Vidi speciosam

Responsory at Matins for the feast of the Assumption of the BVM. The Solesmes 1934 Responsory includes Gloria Patri, while among other variations are an Antiphon.

Notes on selected settings

Vincenzo Bellavere SSAT.ATBB up to "et lilia convallium" Gemignano Capilupi SSATTB up to "Quae est ista" Giovanni Paolo Cima SST & bc Giovanni Croce SATTB up to "Quae est ista" Alessandro Grandi ATTB (basso seguente) up to "Quae est ista"

Johannes Lupi SATTB diverges after "Quae est ista" Pierre de Manchicourt SSAATTBB, SSTTTTBB — some variation from the text below (see work page) Giovanni Battista Riccio BB & bc (1st part only) Gaspar van Weerbeke STTB up to "et lilia convallium", omitting "Et sicut dies verni".

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Raffaella Aleotti — Vidi speciosam  Latin SATTB
• Felice Anerio — Vidi speciosam  Latin SATB
• Vincenzo Bellavere — Vidi speciosam  Latin SSAT.ATBB
• Gemignano Capilupi — Vidi speciosam  Latin SSATTB
• Giovanni Paolo Cima — Vidi speciosam  Latin SST
• Giovanni Croce — Vidi speciosam  Latin SATTB
• Alessandro Grandi — Vidi speciosam  Latin ATTB
• Andreas Hakenberger — Vidi speciosam sicut columbam  Latin SSAB.SATB.ATTB, SSAT.SATB.ATBB
• Jacob Handl — Vidi speciosam  Latin SAATBB
• Marco Antonio Ingegneri — Vidi speciosam  Latin SSAATT.SATB.SSATTB
• Johannes Lupi — Vidi speciosam  Latin SATTB
• Pierre de Manchicourt — Vidi speciosam  Latin SSAATTBB, SSTTTTBB
• Tiburtio Massaino — Vidi speciosam  Latin SSTB
• Giovanni Battista Riccio — Vidi speciosam  Latin BB
• Tomás Luis de Victoria — Vidi speciosam  Latin SSATTB
• Gaspar van Weerbeke — Vidi speciosam  Latin STTB

Text and translations

Latin text Vidi speciosam sicut columbam ascendentem desuper rivos aquarum: Cuius inaestimabilis odor erat nimis in vestimentis eius. Et sicut dies verni, flores rosarum circumdabant eam, et lilia convallium. Quae est ista, quae ascendit per desertum sicut virgula fumi, ex aromatibus myrrhae et thuris? Et sicut dies verni, flores rosarum circumdabant eam, et lilia convallium.

Spanish translation La vi hermosa, como una paloma, remontado los arroyos de agua. El aroma de sus vestidos era incomparable, y, como los días de primavera, las rosas y los lirios de los valles la rodeaban. ¿Quién es ésta, que sube por el desierto como rama sahumada con perfumes de mirra e incienso? Y, como los días de primavera, las rosas y los lirios de los valles la rodeaban. Translation by Alejandro Borrego Pérez

English translation I saw the fair one rising like a dove above the streams of water: whose priceless fragrance clung to her garments. And as on a spring day, she was surrounded by roses and lily-of-the-valley. Who is this who rises from the desert like a pillar of smoke from incense of myrrh and frankincense? And as on a spring day, she was surrounded by roses and lily-of-the-valley.