Ave virgo gloriosa, Cecilia (Thomas Crecquillon)

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• (Posted 2024-12-09)  CPDL #83051: 

Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2024-12-09).   Score information: A4, 7 pages, 113 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download. This edition is offered at original pitch (high chiavette) for SATTB or transposed down a fourth for ATTBB.

General Information

Title: Ave virgo gloriosa, Cecilia
Composer: Thomas Crecquillon
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicings: SATTB or ATTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1554 in Cantionum sacrarum liber 6 (Phalèse), no. 4
    2nd published: 1576 in Opus sacrarum cantionum, no. 74-75
Description: A motet for St Cecilia's's Day

Original text and translations

Latin text Ave virgo gloriosa, Cecilia generosa, Paradisi vernans rosa, castitatis lilium, quae sponsum tuum Valerianum ad fidem convertisti: Deprecare Jesum Christum, qui te sibi in sponsam elegit: ut peccata deleat, pacem tribuat, morbos auferat, benigne aspiret, tandemque vitam donet aeternam.

English translation Hail esteemed virgin, noble Cecilia, flourishing rose of Eden and lily of purity; thou who turned thy husband Valerian towards the faith: Intercede with Jesus Christ to choose you as his own helpmeet: so that he might wipe sins away, grant peace, remove sickness, breathe on us bounteously, and finally might bestow life everlasting. (trans. Timmi O'Danaos & Donna Ferrentes)