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==General information== | |||
This famous hymn was written by Caelius Sedulius (d. circa 450) with its stanzas starting with each subsequent letter of the Latin alphabet, 23 in total; a device known as ''abecedarius'' or ''acrostichon''. | |||
Sedulius called his poem ''Paean Alphabeticus de Christo''. | |||
Two parts from it entered Catholic liturgy: | |||
* ''A solis ortus cardine'', used for Lauds during the Christmas season, consisting of stanzas 1-7, followed by a new closing stanza (a doxology); | |||
* ''[[Hostis Herodes impie]]'', the Vesper hymn for Epiphany, consisting of stanzas 8, 9, 11 and 13, once again followed by a doxology. | |||
Hence, settings of ''A solus ortus cardine'' are usually of this 8-stanza form, or some of its stanzas. | |||
In this form, it was translated by Luther and published in his first collection of hymns (1524) as ''[[Christum wir sollen loben schon]]''. | |||
==Settings by composers== | |||
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*[[A solis ortus cardine (Gregorian chant)|Gregorian chant]] | |||
*[[A solis ortus cardine (Anonymous)|Anonymous 14c, Trent 88]] STT or STTT | |||
*[[A solis ortus cardine a 3 (Gilles Binchois)|Gilles Binchois (3 vv)]] (single verse) | |||
*[[A solis ortus cardine a 4 (Gilles Binchois)|Gilles Binchois (SATB)]] (single verse) | |||
*[[A solis ortus (Adrianus Petit Coclico)|Adrien Petit Coclico]] (STTT, v. 1 only) | |||
*in [[Innario RPS (Carlotta Ferrari)]] (2016) | |||
*[[Domus pudici pectoris (Heinrich Finck)]] a 4, verse 4 | |||
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*Nicolaus Kropstein | |||
*[[A solis ortus cardine (William Mundy)|William Mundy]] SAT[T]B even verses, tenor editorially reconstructed | |||
*[[A solis ortus cardine (José Maurício Nunes Garcia)|José Maurício Nunes Garcia]] (SATB, org., even verses) | |||
*[[From lands that see the sun arise (Charles H. Giffen)|Charles H. Giffen]], SATB with descant, in English (J.M. Neale) | |||
*[[A solis ortus cardine (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina)|Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina]] (odd vv. for SATB) | |||
*[[A solis ortus cardine (Johann Hermann Schein)|Johann Hermann Schein]] SATB | |||
*[[A solis ortus cardine (Thomas Stoltzer)]] (even) SATB | |||
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==Text and translations== | |||
{{top}}{{Text|Latin| | |||
A solis ortus cardine | |||
Ad usque terrae limitem | |||
Christum canamus Principem, | |||
Natum Maria Virgine. | |||
Beatus auctor saeculi | |||
Servile corpus induit, | |||
Ut carne carnem liberans | |||
Non perderet quod condidit. | |||
Clausae<sup>1</sup> parentis viscera | |||
Caelestis intrat gratia; | |||
Venter puellae baiulat | |||
Secreta quae non noverat. | |||
Domus pudici pectoris | |||
Templum repente fit Dei; | |||
Intacta nesciens virum | |||
Verbo concepit Filium.<sup>2</sup> | |||
Enixa<sup>3</sup> est puerpera | |||
Quem Gabriel praedixerat, | |||
Quem matris alvo gestiens<sup>4</sup> | |||
Clausus Ioannes senserat.<sup>5</sup> | |||
Foeno iacere pertulit, | |||
Praesepe non abhorruit, | |||
Parvoque lacte pastus est<sup>6</sup> | |||
Per quem nec ales esurit. | |||
Gaudet chorus caelestium | |||
Et Angeli canunt Deum, | |||
Palamque fit pastoribus | |||
Pastor, Creator omnium. | |||
Iesu, tibi sit gloria, | |||
Qui natus es de Virgine, | |||
Cum Patre et almo Spiritu, | |||
In sempiterna saecula. Amen.}} | |||
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{{Translation|English| | |||
From the rising of the sun | |||
to the ends of the earth, | |||
let us sing of Christ the Prince, | |||
born of the Virgin Mary. | |||
The blessed creator of the world | |||
put on a servant’s body, | |||
so that, liberating the flesh through taking flesh, | |||
he would not lose what he had made. | |||
The virgin mother's belly | |||
is filled with heavenly grace; | |||
the girl’s womb carries | |||
secrets which she has not known. | |||
The modest dwelling of her body | |||
becomes God’s new temple; | |||
untouched, not knowing a man, | |||
at a word she conceived the Son in her womb. | |||
By her birth pangs she brought forth | |||
the one whom Gabriel had foretold, | |||
and whom the Baptist, leaping within the womb, | |||
had recognised as Lord. | |||
He consented to lie in the hay; | |||
he did not shrink from the manger; | |||
and with little milk he was fed, | |||
who does not allow even the birds to hunger. | |||
The heavenly chorus rejoices, | |||
and the angels sing God's praise, | |||
and to the shepherds is now made known | |||
the Shepherd who is the creator of all. | |||
Jesus, to you be glory, | |||
who are born of a virgin, | |||
with the Father and the loving Spirit, | |||
for eternal ages. Amen.}}{{Translator|Mick Swithinbank}} | |||
:''with thanks to Jamie Reid Baxter for much help'' | |||
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{{Translation|English| | |||
From lands that see the sun arise, | |||
To earth’s remotest boundaries, | |||
The virgin born today we sing, | |||
The Son of Mary, Christ the King. | |||
Blest Author of this earthly frame, | |||
To take a servant’s form He came, | |||
That liberating flesh by flesh, | |||
Whom He had made might live afresh. | |||
In that chaste parent’s holy womb, | |||
Celestial grace hath found its home: | |||
And she, as earthly bride unknown, | |||
