O nata lux
The anonymous O nata lux de lumine is the office hymn at Lauds of the Feast of the Transfiguration (Aug. 6, more recently observed by Anglicans and Lutherans on the last Sunday before Lent.) A metrical version in English is O Light of light, by love inclined translated by Laurence Housman for The English Hymnal, 1906.
Settings by composers
- Andrea Angelini SATB
- William Armiger SATB, with divisi and A solo.
- John J. Brackenborough SSA
- Mark Chapman SATB
- Mariano Garau SATB
- Cristian Gentilini SATB
- Morton Lauridsen (copyright 1997) SATB div.
- Denis Mason ATBB
- Kathryn Rose SSA
- Thomas Tallis SATBarB, SATTB, SAATB or ATTBarB.
- Scott Villard ATB or SATB
Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above
- Mariano Garau — O nata lux II
Denis Mason
Text and translations
Latin text O nata lux de lumine, ¡Oh luz, nacida de la luz, |
English translation O Light born of Light, 빛에서 나신 빛이시여, |
Dutch translation O Licht geboren uit Licht, |
Hungarian translation Ó fényből született fény, |
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