The Tract for Good Friday: Domine exaudi orationem meam ("Hear my prayer, O Lord")

Domine exaudi orationem meam is the tract for Good Friday.  Here it is sung at the Vatican last year:



This is not the same as the Tridentine tract; there were formerly two tracts sung on Good Friday:  Domine audivi, and Eripe me, domine.

CPDL calls this the "Offertory for Wednesday in Holy Week" (which is probably what it was in the Tridentine), and notes that the source of the text is Psalm 101:2-3 (Vulgate):

101: 2  Domine, exaudi orationem meam, et clamor meus ad te [per]veniat.

101: 3 Ne avertas faciem tuam a me: in quacumque die tribulor, inclina ad me aurem tuam; in quacumque die invocavero te, velociter exaudi me.
   

102:1 Hear my prayer, O Lord: and let my crying come unto thee.

102:2 Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble: incline thine ear unto me
when I call; O hear me, and that right soon.

There is more to this tract than just that, though; see the image below, which includes other portions of Psalm 101 (one of the "Seven Penetential Psalms"):




I am on the way out to my own Good Friday observance, so I will complete this post later.  Meanwhile, ChristusRex.org provides a listing, including audio files and chant scores, of all the propers on this day:

Feria sexta in Passione Domini

Ad liturgiam verbi

Tractus: Domine exaudi (2m23.6s - 2246 kb)  score
Graduale: Christus factus est (2m15.2s - 2114 kb)  score


Adoratio Santæ Crucis

Invitationem: Ecce lignum Crucis (prima 42.6s - 668 kb, secunda altius quam prima 43.9s - 688 kb, tertia altius quam secunda 43.4s - 682 kb)  score
Antiphona: Crucem tuam (1m39.1s - 1550 kb)  score
Improperia: Popule meus (in four parts because of size: 1 - Popule meus - 2m18.7s - 2170 kb  score; 2 - Quia eduxi te - 4m34.7s - 4294 kb  score; 3 - Ego propter te flagellavi Ægyptum - 4m17.8s - 4030 kb  score; 4 - Ego te potavi - 3m22.1s - 3160 kb, 1+2+3+4=14m31s)  score
Hymnus: Crux fidelis (7m01.9s - 6594 kb)  score
Communio: Hoc corpus (2m51.7s - 2684 kb)  score, Vexilla Regis (3m22.7s - 3168 kb)  score

Good Friday: Stabat Mater

Stabat mater dolorosa
juxta Crucem lacrimosa,
dum pendebat Filius.

Cuius animam gementem,
contristatam et dolentem
pertransivit gladius.

O quam tristis et afflicta
fuit illa benedicta,
mater Unigeniti!

Quae moerebat et dolebat,
pia Mater, dum videbat
nati poenas inclyti.

Quis est homo qui non fleret,
matrem Christi si videret
in tanto supplicio?

Quis non posset contristari
Christi Matrem contemplari
dolentem cum Filio?

Pro peccatis suae gentis
vidit Iesum in tormentis,
et flagellis subditum.

Vidit suum dulcem Natum
moriendo desolatum,
dum emisit spiritum.

Eia, Mater, fons amoris
me sentire vim doloris
fac, ut tecum lugeam.

Fac, ut ardeat cor meum
in amando Christum Deum
ut sibi complaceam.

Sancta Mater, istud agas,
crucifixi fige plagas
cordi meo valide.

Tui Nati vulnerati,
tam dignati pro me pati,
poenas mecum divide.

Fac me tecum pie flere,
crucifixo condolere,
donec ego vixero.

Juxta Crucem tecum stare,
et me tibi sociare
in planctu desidero.

Virgo virginum praeclara,
mihi iam non sis amara,
fac me tecum plangere.

Fac, ut portem Christi mortem,
passionis fac consortem,
et plagas recolere.

Fac me plagis vulnerari,
fac me Cruce inebriari,
et cruore Filii.

Flammis ne urar succensus,
per te, Virgo, sim defensus
in die iudicii.

Christe, cum sit hinc exire,
da per Matrem me venire
ad palmam victoriae.

Quando corpus morietur,
fac, ut animae donetur
paradisi gloria. Amen.


At the Cross her station keeping,
stood the mournful Mother weeping,
close to her Son to the last.

Through her heart, His sorrow sharing,
all His bitter anguish bearing,
now at length the sword has passed.

O how sad and sore distressed
was that Mother, highly blest,
of the sole-begotten One.

Christ above in torment hangs,
she beneath beholds the pangs
of her dying glorious Son.

Is there one who would not weep,
whelmed in miseries so deep,
Christ's dear Mother to behold?

Can the human heart refrain
from partaking in her pain,
in that Mother's pain untold?

For the sins of His own nation,
She saw Jesus wracked with torment,
All with scourges rent:

She beheld her tender Child,
Saw Him hang in desolation,
Till His spirit forth He sent.

O thou Mother! fount of love!
Touch my spirit from above,
make my heart with thine accord:

Make me feel as thou hast felt;
make my soul to glow and melt
with the love of Christ my Lord.

