Audi filia

Gradual, from Psalm 43, of the Common of the BVM. Also associated with other Feasts for Virgins and especially St. Cecilia (22 Nov.). Gregobase has pages for the Gradual, [Responsory] and [Tract, as well as for [the Assumption Gradual, with "…et concupiscet…" and a different verse.

Settings

• Cornelius Canis S(A)TTB (altus part is a reconstruction) ("…et obliviscere…" a variant text)
• {{Audi filia (Jacob Handl)|Jacob Handl]] SATB (w/o verse)
• Nicolas Gombert SATTB (extra text, & 2nda pars Propter veritatem)
• Costanzo Porta SATB (w/o verse)
• Alessandro Scarlatti Soprano solo, with SSATB & orchestra

Text & translations

Latin text Audi filia et vide et inclina aurem tuam: quia concupivit rex speciem tuam. Specie tua et pulchritudine tua intende, prospere procede et regna.

English translation Hear, O daughter, and see, and incline your ear/incline your ear to me, for the king has desired your beauty.