by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Translation by Valentin Triller (1493 - 1573)
Quem pastores laudavere
Language: Latin
Quem pastores laudavere Quibus angeli dixere, Absit vobis iam timere, Natus est rex gloriae. Ad quem magi ambulabant Aurum, thus, myrrhum portabant, Immolabant haec sincere Nato regi gloriae. Exultemus cum Maria In coelesti heirarchia Natum promat voce pia Laus honor et gloria. Christo regi, Deo nato, Per Mariam nobis dato, Merito resonet vere Laus, honor et gloria.
J. Rutter sets stanzas 1-2, 4
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author ( 14th century )  [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by John Milford Rutter, CBE (b. 1945), "Quem pastores laudavere", stanzas 1-2,4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Valentin Triller (1493 - 1573) , written 1555 ; composed by Carl Thiel.
Researcher for this page: Thomas Jaenicke
This text was added to the website: 2004-03-29
Line count: 16
Word count: 57
Weihnachtslied
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Latin
Preis sei Gott im Höchsten Throne und auch seinem lieben Sohne, der uns ist ein Mensch geboren, sonst wärn alle wir verloren. Ein Kindlein ist uns heut gegeben, das erhält uns bei dem Leben, welchs ist kalrer als die Sonne, aller Engel Freud und Wonne. Der König Himmels und der Erden, da er uns auch gleich sollt werden, ward geborn ein armes Kindlein und nahm auf sich die Sünde mein. Diesen König hoch dort oben wollen wir von Herzen loben und ihn bitten allzugleich, daß uns zukomm sein Himmelreich.
Authorship:
- by Valentin Triller (1493 - 1573), written 1555 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Latin by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Carl Thiel (1862 - 1939), "Weihnachtslied", published c1915 [SATB chorus a cappella], Leipzig: C.F. Peters [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2014-04-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 89