Tu cum virgineo mater (Heinrich Finck)
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- Editor: Andreas Stenberg (submitted 2024-02-23). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 126 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: A semi-diplomatic edition: Original key and note-values. Text and text underlay follows those of the source. Modern clefs, ficta added. A gregorian chant close to the one used by Finck is included for comparison.
General Information
Title: Tu cum virgineo mater
Composer: Heinrich Finck
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Office hymn
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1542 in Sacrorum hymnorum liber primus (Georg Rhau), no. 90
Description: Second verse of the hymn In Assumptio Mariae "O quam glorifica luce coruscas".
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Original text and translations
Latin text
O quam glorifica luce coruscas,
Stirpis Davidicæ regia proles.
Sublimis residens Virgo Maria,
Supra cæligenas ætheris omnes.
Tu, cum virgineo mater honore,
Cælorum Domino pectoris aulam
Sacris visceribus casta parasti;
Natus hinc Deus est corpore Christus.
Quem cunctus venerans orbis adorat,
Cui nunc rite genu flectitur omne;
A quo te petimus subveniente,
Abjectis tenebris, gaudia lucis.
Hoc largire Pater luminis omnis,
Natum per proprium, Flamine Sancto,
Qui tecum nitida vivit in æthra
Regnans ac moderans sæcula cuncta.
Amen.