Hodie nobis coelorum

General information

Responsory (mode vi) at Matins on Christmas Day, that is to say following Midnight Mass.

Notes on selected settings

Jacob Handl ATTB.ATTB (Substitutes Gloria.... by Noës at end) Guglielmo Lipparini SSAATTB or AATTBBB (Substitutes Gloria.... by Noës at end) Pomponio Nenna SATB (adds doxology at the end)

José Maurício Nunes Garcia from Matinas do Natal SATB & orchestra "Gradual para a Missa do Galo" [missing S?]ATB & orchestra

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Anonymous — Hodie nobis caelorum  Latin TT
• Johann Baptist Benz — Hodie nobis  Latin SATB
• Antonio Cifra — Hodie nobis caelorum rex  Latin SATB
• Juan Bautista Comes — Hodie nobis coelorum  Latin SSAT.SATB.SATB
• Robert Cooper — Hodie nobis caelorum rex  Latin SSSA
• Claude Goudimel — Hodie nobis coelorum  Latin SATB, ATTB
• Jacob Handl — Hodie nobis cœlorum rex  Latin SATB.SATB
• Guglielmo Lipparini — Hodie nobis coelorum rex  Latin 
• Rinaldo del Mel — Hodie nobis coelorum rex  Latin SSATTB
• Philippe de Monte — Hodie nobis coelorum rex  Latin SSATTB,AATTBB
• Giovanni Battista Mosto — Hodie nobis coelorum rex  Latin SATTB, ATTTB
• Giovanni Bernardino Nanino — Hodie nobis coelorum rex  Latin SATB,SAAT
• Giovanni Maria Nanino — Hodie nobis caelorum rex  Latin SAATTB
• Pomponio Nenna — Hodie nobis caelorum  Latin SATB
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Hodie nobis coelorum Rex  Latin ATB
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Matinas do Natal  Latin SATB
• Giacomo Antonio Perti — Inno e responsi pel santo Natale a 4 voci con violini  Latin SATB
• Teodoro Riccio — Hodie nobis coelorum rex  Latin STTBB,SAATB
• John Sheppard — Hodie nobis coelorum  Latin SSAA
• Thomas Tallis — Hodie nobis caelorum  Latin TTBB
• John Taverner — Hodie nobis caelorum  Latin SSAA

Text and translations

Latin text Hodie nobis coelorum rex de virgine nasci dignatus est, ut hominem perditum ad coelestia regna revocaret. Gaudet exercitus angelorum: Quia salus aeterna humano generi apparuit. Gloria in excelsis Deo et in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis: quia salus aeterna humano generi apparuit.

English translation Today for us the king of heaven is born, worthy to be born of a virgin, so he might restore ruined man to the heavenly kingdom. The host of angels rejoices: because eternal salvation has appeared for the human race. Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace and good will to men: because eternal salvation has appeared for the human race.

German translation Heute wurde für würdig befunden, dass der König der Himmel uns von der Jungfrau geboren werde, damit er den verlorenen Menschen zu den himmlischen Reichen zurückrufe. Es jauchzt der Engel Schar, denn das ewige Heil ist dem menschlichen Geschlecht erschienen. Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe und Friede auf Erden den Menschen seiner Gnade. Translation by Gerhard Weydt