Text in three languages, Latin, German and English:
Ultima in mortis hora, |
Wenn wir mit dem Tode ringen, |
When death's hour is then upon us, |
The Ultima is a traditional hymn that has been sung for centuries to conclude the burial services of both monastics and mendicants. Father Raymond Balko OSB, 1892-1985, simplified and arranged the score for four voices. Sister Ruth Anne Schneider OSB, St. Joseph, MN, made the transcription above in June 2006 from a score used at Saint Vincent Archabbey, Latrobe, PA.
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