Vultum tuum
General information
An introit proper to a number of different feasts: Votive Mass of the Blessed Virgin from Christmas to the Presentation; the Annunciation; the Vigil of the Assumption.
Source of text is Psalm 44:13,14,16,2 (Vulgate).
Settings by composers
- William Byrd SATTB
Text and translations
Latin text Vultum tuum deprecabuntur omnes divites plebis: adducentur Regi virgines post eam: proximae ejus adducentur tibi in laetitia et exultatione, alleluia. |
English translation All the rich among the people shall entreat thy countenance: after her shall virgins be brought to the King: her neighbours shall be brought to thee in gladness and rejoicing. Alleluia. |