On March 31, 2015, the Pontifical Council invited 90 composers from around the world to submit a setting of the official text for the Hymn for the Holy Year of Mercy announced by Pope Francis on March 13. On August 6 it was revealed that Paul Inwood's setting had been chosen. The text (actually a more of a Litany than a Hymn) has verses in different languages and a Latin antiphon and a Latin mini-refrain.
Both Paul Inwood and the author of the text, Jesuit Father Eugenio Costa, have donated all copyrights and performing rights in the Hymn to the Holy See.
The official website of the Jubilee of Mercy includes links to some PDFs which can be freely downloaded, also an MP3 file and YouTube video of the Sistine Chapel Choir singing the Hymn with the Italian verses:
http://www.iubilaeummisericordiae.va/content/gdm/en/giubileo/inno.html
and scroll down.
Below will be found links to other PDFs and TIF images which provide the Hymn in various languages, with different voicings and accompaniments, and with assembly editions.
Also below is a link to a beautiful recording of the Slovak version of the hymn, including instrumental parts for flute, oboe and cello.
All of these are also free downloands. Please note that this applies to individuals, parish musicians and diocesan offices for worship ONLY. Publishers and broadcasters who wish to make use of the hymn need to seek prior permission from the Pontifical Council. Contact the Under-Secretary, Monsignor Graham Bell at graham.bell@novaevangelizatio.va
Please note that PDF files do not display correctly on this website, with the the bottom of some characters missing. However, when downloaded and viewed through Adobe Acrobat or another PDF reader, they will display and print out correctly.
NEW: brass scores and parts, bilingual assembly editions, reduced-width assembly editions, Slovak and Lithuanian versions
ENGLISH
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn SATB keyboard guitars English PDF 3 pages
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn SATB keyboard guitars English page 1 TIF high resolution
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn SATB keyboard guitars English page 1 TIF low resolution
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn SATB keyboard guitars English page 2 TIF high resolution
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn SATB keyboard guitars English page 2 TIF low resolution
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn SATB keyboard guitars English page 3 TIF high resolution
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn SATB keyboard guitars English page 3 TIF low resolution
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn SATB keyboard guitars English PDF reduced to 2 pages
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn SATB guitars English page 1 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn SATB guitars English page 2 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn guitar-vocal PDF
Holy Year
of Mercy Hymn guitar-vocal TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Assembly with verses high resolution TIF
Holy Year of
Mercy Hymn Assembly with verses low resolution TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Assembly without verses high resolution TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Assembly without verses low resolution TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Assembly with verses 5-inch column width page 1 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Assembly with verses 5-inch column width page 2 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn 3-part equal voices keyboard guitars page 1 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn 3-part equal voices keyboard guitars page 2 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn 3-part equal voices keyboard guitars page 3 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn 3-part equal voices keyboard guitars page 4 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn 3-part equal voices keyboard guitars page 5 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn 3-part equal voices keyboard guitars page 6 TIF
Holy Year of Mercy Hymn Choral Coda (CODA POLIFONICA) (a cappella) PDF
INSTRUMENTS
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Flute Oboe Cello score PDF
Holy Year of Mercy Hymn
Flute part PDF
Holy Year of Mercy Hymn
Oboe part PDF
Holy Year of Mercy Hymn
Cello part PDF
BRASS
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Brass Sextet Prelude score (as performed at St Peter's
Basilica, Rome, 8 December 2015)
Holy Year of
Mercy Hymn Brass Sextet Prelude Trumpet I
Holy Year of
Mercy Hymn Brass Sextet Prelude Trumpet II
Holy Year of
Mercy Hymn Brass Sextet Prelude Horn I
Holy Year of
Mercy Hymn Brass Sextet Prelude Horn II
Holy Year of Mercy
Hymn Brass Sextet Prelude Trombone
Holy Year of Mercy
Hymn Brass Sextet Prelude Tuba
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Brass Sextet Interlude I score
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Brass Sextet Interlude I Trumpet I
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Brass Sextet Interlude I Trumpet II
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Brass Sextet Interlude I Horn I
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Brass Sextet Interlude I Horn II
Holy Year
of Mercy Hymn Brass Sextet Interlude I Trombone
Holy Year
of Mercy Hymn Brass Sextet Interlude I Tuba
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Brass Sextet Interlude II score
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Brass Sextet Interlude II Trumpet I
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Brass Sextet Interlude II Trumpet II
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Brass Sextet Interlude II Horn I
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Brass Sextet Interlude II Horn II
Holy Year
of Mercy Hymn Brass Sextet Interlude II Trombone
Holy Year
of Mercy Hymn Brass Sextet Interlude II Tuba
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Brass Sextet "Logo" score (can
be used as a "motto theme" for the Year of Mercy, or as a POSTLUDE
after the Hymn in place of the Choral Coda)
Holy Year of
Mercy Hymn Brass Sextet "Logo" Trumpet I
Holy Year of
Mercy Hymn Brass Sextet "Logo" Trumpet II
