Rabanus Maurus
Aliases: Hrabanus; Rhabanus; Magnentius
Life
Born: c. 780
Died: 4 February 856
Biography
Rabanus Maurus Magnentius was a Frankish Benedictine monk, the archbishop of Mainz in Germany and a theologian. He was the author of the encyclopaedia De rerum naturis (On the Nature of Things). He also wrote treatises on education and grammar and commentaries on the Bible. He was one of the most prominent teachers and writers of the Carolingian age, and was called "Praeceptor Germaniae", or "the teacher of Germany".
One of his most famous poems is "Veni Creator Spiritus", a hymn to the Holy Spirit, often sung at Pentecost and at ordinations. Among many other composers who set it to music, Gustav Mahler used it as the first choral of his epic eighth symphony.
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Settings of text by Rabanus Maurus
- Accende lumen sensibus (Michael Praetorius)
- Festum nunc celebre I (Anonymous)
- Festum nunc celebre II (Anonymous)
- Festum nunc celebre III (Anonymous)
- Haec Deum caeli (Jacob Obrecht)
- Hostem repellas longius (Michael Praetorius)
- Qui Paracletus diceris (Michael Praetorius)
- Quod chorus vatum (Anonymous)
- Quod chorus vatum (Jacob Handl)
- Quod chorus vatum (Thomas Tallis)
- Qvod chorus vatum venerandus olim (Heinrich Finck)
- Tibi Christe (Tomás Luis de Victoria)
- Tibi Christe splendor Patris (Orlando di Lasso)
- Tu septiformis munere (Michael Praetorius)
- Veni creator H141 (Hector Berlioz)
- Veni creator Spiritus (Carlotta Ferrari)
- Veni Creator Spiritus (Corsican) (Anonymous)
- Veni Creator Spiritus (Giovanni de Macque)
- Veni Creator Spiritus (Gregorian chant)
- Veni creator spiritus (Henry Cope Colles)
- Veni Creator Spiritus (Johann Stadlmayr)
- Veni creator Spiritus (Michael Praetorius)
- Veni Creator Spiritus (Nicolas Couturier)
- Veni Creator, op. 66/14 (Oreste Ravanello)
- Vita sanctorum / Christe sanctorum (Michael Praetorius)
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