Genuit puerpera regem

General information

Antiphon for Lauds on Christmas Day.

Settings by composers

• Jacquet de Mantua SATB
• Orlando di Lasso SSATTB
• Georg Prenner SSATB (prima pars)

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Elzear Genet — Genuit puerpera regem

Text and translations

Latin text Genuit puerpera Regem, cui nomen aeternum, et gaudium matris habens cum virginitate pudoris: nec primam similem visa est, nec habere sequentem. Alleluja.

English translation The Mother brought forth the King, Whose name is called the Eternal; the joy of a mother was hers, remaining a virgin unsullied; neither before nor henceforth hath there been or shall there be such another. Alleluia.