Lux fulgebit

Lux fulgebit is the introit at the Christmas Mass at Dawn; the Liber Usualis gives the verse "Dominus regnavit" (Psalm 93). A few older sources assign it to Feasts of the BVM, and a motet by Ludwig Senfl is described as for Epiphany. The text draws from Isaiah 9:2,6 and Luke 1:33.

Settings by composers

• Ambrosian chant — Lux fulgebit hodie  Latin Unison
• Alvise Balbi — Lux fulgebit hodie  Latin SATTB
• Carlotta Ferrari — Lux fulgebit  Latin SATB
• Robert Hugill — Lux fulgebit  Latin SATB
• Iñigo Igualador — Lux fulgebit  Latin SATB
• Alessandro Kirschner — Lux fulgebit  Latin SATB
• Claudio Merulo — Lux fulgebit hodie  Latin SSSATTB
• Giuseppe Mignemi — Lux fulgebit  Latin SATB

 

• Philippe de Monte a 5; 2nda pars Dies sanctificatus

Text and translations

Latin text Lux fulgebit hodie super nos, quia natus est nobis Dominus et vocabitur Admirabilis Deus, Princeps pacis, Pater futuri saeculi cujus regni non erit finis.

English translation A light will shine upon us today, for the Lord is born to us, and he will be called Wonderful God, Prince of peace, The everlasting Father, and his kingdom will have no end.

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