Virgo prudentissima

General information

Virgo prudentissima is the Magnificat antiphon at First Vespers of the Feast of the Assumption (Aug. 15). The setting by Isaac adds a long trope in honor of Maximilian I.

Notes on selected settings

Dominicus TBarBarB or ATTB (with concluding Alleluya) Elzear Genet (Carpentras) ATTB Francisco Guerrero a 4 (high clefs) SATB Johann Michael Haydn MH 635 SATB, 2 trumpets, timpani, 2 violins, bc Jacquet de Mantua a 5

Exaltata est Sancta Dei genitrix by Cristóbal de Morales includes the antiphon in 1 of the 6 voices. Thomas Morley a 5 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina a 7 with 2nda pars Maria virgo Peter Philips (1. pars Gaude Maria virgo) SSATB

Settings by composers (automatically updated)

• Francesco Bianciardi — Virgo prudentissima  Latin SSATTB
• Jhan Billon — Virgo prudentissima  Latin STTTB
• Arnold von Bruck — Virgo prudentissima  Latin STT
• Floriano Canale — Virgo prudentissima  Latin SAATTB
• Giovanni Contino — Virgo prudentissima  Latin SAATTB
• Gasparo Costa — Virgo prudentissima  Latin SSATB
• Pedro de Cristo — Virgo prudentissima  Latin AATB
• Dominicus — Virgo prudentissima  Latin TBBB, ATTB
• Elzear Genet — Virgo prudentissima  Latin ATTB
• Francisco Guerrero — Virgo prudentissima  Latin SATB
• Jacob Handl — Virgo prudentissima  Latin SATB
• Johann Michael Haydn — Virgo prudentissima, MH 635  Latin SATB
• Josquin des Prez — Virgo prudentissima a 4  Latin SATB
• Jacobus Clemens non Papa — Virgo prudentissima  Latin SATTBB
• Nicolas Payen — Virgo prudentissima  Latin ATTB
• Hilaire Penet — Virgo prudentissima  Latin SAATB,ATTBB
• Teodoro Riccio — Virgo prudentissima  Latin SSATTB
• Andrea Rota — Virgo prudentissima a 6  Latin SAATTB
• Ludwig Senfl — Virgo prudentissima  Latin SATB

Text and translations

Latin text Virgo prudentissima, quo progrederis, quasi aurora valde rutilans? Filia Sion, tota formosa et suavis es: pulchra ut luna, electa ut sol.

English translation Virgin most wise, where are you going, shining out as brightly as the dawn? Daughter of Sion, you are most comely and merciful, beautiful as the moon, excellent as the sun.