Hodie beata Virgo Maria (Claudio Merulo)

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• CPDL #24929:

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2011-11-13).   Score information: A4, 5 pages, 91 kbytes   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: From Sacrae Cantiones, Nuremberg, 1585, a collection of Italian motets edited by Frederic Lindner, at original pitch, SATTB. Includes a keyboard reduction of the a cappella choral score. Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download.

• CPDL #15880: Finale 2005

Editor: Paul R. Marchesano (submitted 2008-01-31).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 154 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transposed up one fourth, SAATB, note values halved.

General Information

Title: Hodie beata Virgo Maria
Composer: Claudio Merulo

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: See edition
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1585

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Original text and translations

Latin text
Hodie beata Virgo Maria puerum Jesum praesentavit in templo,
et Simeon, repletus Spiritu Sancto, accepit eum in ulnas suas, et benedixit eum in aeternum.

English translation
Today the Blessed Virgin Mary presented the child Jesus in the Temple,
and Simeon, full of the Holy Spirit, took Him in his arms, and he blessed God for ever.