Veni sponsa Christi

Veni sponsa Christi is the Magnificat antiphon at Second Vespers from the Common of Virgins.

Settings

• anonymous, Trent 89 a 3
• Giovanni Paolo Cima alto & bc
• Baldassare Donato a 6
• Andrea Gabrieli a 4
• Nicholas Gombert
• Orlando di Lasso
• Claudio Monteverdi a 3
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina a 4
• Peter Philips a 5
• Constanzo Porta
• Jean Richefort a 5
• Tomás Luis de Victoria a 4

Also of note are several parody masses:

• Missa Veni sponsa Christi (Manuel Cardoso)
• Missa Veni sponsa Christi a 5 super Jean Richafort attributed to Lupus Hellinck or Nicolle des Celliers de Hesdin
• Missa Veni Sponsa Christi (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) a 4 (5) on his own motet

Text and translations

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