Hodie nobis de coelo pax vera

General information

Responsory 2 for Matins on Christmas Day

Settings by composers

• Barthélémy Beaulaigue (v. 1) SSAATTBB
• Alessandro Grandi SS & continuo, arranged for SSA (vv. 1,2)
• Tiburtio Massaino SAATTTB (vv. 1,2)
• Pomponio Nenna SATB (vv. 1,2)
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia (from Matinas do Natal) SATB & orchestra
• Peter Philips SATB.SATB (vv. 1,2)
• Costanzo Porta SATB (vv. 1,2)
• Cesare Tudino SATTB (vv. 1,2)

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Giacomo Antonio Perti — Inno e responsi pel santo Natale a 4 voci con violini

Text and translations

Latin text 1 Hodie nobis de cœlo pax vera descendit: Hodie per totum mundum melliflui facti sunt cœli. Alleluia. 2 Hodie illuxit nobis dies redemptionis novæ, reparationis antiquæ, felicitatis aeternæ. Alleluia.

English translation 1 Today for us true peace from heaven came down: Today throughout the whole world the heavens distilled honey. Alleluia. 2 Today there shone for us a day of new redemption, of long-expected restoration, of eternal happiness. Alleluia.

German translation 1 Heute steigt vom Himmel hinab der wahre Frieden, Heute benetzt der Himmel die ganze Welt mit Honig. Alleluia. 2 Heute kommt herab der neue Tag unserer Erlösung und die langersehnte Gabe der ewigen Glückseligkeit. Alleluia. Trans. Anita Carla