Holy Mother! pierce me through,
in my heart each wound renew
of my Savior crucified:

Let me share with thee His pain,
who for all my sins was slain,
who for me in torments died.

Let me mingle tears with thee,
mourning Him who mourned for me,
all the days that I may live:

By the Cross with thee to stay,
there with thee to weep and pray,
is all I ask of thee to give.

Virgin of all virgins blest!,
Listen to my fond request:
let me share thy grief divine;

Let me, to my latest breath,
in my body bear the death
of that dying Son of thine.

Wounded with His every wound,
steep my soul till it hath swooned,
in His very Blood away;

Be to me, O Virgin, nigh,
lest in flames I burn and die,
in His awful Judgment Day.

Christ, when Thou shalt call me hence,
be Thy Mother my defense,
be Thy Cross my victory;

While my body here decays,
may my soul Thy goodness praise,
Safe in Paradise with Thee.

Translation by Edward Caswall
Lyra Catholica (1849)

Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae (The Holy Week Office): Tomás Luis de Victoria

This is quite amazing; a complete - I think so, anyway; it's 3+ hours of music - recording of this work by Victoria. 



Victoria wrote this in 1585.  The YouTube page includes a link labeled as "source and information": http://www.amazon.com/Victoria-Officium-Hebdomad%C3%A6-La-Colombina/dp/tracks/B0009IW8ZS/ref=dp_tracks_all_1#disc_1

I'm not sure if the music here comes from that recording;  it would make sense that it's the same, though - otherwise why link to this page?  The musicians listed there are these:  La Colombina (Artist), Schola Antiqua (Artist), Josep Cabré (Performer), Juan Carlos Asensio (Performer).   The recording is, it looks like, out of print now; it sure is beautiful.

Below is the track list from the above page; the first 5 pieces are from Palm Sunday - and most of the rest come from Matins of Maundy Thurday (In Coena Domini), Good Friday (In Passione Domini), and Holy Saturday (Sabbato Sancto).

In other words, the greatest part of this music was written for the Office of Tenebrae - Matins and Lauds of the great Three Days.   The pieces include readings (including some from the Lamentations of Jeremiah), antiphons, responsories, hymns, and pieces from John's Passion and the Adoration of the Cross on Good Friday.

To follow along with the Matins sections, use Divinum Officium; enter the date at the top of the page, then click "Matutinum" at the bottom.  You can listen to St. Thomas' Tenebrae sung in plainsong here.

Disc: 1

1. Dominica in Ramis Palmarum. Vexilla regis, more hispano
2. Dominica in Ramis Palmarum. Antiphona: Hosanna filio David
3. Dominica in Ramis Palmarum. Pueri Hebraeorum
4. Dominica in Ramis Palmarum. Passio secundum Mattheum
5. Dominica in Ramis Palmarum. Elevatio: O Domine Jesu Christe
6. Feria Quinta. In Coena Domini. Ad Matutinum. In Primo Nocturno. Antiphona: Zelus domus tuae (begins about 32:20)
7. Feria Quinta. In Coena Domini. Ad Matutinum. In Primo Nocturno. Versiculum: Avertantur retrorsum et erubescant
8. Feria Quinta. In Coena Domini. Ad Matutinum. In Primo Nocturno. Lectio prima: Incipit lamentatio Jeremiae
9. Feria Quinta. In Coena Domini. Ad Matutinum. In Primo Nocturno. Lectio secunda: Vau. Et egressus est
10. Feria Quinta. In Coena Domini. Ad Matutinum. In Primo Nocturno. Lectio tertia: Jod. Manum suam
11. Feria Quinta. In Coena Domini. Ad Matutinum. In Secondo Nocturno. Antiphona: Liberavit Dominus
12. Feria Quinta. In Coena Domini. Ad Matutinum. In Secondo Nocturno. Versiculum: Deus meus eripe me
13. Feria Quinta. In Coena Domini. Ad Matutinum. In Secondo Nocturno. Quartum responsorium: Amicus meus
14. Feria Quinta. In Coena Domini. Ad Matutinum. In Secondo Nocturno. Quintum responsorium:  Judas mercator
15. Feria Quinta. In Coena Domini. Ad Matutinum. In Secondo Nocturno. Sextum responsorium: Unus ex discipulis
16. Feria Quinta. In Coena Domini. Ad Matutinum. In Tertio Nocturno. Antiphona: Dixi iniquis
17. Feria Quinta. In Coena Domini. Ad Matutinum. In Tertio Nocturno. Versiculum:  Exsurge Domine
18. Feria Quinta. In Coena Domini. Ad Matutinum. In Tertio Nocturno. Septimum responsorium:  Eram quasi agnus
19. Feria Quinta. In Coena Domini. Ad Matutinum. In Tertio Nocturno. Octavum responsorium: Una hora
20. Feria Quinta. In Coena Domini. Ad Matutinum. In Tertio Nocturno. Nonum responsorium: Seniores populi
21. Feria Quinta. In Coena Domini. Ad Missam. In Missa. Tantum ergo (Pange Lingua; 5 v.)

