Beata es Virgo Maria

Settings by composers

Version 1, "…quae Dominum portasti" William Byrd SATTB Giovanni Paolo Cima SSB & basso seguente Giacomo Finetti S solo & bc Robert Führer SATB & orchestra Wilhelm Meyer Lutz SATB & organ (has permanebis instead of permanes)

Asprilio Pacelli SSATTB Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SSAB.SATB Giuseppe Terrabugio Op. 81/3 SSA or ATB Giovanni Maria Trabaci SATTB Philippe Verdelot SSATTBB or AATTBBB (+ Ave Maria Virgo serena in one voice) Vincenzo Ugolini SATB.SATB.SATB (+ Ave Maria in SSSAAA) Tomás Luis de Victoria SAATBB Mikolaj Zielenski SSAB.ATTB

Version 2

• Gregorian chant
• Hans Leo Hassler SATB
• Giovanni Battista Stefanini SSAATTB

Version 3

• Giovanni Gabrieli SSATBB
• Alvise Grani SSBB & basso seguente

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Johann Melchior Caesar — Beata es Virgo Maria
• Wilhelmus Formellis — Beata es virgo Maria
• Andrea Gabrieli — Beata es Maria
• Joannes de Latre — Beata es virgo Maria
• Johannes Lupi — Beata es Maria
• Jacobus Clemens non Papa — Beata es virgo Maria
• Andreas Pevernage — Beata es virgo Maria

Text and translations

Latin text Version 1 Beata es, Virgo Maria, quae Dominum portasti creatorem mundi: Genuisti eum, qui te fecit, et in aeternum permanes virgo. Alleluia. Ave Maria gratia plena, Dominus tecum. Version 2 Beata es, Virgo Maria, quae credidisti Domino; perficientur[perfecta sunt] in te, quae dicta sunt tibi a Domino. Ex te enim natus est Christus Deus Salvator noster qui intercedit pro nobis apud Dominum Deum nostrum. Alleluia. Version 3 Beata es, virgo Maria, Dei genitrix, quae credidisti omnia perfecta sunt in te quae dicta sunt tibi: ecce, exaltata es super choros Angelorum: intercede pro nobis ad Dominum Deum tuum. Alleluia. Italian translation Version 3 Beata sei Tu che hai creduto, Vergine Maria, Genitrice di Dio; tutto di ciò che Ti viene detto di Te riguarda la perfezione: ecco, sei più alta dei cori aneglici, prega per noi presso il Signore Dio Tuo. Alleluia.

English translation Version 1 Blessed are you, O virgin Mary, who bore the Lord, the Creator of the universe. You brought forth him who made you, and remain forever a virgin. Alleluia. Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with you. Version 2 Blessed art thou, O virgin Mary, who didst believe the Lord; what the Lord said to thee shall be fulfilled in thee. For out of thee was born the Lord Christ our Saviour, who intercedes for us with the Lord our God. Alleluia. Version 3 Blessed are you, O Virgin Mary, who gave birth to God; who believed that all has been fulfilled in you that was said to you: behold, you have been raised up above the choirs of angels. O pray for us now to the Lord your God. Alleluia. Translation by Mick Swithinbank