Exaltata est

General information

Responsorium breve for the feast of the Assumption.

There are also the antiphons Exaltata est gloriosa for Christ the King and Exaltata est Virgo Maria… et in capite ejus for the Oct. 1 Feast of the Rosary.

Notes on selected settings

• Francisco Guerrero AATB (adds "Maria virgo…")
• Cristóbal de Morales SSAATB (2nda pars Virgo prudentissima)
• Anonymous SATB, from Tarraconensis Cathedral archive, last quarter XIX century

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Stefano Felis — Exaltata est  Latin SSATTB
• Francisco Guerrero — Exaltata est  Latin AATB
• Jacob Handl — Exaltata est sancta Dei genitrix  Latin SAATB
• Cristóbal de Morales — Exaltata est Sancta Dei genitrix  Latin SSAATB
• Manoel Dias de Oliveira — Exaltata est  Latin SATB

Text and translations

Latin text Exaltata est sancta Dei genitrix, super choros angelorum ad caelestia regna. Continuation of Guerrero's motet: Maria virgo caelos ascendit: Gaudete, quia cum Christo regnat in aeternum.

English translation The holy mother of God has gone up to the heavenly kingdom, above the choirs of angels: The virgin Mary ascends to heaven. Rejoice, for she reigns with Christ in all eternity.