Quatre Motets

Song Cycle by Marcel Dupré (1886 - 1971)

1. O salutaris [sung text checked 1 time]

O salutaris hostia, 
quae coeli pandis ostium, 
Bella premunt hostilia, 
Da robur fer auxilium, 
uni trinoque Domino
sit sempiterna Gloria
qui vitam sine termino,
Nobis donet in patria.

Authorship:

by St. Thomas Aquinas (1225? - 1274), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "O heilig, heilzaam offerlam", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Thomas A. Gregg) , "O saving sacrifice", copyright © 2003, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Oi pelastava uhri", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Thomas A. Gregg

2. Tantum ergo [sung text not yet checked]

Pange, lingua, gloriosi
Corporis mysterium,
Sanguinisque pretiosi,
Quem in mundi pretium
Fructus ventris generosi,
Rex effudit gentium.

Nobis datus, nobis natus
Ex intacta Virgine
Et in mundo conversatus,
Sparso verbi semine,
Sui moras incolatus
Miro clausit ordine.

In supremae nocte cenae
Recumbens cum fratribus,
Observata lege plene
Cibis in legalibus,
Cibum turbae duodenae
Se dat suis manibus

Verbum caro, panem verum
Verbo carnem efficit:
Fitque sanguis Christi merum,
Et si sensus deficit,
Ad firmandum cor sincerum
Sola fides sufficit.

Tantum ergo Sacramentum
Veneremur cernui:
Et antiquum documentum
Novo cedat ritui:
Praestet fides supplementum
Sensuum defectui.

Genitori, Genitoque
Laus et iubilatio,
Salus, honor, virtus quoque
Sit et benedictio:
Procedenti ab utroque
Compar sit laudatio. Amen.

Authorship:

by St. Thomas Aquinas (1225? - 1274), "Pange lingua" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Pange, lingua - incl. Tantum ergo", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Edward Caswall) , "Sing, my tongue, the Savior's glory"
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chante, langue, du corps", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Heinrich Bone) , "Preise, Zunge"
SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , "Canta, oh lengua", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

3. Ave Maria [sung text checked 1 time]

Ave Maria gratia plena
Dominus tecum. 
Benedicta tu in mulieribus, 
Et benedictus fructus [ventris]¹ tui Jesus.
Sancta Maria, [Mater Dei]²,
Ora pro nobis peccatoribus,
Nunc et in hora mortis nostrae.
[Ave Maria]³.

Authorship:

by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Ave Maria", Luke 1, 28 & 42; Breviarium Romanum (1568) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

AFR Afrikaans (Bible or other Sacred Texts) , "Wees gegroet Maria"
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Bible or other Sacred Texts) , "Wees gegroet, Maria"
ENG English (Bible or other Sacred Texts) , "Ave Maria"
SPA Spanish (Español) (Bible or other Sacred Texts) , "Dios te salve Maria"

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See also Geert Cuypers's very informative Ave Maria Songs website.

¹ omitted by Guarnieri, Nepomuceno, Villa-Lobos
² not set by Gounod, Holst, Rossini.
³ Cherubini, Cserny, Guarnieri, Holst, Jackson, Massenet, Mompou, Nepomuceno, Pejačević, Rheinberger, Rossini, Simon, Vermeulen, Villa-Lobos: "Amen"; Jakobey: "Amen. Ave Maria."
Note: used as the basis for an acrostic in Marchetto da Padova's Ave Regina Celorum / Mater innocentie

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

4. Laudate Dominum [sung text checked 1 time]

Note: this is a multi-text setting

1 [Alleluja.]
  Laudate Dominum, omnes gentes;
  laudate eum, omnes populi.
2 Quoniam confirmata est super nos misericordia eius,
  et veritas Domini manet in aeternum.

Authorship:

by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Psalmus 116 (117)" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Gloria Patri, et Filio, 
et Spiritui Sancto,
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, 
et in saecula saeculorum. 
Amen.

Authorship:

by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Gloria Patri" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Δόξα Πατρὶ (Gloria Patri)"

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "Gloria Patri et Filio"

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Total word count: 174