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The meaning of "Exultate Justi"

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qquito

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Oct 14, 2008, 9:57:48 PM10/14/08
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Dear Everyone:

In the film "Empire of the Sun" (1987) directed by Spielberg and
composed by John Williams, there is a song by the title "Exultate
Justi".

Could anyone tell what the meaning of "Exultate Justi" is? I suppose
it is Latin.

I could not find its meaning anywhere.

Thank you for reading and replying!

--Roland

Bohgosity BumaskiL

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Oct 14, 2008, 10:21:28 PM10/14/08
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"Exalt Justice"? This is a total guess. Exalt means to give precedence
to, raise, or promote. It would be pronounced something like
"Egzuultayt Yuustee".

pritsy

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Oct 14, 2008, 11:05:05 PM10/14/08
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It's prbably in the imperative and means "Rejoice, ye just".

They are the first words of a chorale by Ludovico da Viadana,
"Exultate justi in Domino; rectos decet col laudatio."
In English, "Rejoice, (ye) just, in the Lord; praise becomes the upright."

It is from the Introit of the liturgy of the Feast of All Saints (Novermber
1)


John O'Flaherty

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Oct 14, 2008, 11:07:39 PM10/14/08
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On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:57:48 -0700 (PDT), qquito <qqu...@hotmail.com>
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Per this site, "rejoice, ye just"

http://www.choralwiki.org/wiki/index.php/Exultate_justi_%28Ludovico_da_Viadana%29

--
John

Derek Turner

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Oct 15, 2008, 4:07:14 AM10/15/08
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Egzuultahttay - four syllables.

CDB

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Oct 15, 2008, 9:16:27 AM10/15/08
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John O'Flaherty wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 18:57:48 -0700 (PDT), qquito
> <qqu...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>> In the film "Empire of the Sun" (1987) directed by Spielberg and
>> composed by John Williams, there is a song by the title "Exultate
>> Justi".

>> Could anyone tell what the meaning of "Exultate Justi" is? I
>> suppose it is Latin.

>> I could not find its meaning anywhere.

> Per this site, "rejoice, ye just"

> http://www.choralwiki.org/wiki/index.php/Exultate_justi_%28Ludovico_da_Viadana%29

Yes, or "Rejoice, ye righteous" in the King James Version. Psalm 32,
verse 11, and probably other verses too. The site linked to above
says Ps 33, and another one I checked says Ps 31 of the Vulgate, but I
don't have a paper copy of that to check.


Mike Lyle

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Oct 16, 2008, 2:34:46 PM10/16/08
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And "exult", not "exalt". See other replies correctly translating as
"rejoice". (There are quite a few people in this group who can handle
Latin without resorting to guesswork.)

--
Mike.


qquito

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Oct 16, 2008, 6:48:14 PM10/16/08
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Thank you all for your replies!

For anyone who wishes to listen to this song, here is a YOUTube link:

http://ru.youtube.com/watch?v=x81_Ah2fMDw

Enjoy it.

Chuck Riggs

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Oct 17, 2008, 12:07:46 PM10/17/08
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That's interesting. I never noticed the difference, having always
conflated the two.
--

Regards,

Chuck Riggs
Near Dublin, Ireland

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