The Miserere, by Josquin des Prez, is a motet setting of Psalm 51 (Psalm 50 in the Septuagint numbering) for five voices. He composed it while in the employ of Duke Ercole I d'Este in Ferrara, most likely in 1503 or 1504. It was one of the most famous settings of that psalm of the entire Renaissance, was hugely influential in subsequent settings of the Penitential Psalms, and was itself probably inspired by the recent suffering and execution of the reformer Girolamo Savonarola.
During the 1490s, the Duke of Ferrara, Ercole I d'Este, kept in close contact with Savonarola, who was also from Ferrara, and supported him in his efforts to reform the Roman Catholic Church. About a dozen letters between the two survive: the Duke sought advice both on spiritual and political matters (for example, his alliance with France). Even after Savonarola's arrest, Duke Ercole attempted to have him freed, but his last letter to the church authorities in Florence, in April 1498, went unanswered. After Savonarola's execution, Ercole, then in his eighties, probably commissioned his newly hired composer, Josquin, to write him a musical testament, very likely for performance during Holy Week of 1504. Savonarola's impassioned meditation on sin and repentance, Infelix ego, composed in prison after his torture, and published in Ferrara in mid-1498 shortly after his death, was the probable model for Josquin's setting. It is an extended prayer to the God against whom he believes he has sinned, based closely on Psalm 51, and unified by a boldface-type repetition of the phrase "Miserere mei, Deus" throughout the text.
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Miserere · Zucchero · Luciano Pavarotti · Andrea Bocelli
Zu & Co.
℗ 2004 Pavarotti International s.r.l.
Released on: 2004-01-01
Composer Lyricist: Zucchero
Author: Bono
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published: 15 Sep 2018
Un' Orgia Di Anime Perse
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Un' Orgia Di Anime Perse · Zucchero
Miserere
℗ 1992 Universal Music Italia Srl
Released on: 1992-01-01
Producer, Associated Performer, Recording Arranger: Corrado Rustici
Studio Personnel, Mixer: Gordon Lyon
Associated Performer, Vocals: Zucchero
Composer Lyricist: Adelmo Fornaciari
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published: 28 Jul 2018
I Frati (Ovvero L'Osteria Della Felicita)
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I Frati (Ovvero L'Osteria Della Felicita) · Zucchero
Miserere
℗ 1992 Universal Music Italia Srl
Released on: 1992-01-01
Associated Performer, Recording Arranger, Producer: Corrado Rustici
Studio Personnel, Mixer: Gordon Lyon
Associated Performer, Vocals: Zucchero
Composer Lyricist: Zucchero
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published: 28 Jul 2018
Zucchero - Pavarotti (Miserere)
Live at the Royal Albert Hall
published: 28 Nov 2009
L'Urlo
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L'Urlo · Zucchero · Léo Ferré
Miserere
℗ 1992 Universal Music Italia Srl
Released on: 1992-01-01
Producer, Associated Performer, Recording Arranger: Corrado Rustici
Studio Personnel, Mixer: Gordon Lyon
Associated Performer, Vocals: Zucchero
Associated Performer, Spoken Word: Léo Ferré
Author: Zucchero
Composer: Tyrone Moss
Composer: Milton Brown
Composer Lyricist: Léo Ferré
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published: 22 May 2023
Zucchero & Andrea Bocelli - Miserere (Italia Loves Romagna)
published: 27 Jun 2023
Luciano Pavarotti, Zucchero - Miserere (Live)
Luciano Pavarotti - The Official Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Così Celeste (Remastered 2017)
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Così Celeste (Remastered 2017) · Zucchero · New Orleans Gospel Choir · Lester Snell
Wanted
℗ 2017 Universal Music Italia Srl
Released on: 2017-11-03
Producer, Associated Performer, Recording Arranger: Corrado Rustici
Associated Performer, Recording Arranger, Vocals: Zucchero
Associated Performer, Recording Arranger: Luciano Luisi
Composer Lyricist: Zucchero
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Miserere · Zucchero · Luciano Pavarotti · Andrea Bocelli
Zu & Co.
℗ 2004 Pavarotti International s.r.l.
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Miserere · Zucchero · Luciano Pavarotti · Andrea Bocelli
Zu & Co.
℗ 2004 Pavarotti International s.r.l.
Released on: 2004-01-01
Composer Lyricist: Zucchero
Author: Bono
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Miserere · Zucchero · Luciano Pavarotti · Andrea Bocelli
Zu & Co.
℗ 2004 Pavarotti International s.r.l.
Released on: 2004-01-01
Composer Lyricist: Zucchero
Author: Bono
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Un' Orgia Di Anime Perse · Zucchero
Miserere
℗ 1992 Universal Music Italia Srl
Released on: 1992-01-01
Produce...
