Maria virgo sanctissima (William Mundy)
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- (Posted 2017-05-05) CPDL #44381:
- Editor: Jason Smart (submitted 2017-05-05). Score information: A4, 36 pages, 869 kB Copyright: CC BY NC ND
- Edition notes: Edited from the original sources at source pitch with halved note values. A critical commentary is appended to the score.
General Information
Title: Maria virgo sanctissima
Composer: William Mundy
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 6vv Voicing: SATTBarB
Genre: Sacred, Votive antiphon
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
Manuscript ca. 1575 in The Baldwin Partbooks, no. 137
Description: Editorial Tenor part
 | This work is incomplete, either because the composer did not finish composing the work, or because some of the music has subsequently become lost. This does not necessarily refer to the CPDL edition(s), which may have been completed editorially. |
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Maria virgo sanctissima, beatarum Mariarum venerabilissima,
te singulari gratia prae omnibus creaturis ditavit Deus,
qui sumus et solus est Trinus et Unus.
Ex quibus personis te Pater in filiam ante mundi constitutionem praelegit,
Filius in matrem et nutricem, Spiritus Sanctus in sponsam
et reclinatorium suo speciali usu ornatissima ordinavit et coronavit.
Et sic summae Trinitatis templum Mariarumque omnium Maria nobilissima es.
Tu cum sis illi qui omnium solus Deus deorum est,
regum omnium regi, dominatorum omni Domino,
tam in estimabili favore et acceptatione quare te imperatricem,
reginam, dominamque, et ultra si potest nominare nos licet.
In hiis omnibus non deam te dicamus, sed Die creaturam
ancillamque mansuetissimam; sed quicquid boni mundus habet per te habet,
ex qua salutis nostrae initium manet.
Igitur quamquam tam nobilis et singularis es,
reventiaque tibi defertur, illi etiam qui talem te fecit,
ut virgo et mater esses exhibebitur.
Surge ergo, beatisima Virgo Maria,
misericorditer actura pro nobis, da preces pro nobis
quos cernis offensos ante oculos conditoris sic illi compone,
ut nobis nosci ese opus, quo servi filii tui Dei nostri effici mereamur
largiente eodem Domino nostro Jesu Christo,
qui es benedictus in saecula saeculorum. Amen.