Magi videntes stellam

General information

Magnificat antiphon at 1st Vespers on the feast of the Epiphany.

Notes on selected settings

• Giovanni Paolo Cima SAAT and SATB (has some of the bracketed alternative text)
• Jacobus Clemens non Papa SATB
• Tomás Luis de Victoria SATB or STTB (has some of the bracketed alternative text)

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Agostino Agazzari — Magi videntes stellam  Latin TTT
• Blasius Ammon — Magi videntes stellam  Latin SSATB,AATTB
• Alvise Balbi — Magi videntes stellam  Latin TTB
• Sulpitia Cesis — Magi videntes stellam  Latin ST
• Antonio Cifra — Magi videntes stellam  Latin BBB
• Giovanni Paolo Cima — Stellam magi viderunt  Latin SAAT,SATB
• François Gallet — Magi videntes stellam  Latin AATTBB
• Bartolomeo Lombardo — Magi videntes stellam  Latin SAATB, ATTBB
• Étienne Moulinié — Magi videntes stellam  Latin SATTB
• Leonhard Paminger — Magi videntes stellam  Latin SATTTB
• Lambert de Sayve — Magi videntes stellam  Latin SSSAATTBBB
• Catuí Côrte-Real Suarez — Magi videntes stellam  Latin TTB

Text and translations

Latin text Magi videntes[viderunt] stellam [qui] dixerunt ad invicem hoc signum magni regis est eamus et inquiramus [requiramus] eum et offeramus ei munera aurum thus et myrrham. [Alleluia]

Dutch translation Toen de wijzen de ster hadden gezien, zeiden zij, elk op zijn beurt: "Dit is het teken van een groot vorst. Laten wij hem gaan zoeken en hem geschenken aanbieden: goud, wierook en mirre."

English translation The magi, seeing [having seen] the star, said, each in turn: "This is the sign of a great king! Let us go and look for him and offer him gifts, gold, frankincense and myrrh." [Alleluia]