Disc: 2

1. Feria Sexta. In Passione Domini. Ad Matutinum. In Primo Nocturno. Antiphona: Astiterunt reges terrae  (begins about 1:14:25)
2. Feria Sexta. In Passione Domini. Ad Matutinum. In Primo Nocturno. Versiculum: Diviserunt sibi vestimenti mea  
3. Feria Sexta. In Passione Domini. Ad Matutinum. In Primo Nocturno. Lectio prima: Heth. Cogitavit Dominus  
4. Feria Sexta. In Passione Domini. Ad Matutinum. In Primo Nocturno. Lectio secunda: Lamed. Matribus suis dixerunt
5. Feria Sexta. In Passione Domini. Ad Matutinum. In Primo Nocturno. Lectio tertia: Aleph.  Ego vir videns
6. Feria Sexta. In Passione Domini. Ad Matutinum. In Secondo Nocturno. Antiphona: Vim faciebant  
7. Feria Sexta. In Passione Domini. Ad Matutinum. In Secondo Nocturno. Versiculum: Insurrexerunt in me testes iniqui  
8. Feria Sexta. In Passione Domini. Ad Matutinum. In Secondo Nocturno. Quartum responsorium: Tamquam ad latronem  
9. Feria Sexta. In Passione Domini. Ad Matutinum. In Secondo Nocturno. Quintum responsorium:  Tenebrae factae sunt  
10. Feria Sexta. In Passione Domini. Ad Matutinum. In Secondo Nocturno. Sextum responsorium:  Animam meam dilectam  
11. Feria Sexta. In Passione Domini. Ad Matutinum. In Tertio Nocturno. Antiphona: Ab insurgentibus in me  
12. Feria Sexta. In Passione Domini. Ad Matutinum. In Tertio Nocturno. Versiculum: Locuti sunt adversaum me lingua dolosa  
13. Feria Sexta. In Passione Domini. Ad Matutinum. In Tertio Nocturno. Septimum responsorium:  Tradiderunt me  
14. Feria Sexta. In Passione Domini. Ad Matutinum. In Tertio Nocturno. Octavum responsorium:  Jesum tradidit impius  
15. Feria Sexta. In Passione Domini. Ad Matutinum. In Tertio Nocturno. Nonum responsorium:  Caligaverunt oculi mei  
16. Feria Sexta. In Passione Domini. Ad Laudes. Antiphona: Posuerunt super caput eius - Benedictus Deus Dominus Israel  
17. Feria Sexta. In Passione Domini. Ad Solemni Actione Liturgica. Passio secundum Ioannem (begins about 2:03:00)
18. Feria Sexta. In Passione Domini. Ad Solemni Actione Liturgica. In Adoratione Crucis.


Disc: 3

1. Sabbato Sancto. Ad Matutinum. In Primo Nocturno. Antiphona: In pace in idipsum
2. Sabbato Sancto. Ad Matutinum. In Primo Nocturno. Versiculum: In pace in idipsum
3. Sabbato Sancto. Ad Matutinum. In Primo Nocturno. Lectio prima: Heth. Misericordiae Domini  
4. Sabbato Sancto. Ad Matutinum. In Primo Nocturno. Lectio secunda: Aleph. Quomodo obscuratum  
5. Sabbato Sancto. Ad Matutinum. In Primo Nocturno. Lectio tertia: Incipit oratio Jeremiae  
6. Sabbato Sancto. Ad Matutinum. In Secondo Nocturno. Antiphona: Elevamini portae aeternalis
7. Sabbato Sancto. Ad Matutinum. In Secondo Nocturno. Versiculum: Tu autem Domini Miserere mei
8. Sabbato Sancto. Ad Matutinum. In Secondo Nocturno. Quartum responsorium: Recessit pastor noster
9. Sabbato Sancto. Ad Matutinum. In Secondo Nocturno. Quintum responsorium: O vos omnes, qui transitis per viam  
10. Sabbato Sancto. Ad Matutinum. In Secondo Nocturno. Sextum responsorium: Ecce quomodo moritur  
11. Sabbato Sancto. Ad Matutinum. In Tertio Nocturno. Antiphona: Deus adiuvat me
12. Sabbato Sancto. Ad Matutinum. In Tertio Nocturno. Versiculum: In pace factus est locus e
13. Sabbato Sancto. Ad Matutinum. In Tertio Nocturno. Septimum responsorium: Astiterunt reges
14. Sabbato Sancto. Ad Matutinum. In Tertio Nocturno. Octavum responsorium: Aestimatus sum
15. Sabbato Sancto. Ad Matutinum. In Tertio Nocturno. Nonum responsorium: Sepulto Domino
16. Sabbato Sancto. Ad Laudes. Antiphona: O mors, ero mors tua. Psalmus 50: Miserere mei Deus
17. Sabbato Sancto. Ad Laudes. Antiphona: Christus factus est pro nobis obediens usque ad mortem