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- CPDL #04337:
Sibelius 4
- Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2002-12-09). Score information: A4, 3 pages, 108 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Revised Oct 08
General Information
Title: Felix namque es
Composer: William Byrd
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Gradualia I (1605), no. 19
Description: Offertory for Votive Mass of the Blessed Virgin from Christmas to Easter, and Matins Responsory in the Common of Feasts of the Blessed Virgin
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Original text and translations
Original text:
Latin text
Felix namque
es sacra Virgo Maria
et omni laude dignissima,
quia ex te ortus
est sol justitiae,
Christus Deus noster.
Translation(s):
English translation
For thou art happy,
O sacred Virgin Mary,
and most worthly of all praise,
since out of thee hath
arisen the sun of justice,
Christ our Lord.