Tu es Petrus et super hanc
petram aedificabo Ecclesiam meam,
et portae inferi non praevalebunt.

M. Duruflé sets lines 1-2

Text Authorship:

• by Bible or other Sacred Texts , Matth, xvi, 18 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Maurice Duruflé (1902 - 1986), "Tu es Petrus et super hanc", lines 1-2 [ chorus ], from Quatre motets sur des thèmes grégoriens, no. 3, motet [sung text checked 1 time]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

• by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Die Gründung der Kirche" [ soli, orchestra, organ ], from oratorio Christus, no. 8
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "Jij bent Petrus"
• ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "You are Peter and upon this rock", subtitle: "You are Peter", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GER German (Deutsch) (Joseph Franz von Allioli)

Research team for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor] , Ivo Zandhuis

This text was added to the website: 2004-12-13
Line count: 3
Word count: 15