Holy Year of
Mercy Hymn Brass Sextet "Logo" Horn I
Holy Year of
Mercy Hymn Brass Sextet "Logo" Horn II
Holy Year of
Mercy Hymn Brass Sextet "Logo" Trombone
Holy Year of Mercy
Hymn Brass Sextet "Logo" Tuba
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Brass Sextet "Logo" MP3
full recording (Version I)
Holy Year of Mercy Hymn Brass Sextet "Logo"
MP3 abbreviated recording (Version II)
Holy Year of Mercy Hymn Brass Sextet "Logo"
MP3 further abbreviated recording (Version
III)
ESPAÑOL
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn SATB keyboard guitars español PDF 3 pages
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn SATB keyboard guitars español page 1 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn SATB keyboard guitars español page 2 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn SATB keyboard guitars español page 3 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn SATB guitars español page 1 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn SATB guitars español page 2 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn guitar-vocal español PDF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn guitar-vocal español TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Assembly with verses español high resolution
TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Assembly with verses español low resolution
TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Assembly without verses español high resolution
TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Assembly without verses español low resolution
TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Assembly with verses español 5-inch column width
page 1 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Assembly with verses español 5-inch column width
page 2 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn 3-part equal voices keyboard guitars español
page 1 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn 3-part equal voices keyboard guitars español
page 2 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn 3-part equal voices keyboard guitars español
page 3 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn 3-part equal voices keyboard guitars español
page 4 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn 3-part equal voices keyboard guitars español
page 5 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn 3-part equal voices keyboard guitars español
page 6 TIF
BILINGUAL ENGLISH / ESPAÑOL
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Assembly with verses bilingual TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Assembly with verses bilingual high resolution TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Assembly without verses bilingual TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Assembly without verses bilingual high resolution TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Assembly with verses bilingual 5-inch column width
page 1 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Assembly with verses bilingual 5-inch column width
page 2 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn SATB keyboard guitars bilingual page 1 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn SATB keyboard guitars bilingual page 2 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn SATB keyboard guitars bilingual page 3 TIF
FRANÇAIS
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn 3-part equal voices keyboard guitars français
page 1 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn 3-part equal voices keyboard guitars français
page 2 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn 3-part equal voices keyboard guitars français
page 3 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn 3-part equal voices keyboard guitars français
page 4 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn 3-part equal voices keyboard guitars français
page 5 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn 3-part equal voices keyboard guitars français
page 6 TIF
PORTUGES
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn SATB keyboard guitars portuges PDF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn SATB keyboard guitars portuges page 1 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn SATB keyboard guitars portuges page 2 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn SATB guitars portuges page 1 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn SATB guitars portuges page 2 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn guitar-vocal portuges PDF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn guitar-vocal portuges TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Assembly with verses portuges TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Assembly without verses portuges TIF
DEUTSCH
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn SATB keyboard guitars deutsch PDF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn SATB keyboard guitars deutsch page 1 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn SATB keyboard guitars deutsch page 2 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn SATB guitars deutsch page 1 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn SATB guitars deutsch page 2 TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn guitar-vocal deutsch PDF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn guitar-vocal deutsch TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Assembly with verses deutsch TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn Assembly without verses deutsch TIF
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn SATB keyboard PDF
Holy Year of Mercy Hymn
3-part equal voices keyboard PDF
Link to a YouTube video of the Slovak recording
Another fantastic Slovak video recording from the Bishops' Conference website
CHINESE
Holy Year of Mercy Hymn SATB keyboard PDF
Holy Year of Mercy Hymn MP3 recording (refrain in Chinese, not Latin)
KENYAN LANGUAGES
Text only in Kiswahili and Luo
Video of part-rehearsal in Dholuo
Video of part rehearsal in Kiswahili
Further part-rehearsal here
RUSSIAN
http://cathmos.ru/files/Noty/Gimn_anno_caritatis.pdf
ARABIC
A fantastic new audio recording!
LITHUANIAN
Holy
Year of Mercy Hymn full score PDF
Holy Year of Mercy Hymn SATB keyboard
PDF