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Magnificat
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά) 
Μεγαλύνει ἡ ψυχή μου τὸν Κύριον
καὶ ἠγαλλίασεν τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐπὶ τῷ Θεῷ τῷ σωτῆρί μου,
ὅτι ἐπέβλεψεν ἐπὶ τὴν ταπείνωσιν τῆς δούλης αυτοῦ.
ἰδού γὰρ ἀπὸ τοῦ νῦν μακαριοῦσίν με πᾶσαι αἱ γενεαί,
ὅτι ἐποίησέν μοι μεγάλα ὁ δυνατός,
καὶ ἅγιον τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ,
καὶ τὸ ἔλεος αὐτοῦ εἰς γενεὰς καὶ γενεὰς
τοῖς φοβουμένοῖς αυτόν.
Ἐποίησεν κράτος ἐν βραχίονι αὐτοῦ,
διεσκόρπισεν ὑπερηφάνους διανοίᾳ καρδίας αὐτῶν·
καθεῖλεν δυνάστας ἀπὸ θρόνων
καὶ ὕψωσεν ταπεινούς,
πεινῶντας ἐνέπλησεν ἀγαθῶν
καὶ πλουτοῦντας ἐξαπέστειλεν κενούς.
ἀντελάβετο Ἰσραὴλ παιδὸς αὐτοῦ,
μνησθῆναι ἐλέους,
καθὼς ἐλάλησεν πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας ἡμῶν
τῷ Αβραὰμ καὶ τῷ σπέρματι αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα.

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  • by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Magnificat" [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):

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  • Also set in English, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts , St. Luke's Gospel. ; composed by Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, Sir, Dalwyn Henshall.
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  • Also set in English, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts ; composed by Paul Patterson.
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  • Also set in English, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts ; composed by William Byrd, Thomas Tomkins.
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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts ; composed by Heinrich Schütz.
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  • Also set in Latin, a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts , Luke 1:46-55 ; composed by Tomaso Albinoni, Johann Sebastian Bach, Dietrich Buxtehude, Francesco Durante, Robert Fayrfax, Francesco Feo, Giorgio Gaslini, Hildegard von Bingen, Luca Marenzio, Richard Monk, John Nesbitt, Roxanna Panufnik, Arvo Pärt, Krzysztof Penderecki, Domenico Scarlatti, Franz Peter Schubert, Heinrich Schütz, John Kenneth Tavener, Ralph Vaughan Williams, José Carlos do Amaral Vieira Filho, Antonio Vivaldi, Jan Dismas Zelenka.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-01-15
Line count: 18
Word count: 102

Meine Seele erhebt den Herren
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Greek (Ελληνικά) 
Meine Seele erhebt den Herren,
und mein Geist freuet sich Gottes, meines Heilandes;
denn er hat die Niedrigkeit seiner Magd angesehen.
Siehe, von nun an werden mich selig preisen alle Kindeskind;
denn er hat große Ding an mir getan,
der da mächtig ist und des Name heilig ist.
Er übet Gewalt mit seinem Arm
und zerstreuet, die hoffärtig sind in ihres Herzens Sinn.
Er stößet die Gewaltigen vom Stuhl 
und erhöhet die Niedrigen.
Die Hungerigen füllet er mit Gütern 
und lässet die Reichen leer.
Er denket der Barmherzigkeit und hilft seinem Diener Israel auf,
wie er geredt hat unsern Vätern, 
Abraham und seinem Samen ewiglich.
Ehre sei dem Vater und dem Sohn und auch dem Heiligen Geiste,
wie es war im Anfang, jetzt und immerdar
und von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit, Amen.

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Text Authorship:

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  • a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Magnificat"
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672), "Meine Seele erhebt den Herren (Deutsches Magnificat)", op. 13 no. 13, SWV. 494 (1671), published 1672 [ double chorus and continuo ], from Schwanengesang, no. 13, Dresden [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672), "Meine Seele erhebt den Herren", SWV. 344 (1647) [ up to three voices with instrumental ensemble ], from oratorio Symphoniae sacrae II - Geistliche Konzerte für bis zu drei Singstimmen mit obligaten Instrumenten, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2010-03-23
Line count: 18
Word count: 131

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