Stella caeli

Notes on selected settings

• Walter Lambe SATB

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Robert Cooper — Stella caeli  Latin TBB
• Carlotta Ferrari — Stella Cæli  Latin Unison
• Johann Michael Haydn — Stella caeli, MH 394  Latin SATB
• Jeffrey Quick — Stella coeli  Latin SATB
• Joseph Renner — Stella coeli, Op. 75  Latin SATB
• Guillaume le Rouge — Stella celi (So ys emprentid)  Latin ATTB
• John Thorne — Stella caeli  Latin ATB

Text and translations

Latin text Stella caeli exstirpavit quae lactavit Dominum Mortis pestem quam plantavit primus parens hominum. Ipsa stella nunc dignetur sidera compescere, Quorum bella plebem caedunt dirae mortis ulcere. O gloriosa stella maris, a peste succurre nobis: Audi nos, nam te filius nihil negans honorat. Salva nos, Jesu! Pro quibus virgo mater te orat.

English translation The star of heaven who suckled the Lord Has rooted out the plague of death which the first parent of men planted. May that very star now deign to restrain the constellations Whose wars kill the people with the sore of terrible death. O glorious star of the sea, save us from the plague. Hear us, for thy Son honours thee, refusing thee nothing. Save us, Jesus, on whose behalf the virgin mother beseeches thee.