Yet call that Offspring blest her own. | |||
The mansion of the modest breast | |||
Becomes a shrine where God shall rest: | |||
The pure and undefiled one | |||
Conceived in her womb the Son. | |||
That Son, that royal Son she bore, | |||
Whom Gabriel’s voice had told afore: | |||
Whom, in his Mother yet concealed, | |||
The Infant Baptist had revealed. | |||
The manger and the straw He bore, | |||
The cradle did He not abhor: | |||
A little milk His infant fare | |||
Who feedeth even each fowl of air. | |||
The heavenly chorus filled the sky, | |||
The angels sang to God on high, | |||
What time to shepherds watching lone | |||
They made creation’s Shepherd known. | |||
All honor, laud, and glory be, | |||
O Jesu, virgin born, to Thee; | |||
All glory, as is ever meet, | |||
To the Father and to Paraclete.}} | |||
{{Translator|John Mason Neale}} | |||
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'''Changes''' by [[Pope Urban VIII]] in 1632 to the [[Roman Breviary]] (some incorporated by Palestrina): | |||
:<sup>1</sup> ''Castae'' | |||
:<sup>2</sup> ''Enititur'' (not in Palestrina) | |||
:<sup>3</sup> ''Concepit alvo Filium.'' | |||
:<sup>4</sup> ''Quem ventre Matris gestiens,'' (not in Palestrina) | |||
:<sup>5</sup> ''baptismata clausum senserat'' (not in Palestrina) | |||
:<sup>6</sup> ''Et lacte modicus pastus est'' | |||
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{{Translation|Hungarian| | |||
Naptámadat mesgyéitől | |||
A föld végső határaig | |||
Krisztust daloljuk, a Királyt, | |||
Szűz Máriának egy Fiát. | |||
A boldog Úr, az Alkotó, | |||
Magára szolgatestet ölt: | |||
A húst a hús hadd mentse meg, | |||
S ne vesszen el, kit alkotott. | |||
A Szűzanyának belsején | |||
Megszáll az égi kegyelem. | |||
Hord a Leány szíve alatt | |||
Soha nem ismert titkokat. | |||
Szemérmes szíve hajloka | |||
Immár az Isten temploma. | |||
Ki sosem ismert férfiút, | |||
Angyal-igén fogant fiút. | |||
A Szűz megszülte Gyermekét, | |||
Kit Gábor angyal megígért, | |||
Kit János érzett boldogan | |||
Már anyja méhe rejtekén. | |||
Hitvány jászolba fektetik, | |||
Szénától sem húzódozik, | |||
Ki a madárnak enni ád: | |||
Egy csöppnyi tejjel jóllakik. | |||
Újjong az égiek kara, | |||
Ünneplik zengő angyalok, | |||
S a pásztoroknak felragyog | |||
A mindeneknek Pásztora.}} | |||
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{{Translation|Dutch| | |||
Vanwaar de zon opgaat | |||
tot aan het einde van de aarde | |||
laten wij zingen voor Christus, onze vorst | |||
die geboren is uit de maagd Maria.}} | |||
{{mdl|3}}{{Translation|German| | |||
See [[Christum wir sollen loben schon]].}} | |||
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==External links== | |||
* ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_solis_ortus_cardine A solis ortus cardine (Wikipedia)]'' contains the full text of the 23 stanzas with an English translation; | |||
* [https://books.google.nl/books?id=By0LAAAAIAAJ&lpg=PA14&ots=mBvgpFoFih&dq=%22Rivos%20cruoris%20torridi%22&pg=PA13#v=onepage&q&f=false ''The Manuscripts of Sedulius: A Provisional Handlist'', by Carl P. E. Springer (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume 85 part 5)], mentions the hymn's history and lists manuscripts in which it appears. | |||
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Revision as of 10:50, 29 December 2020
General information
This famous hymn was written by Caelius Sedulius (d. circa 450) with its stanzas starting with each subsequent letter of the Latin alphabet, 23 in total; a device known as abecedarius or acrostichon. Sedulius called his poem Paean Alphabeticus de Christo.
Two parts from it entered Catholic liturgy:
- A solis ortus cardine, used for Lauds during the Christmas season, consisting of stanzas 1-7, followed by a new closing stanza (a doxology);
- Hostis Herodes impie, the Vesper hymn for Epiphany, consisting of stanzas 8, 9, 11 and 13, once again followed by a doxology.
Hence, settings of A solus ortus cardine are usually of this 8-stanza form, or some of its stanzas.
In this form, it was translated by Luther and published in his first collection of hymns (1524) as Christum wir sollen loben schon.
Settings by composers
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Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above
- Anonymous — A solis ortus
- Thomas Stoltzer — Beatus auctor seculi
- Jacobus Vaet — A solis ortus cardine
Text and translations
Latin text A solis ortus cardine |
English translation From the rising of the sun
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English translation From lands that see the sun arise,
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Changes by Pope Urban VIII in 1632 to the Roman Breviary (some incorporated by Palestrina):
- 1 Castae
- 2 Enititur (not in Palestrina)
- 3 Concepit alvo Filium.
- 4 Quem ventre Matris gestiens, (not in Palestrina)
- 5 baptismata clausum senserat (not in Palestrina)
- 6 Et lacte modicus pastus est
Hungarian translation Naptámadat mesgyéitől |
Dutch translation Vanwaar de zon opgaat |
German translation |
External links
- A solis ortus cardine (Wikipedia) contains the full text of the 23 stanzas with an English translation;
- The Manuscripts of Sedulius: A Provisional Handlist, by Carl P. E. Springer (Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, volume 85 part 5), mentions the hymn's history and lists manuscripts in which it appears.