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Un' Orgia Di Anime Perse · Zucchero
Miserere
℗ 1992 Universal Music Italia Srl
Released on: 1992-01-01
Producer, Associated Performer, Recording Arranger: Corrado Rustici
Studio Personnel, Mixer: Gordon Lyon
Associated Performer, Vocals: Zucchero
Composer Lyricist: Adelmo Fornaciari
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Un' Orgia Di Anime Perse · Zucchero
Miserere
℗ 1992 Universal Music Italia Srl
Released on: 1992-01-01
Producer, Associated Performer, Recording Arranger: Corrado Rustici
Studio Personnel, Mixer: Gordon Lyon
Associated Performer, Vocals: Zucchero
Composer Lyricist: Adelmo Fornaciari
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I Frati (Ovvero L'Osteria Della Felicita) · Zucchero
Miserere
℗ 1992 Universal Music Italia Srl
Released on: 19...
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I Frati (Ovvero L'Osteria Della Felicita) · Zucchero
Miserere
℗ 1992 Universal Music Italia Srl
Released on: 1992-01-01
Associated Performer, Recording Arranger, Producer: Corrado Rustici
Studio Personnel, Mixer: Gordon Lyon
Associated Performer, Vocals: Zucchero
Composer Lyricist: Zucchero
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I Frati (Ovvero L'Osteria Della Felicita) · Zucchero
Miserere
℗ 1992 Universal Music Italia Srl
Released on: 1992-01-01
Associated Performer, Recording Arranger, Producer: Corrado Rustici
Studio Personnel, Mixer: Gordon Lyon
Associated Performer, Vocals: Zucchero
Composer Lyricist: Zucchero
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L'Urlo · Zucchero · Léo Ferré
Miserere
℗ 1992 Universal Music Italia Srl
Released on: 1992-01-01
Producer, Ass...
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L'Urlo · Zucchero · Léo Ferré
Miserere
℗ 1992 Universal Music Italia Srl
Released on: 1992-01-01
Producer, Associated Performer, Recording Arranger: Corrado Rustici
Studio Personnel, Mixer: Gordon Lyon
Associated Performer, Vocals: Zucchero
Associated Performer, Spoken Word: Léo Ferré
Author: Zucchero
Composer: Tyrone Moss
Composer: Milton Brown
Composer Lyricist: Léo Ferré
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L'Urlo · Zucchero · Léo Ferré
Miserere
℗ 1992 Universal Music Italia Srl
Released on: 1992-01-01
Producer, Associated Performer, Recording Arranger: Corrado Rustici
Studio Personnel, Mixer: Gordon Lyon
Associated Performer, Vocals: Zucchero
Associated Performer, Spoken Word: Léo Ferré
Author: Zucchero
Composer: Tyrone Moss
Composer: Milton Brown
Composer Lyricist: Léo Ferré
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In Decca's 90th anniversary year, the historic label releases ...
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Così Celeste (Remastered 2017) · Zucchero · New Orleans Gospel Choir · Lester Snell
Wanted
℗ 2017 Universal Musi...
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Così Celeste (Remastered 2017) · Zucchero · New Orleans Gospel Choir · Lester Snell
Wanted
℗ 2017 Universal Music Italia Srl
Released on: 2017-11-03
Producer, Associated Performer, Recording Arranger: Corrado Rustici
Associated Performer, Recording Arranger, Vocals: Zucchero
Associated Performer, Recording Arranger: Luciano Luisi
Composer Lyricist: Zucchero
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Miserere · Zucchero · Luciano Pavarotti · Andrea Bocelli
Zu & Co.
℗ 2004 Pavarotti International s.r.l.
Released on: 2004-01-01
Composer Lyricist: Zucchero
Author: Bono
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Un' Orgia Di Anime Perse · Zucchero
Miserere
℗ 1992 Universal Music Italia Srl
Released on: 1992-01-01
Producer, Associated Performer, Recording Arranger: Corrado Rustici
Studio Personnel, Mixer: Gordon Lyon
Associated Performer, Vocals: Zucchero
Composer Lyricist: Adelmo Fornaciari
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I Frati (Ovvero L'Osteria Della Felicita) · Zucchero
Miserere
℗ 1992 Universal Music Italia Srl
Released on: 1992-01-01
Associated Performer, Recording Arranger, Producer: Corrado Rustici
Studio Personnel, Mixer: Gordon Lyon
Associated Performer, Vocals: Zucchero
Composer Lyricist: Zucchero
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L'Urlo · Zucchero · Léo Ferré
Miserere
℗ 1992 Universal Music Italia Srl
Released on: 1992-01-01
Producer, Associated Performer, Recording Arranger: Corrado Rustici
Studio Personnel, Mixer: Gordon Lyon
Associated Performer, Vocals: Zucchero
Associated Performer, Spoken Word: Léo Ferré
Author: Zucchero
Composer: Tyrone Moss
Composer: Milton Brown
Composer Lyricist: Léo Ferré
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A disconcerting way to wake: to find everything in place the world goes on without my faith in anything to have to drag myself from bed, pull a sweater over my head (somehow find a way to brave the sun again). And all of this just as I was beginning to have the most amazing dream. They rolled the stones away and let everyone come right in and say hello to me. They picked me up and held me there and smiled at my crumpled wings. And all of this just as I was beginning to have the most amazing dream. And when you go to sleep at night, don't you ever feel the weight of all the things that make you happy; that float around you, pull you down? And don't you ever want to stand up on the waves and run?