Stella quam viderant

General information

Responsory for Matins at Epiphany. See also Videntes stellam magi.

Notes on selected settings

• Peter Philips SSATB (with Alleluya)
• Jacob Regnart
  • a 4 SSsT or AAAT (1st half)
  • a 5 SSATB or AATTB "videntes autem stellam, gavisi…"
• Costanzo Porta SATB

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Iacopo Corfini — Stella quam viderant magi  Latin SSAATB, SSATTB
• Jacob Handl — Stella quam viderant magi  Latin SSATTB
• Jan Le Febure — Stella quam viderant magi  Latin SSATTB
• Philippe de Monte — Stella quam viderant magi a 7  Latin SST.ATTB
• Giovanni Battista Mosto — Stella quam viderant  Latin AATTB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Stella quam viderant magi  Latin SATTB
• Peter Philips — Stella quam viderant Magi  Latin SSATB
• Costanzo Porta — Stella quam viderant  Latin SATB
• Jacob Regnart — Stella quam viderant magi a 4  Latin SSST, AAAT
• Jacob Regnart — Stella quam viderant magi a 5  Latin SSATB,AATTB
• Pandolfo Zallamella — Stella quam viderant magi  Latin SSAAT,SATTB

Text and translations

Latin text Stella quam viderant/[viderunt] Magi in Oriente antecedebat eos donec venirent ad locum ubi puer erat. Videntes autem eum/[eam]/[stellam] Gavisi sunt gaudio magno. Et intrantes domum invenerunt Puerum cum Maria mater ejus et procidentes adoraverunt eum Gavisi sunt gaudio magno. (Gregofacsimil at gregobase adds Gloria Patri)

English translation The star which the Wise Men had seen/[saw] in the East went before them until they might come to the place where the Child was. And seeing him/[it]/[the star] They rejoiced with exceeding great joy. And entering into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother: and falling down, they worshipped him They rejoiced with exceeding great joy.