Talk:Benedictus (Simon & Garfunkel song)

Huh? The S & G song is nothing to do with the Song of Zechariah (Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel -- 'Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel'). It is a setting of the Benedictus Qui Venit ( Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini -- 'Blessed is he who come in the name of the Lord').

Can anyone confirm the other details on this page?

Simon Kershaw (talk) 12:46, 30 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Simon,
 * This article is unfortunately an example of internet's information bad usage. The song in the album is an arrangement of Orlande de Lassus Benedictus from the mass Octave toni. The song of Zechariah (Benedictus Dominus...) is a canticle extracted from the Gospel of Luke, whereas the Benedictus sung by S&G is a part of Sanctus, one of the five chants for the ordinary of the Christian Mass.
 * I imagine whether the author tried to sing along using the Zecharias' lyrics... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tadeumoreno (talk • contribs) 19:18, 25 January 2009 (UTC)


 * I've edited the article, hopefully fixing the problem for now. Someone with more knowledge of the subject should add some more detail, but at least the current version doesn't equate the song with an unrelated work. --Fru1tbat (talk) 15:55, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Ok, I went on YouTube and listened to "Benedictus Simon and Garfunkel", "Benedictus Hayley Westenra," and "Orlande de Lassus Benedictus" and they bear no resemblance to each other aside from being in Latin. What the hell is going on here? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.73.70.113 (talk) 03:30, 18 May 2009 (UTC)


 * Is this not Psalm 118:26? Pseudomonas(talk) 12:31, 6 January 2010 (UTC)

I've added a source (my edit summary calling it scholarly may have been overstating it, though it's written by an academic) that gives the score of the Lassus motet in question. Alas, the Google Books preview doesn't seem to have the sources documenting which manuscript the author got the score from. Pseudomonas(talk) 12:53, 6 January 2010 (UTC)