB 50 (c. 1884). *

Augusta Holmès Augusta Mary Anne Holmès (16 December 1847 – 28 January 1903) was a French composer of Ireland, Irish descent. In 1871, Holmès became a French nationality law, French national and added the accent to her last name.Rollo Myers: "Augusta Holmè ...

, ''Veni creator'' for tenor and mixed chorus, IAH 74 (1887) *

Alexandre Guilmant Félix-Alexandre Guilmant (; 12 March 1837 – 29 March 1911) was a French organist and composer. He was the organist of La Trinité from 1871 until 1901. A noted pedagogue, performer, and improviser, Guilmant helped found the Schola Canto ...

, organ works in ''L'Organiste liturgiste'', Op. 65, Book 1 (1884) and Book 10 (1899) *

Gustav Mahler Gustav Mahler (; 7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911) was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic music, Romantic composer, and one of the leading conductors of his generation. As a composer he acted as a bridge between the 19th-century Austro-German tradition and ...

set the Latin text to music in Part I of his Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major (1906). *

Filippo Capocci Filippo Capocci (11 May 1840 – 25 July 1911) was an Italian organist and composer. Biography Born in Rome, Capocci was trained in organ and harmony by his father Gaetano (1811-1898) and in 1861 received a piano diploma from the Accademia di ...

, Organ Fantasia on ''Veni Creator Spiritus'' (1910) *

Maurice Duruflé Maurice Gustave Duruflé (; 11 January 1902 – 16 June 1986) was a French composer, organist, musicologist, and teacher. Life and career Duruflé was born in Louviers, Eure in 1902. He attended Rouen Cathedral Choir School from 1912 to 1918, ...

used the chant tune as the basis for his

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composition "Prélude, Adagio et Choral varié sur le thème du ''Veni Creator''", Op. 4 (1926/1930). *

Charles Tournemire Charles Arnould Tournemire (22 January 1870 – 3 or 4 November 1939) was a French composer and organist, notable partly for his improvisations, which were often rooted in the music of Gregorian chant. His compositions include eight symphon ...

, ''L'Orgue Mystique: In Festo Pentecostes'', No. 25, Op. 56 (1928), ''Deux Fresques Symphoniques Sacrées'' II, Op. 76 (1939) *

Karol Szymanowski Karol Maciej Szymanowski (; 3 October 188229 March 1937) was a Polish composer and pianist. He was a member of the modernism (music), modernist Young Poland movement that flourished in the late 19th and early 20th century. Szymanowski's early w ...

, ''Veni creator'' for soprano, mixed chorus, organ and orchestra, Op. 57 (1930) *

Gaston Litaize Gaston Gilbert Litaize (11 August 1909 – 5 August 1991) was a French organist and composer. Considered one of the 20th century masters of the French organ, he toured, recorded, worked at churches, and taught students in and around Paris. Blind ...

, Toccata sur le ''Veni Creator'', for organ (1934) *

Marcel Dupré Marcel Jean-Jules Dupré (; 3 May 1886 – 30 May 1971) was a French organist, composer, and pedagogue. Early life and education Born in Rouen into a wealthy musical family, Marcel Dupré was a child prodigy. His father Aimable Albert Dupré ...

, "Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist" among his organ settings of ''79 Chorales'', Op. 28, No. 46 (1931), and ''Veni creator'' in the organ suite ''Le Tombeau de Titelouze'', Op. 38, No. 8 (1942) *

Jeanne Demessieux Jeanne Marie-Madeleine Demessieux (14 February 1921 – 11 November 1968) was a French organist, pianist, composer, and teacher. She was the chief organist at Saint-Esprit for 29 years and at La Madeleine in Paris starting in 1962. She performed ...

, ''Veni creator'', Toccata for Organ (1947) *

Zoltán Gárdonyi Zoltán Gárdonyi (; 25 April 1906 – 27 June 1986) was a Hungarian composer and musicologist. He taught at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music for 26 years. Life and work Gárdonyi was born in Budapest. His mother, the pianist Maria Weigl, stud ...

, Partita for Organ ''Veni creator spiritus'' (1958) *

Paul Hindemith Paul Hindemith ( ; ; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German and American composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advo ...

concluded his Concerto for Organ and Orchestra with a Phantasy on ''Veni Creator Spiritus'' (1962). *

Krzysztof Penderecki Krzysztof Eugeniusz Penderecki (; 23 November 1933 – 29 March 2020) was a Polish composer and conductor. His best-known works include '' Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima'', Symphony No. 3, his '' St Luke Passion'', '' Polish Requiem'', '' ...

wrote a motet for mixed choir (1987). *

Hilliard Ensemble Hilliard Ensemble was a British male vocal quartet originally devoted to the performance of early music. The group was named after the Elizabethan miniaturist painter Nicholas Hilliard. Founded in 1974, the group disbanded in 2014. Although ...

recorded it on the album "Perotin" (1989). *

Cristóbal Halffter Cristóbal Halffter Jiménez-Encina (24 March 1930 – 23 May 2021) was a Spanish classical composer. He was the nephew of two other composers, Rodolfo and Ernesto Halffter, and is regarded as the most important Spanish composer of the gen ...

set the text for chorus and orchestra (1992). *

Petr Eben Petr Eben (22 January 1929 – 24 October 2007) was a Czech composer of modern and contemporary classical music, and an organist and choirmaster. Life and career Born in Žamberk in northeastern Bohemia, Eben spent most of his childhood an ...

, Toccata for Piano after Gregorian chant ''Veni creator spiritus'' (1996) *

Karlheinz Stockhausen Karlheinz Stockhausen (; 22 August 1928 – 5 December 2007) was a German composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important but also controversial composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries. He is known for his groun ...

used the text in the second hour of his '' Klang'' cycle (2005), in a piece for two singing harpists titled ''Freude'' (Joy), Op. 82. *

Arvo Pärt Arvo Pärt (; born 11 September 1935) is an Estonian composer of contemporary classical music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs tintinnabuli, a compositional technique he invented. Pärt's music is in p ...

, ''Veni creator'' (2006) *

Zsolt Gárdonyi Zsolt Gárdonyi (born 21 March 1946) is a German-Hungarian composer, organist and music theorist. He is the son of Zoltán Gárdonyi. Career Gárdonyi was born in Budapest, Hungary. He studied composition, organ, sacred music and theory. At th ...

, Toccata for Organ ''Veni creator spiritus'' (2020) * Dan Forrest used several lines from the text in his symphonic oratorio ''CREATION'' (2023), including the first ''Introit'' and tenth ''Ish Ishah'' movements.

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Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II (born Karol Józef Wojtyła; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 16 October 1978 until Death and funeral of Pope John Paul II, his death in 2005. In his you ...

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