Vidi speciosam
Responsory at Matins for the feast of the Assumption of the BVM.
Settings by composers
- Raffaella Aleotti SATTB
- Felice Anerio SATB
- Giovanni Paolo Cima SST & bc
- Marco Antonio Ingegneri SSAATT.SATB.SSATTB
- Andreas Hakenberger SSAB.SATB.ATTB
- Johannes Lupi SATTB
- Pierre de Manchicourt SSAATTBB, SSTTTTBB — some variation from the text below (see work page)
- Tiburtio Massaino SSTB
- Giovanni Battista Riccio BB & bc
- Tomás Luis de Victoria SSATTB
Text and translations
Latin text Vidi speciosam sicut columbam ascendentem desuper rivos aquarum: |
Spanish translation La vi hermosa, como una paloma, |
English translation I saw the fair one rising like a dove above the streams of water: |