Ecce virgo concipiet

General information

Communion antiphon for Advent IV and Annunciation. From Isaiah 7:14b and Matthew 1:23.

Notes on selected settings

• Anonymous: Trent 91, c.1450 SAT (in 2nd person: …concipies et paries… "you, a virgin, shall")
• Johann Michael Haydn (MH 408) SATB 2 horns, 2 vlns, bc
• Cristóbal de Morales SATB ("vocabitur nomen ejus: Admirabilis, Deus Fortis…")
• Antoine de Mornable SAAT or ATTB ("vocabitur nomen ejus: Admirabilis, Deus fortis…")

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Anonymous — Ecce virgo concipies (Trent 91)  Latin STB
• Anonymous — Ecce virgo concipiet (D-Ju MS 33)  Latin SATB
• Anonymous — Ecce virgo concipiet (D-Ju Ms. 35)  Latin SATB
• Ludovico Balbi — Ecce virgo concipiet  Latin SATB
• William Byrd — Ecce virgo concipiet  Latin SATTB
• Johann Joseph Fux — Ecce Virgo concipiet  Latin SATB
• Gregorian chant — Ecce virgo concipiet  Latin Unison
• Johann Michael Haydn — Ecce virgo, MH 408  Latin SATB
• Heinrich Isaac — Ecce virgo concipiet  Latin SATB
• Nobuaki Izawa — Ecce virgo concipiet  Latin SATB
• Cristóbal de Morales — Ecce virgo concipiet  Latin SATB
• Antoine de Mornable — Ecce virgo concipiet  Latin ATTB,SAAT
• Roger Petrich — Behold, a virgin shall conceive  English SATB
• Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck — Ecce virgo concipiet  Latin SSATB

Text and translations

Hebrew text הִנֵּ֣ה הָעַלְמָ֗ה הָרָה֙ וְיֹלֶ֣דֶת בֵּ֔ן וְקָרָ֥את שְׁמ֖וֹ עִמָּ֥נוּ אֵֽל (Isaiah 9:6b)

Greek translation Ἰδοὺ , ἡ παρθένος ἐν γαστρὶ ἕξει , καὶ τέξεται υἱόν , καὶ καλέσουσιν τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἐμμανουήλ (ὅ ἐστιν μεθερμηνευόμενον , Μεθ’ ἡμῶν ὁ Θεός .) (Matthew 1:23)

Latin translation Ecce virgo concipiet et pariet filium et vocabitur nomen eius Emmanuel. [Alleluia.]

Dutch translation Zie, de maagd zal ontvangen en een zoon baren en hij zal genoemd worden: God-met-ons. [Alleluia.]

English translation Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel, [God with us. Alleluia.]

Variant 1 The Trent 88 version begins in second person: Ecce virgo concipies et paries… "Behold, you shall conceive as a virgin and bear…"

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