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O magnum mysterium
 (Sung text for setting by T. de Victoria)
 See original
Language: Latin 
Our translations:  DUT DUT ENG ENG FIN FRE GER ITA
O magnum mysterium
et admirabile sacramentum
ut animalia viderent Dominum natum
jacentem in praesepio.
O beata Virgo cujus viscera 
meruerunt portare Dominum Christum. 
Alleluja

Composition:

    Set to music by Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548 - 1611), "O magnum mysterium", 1572 [ chorus a cappella ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "O magnum mysterium", from the Latin Liturgy

See other settings of this text.

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

  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "O groot mysterie", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Ton Rooijmans) , "O, groot mysterie", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Joelle Wallach) , "O great mystery", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "O great mystery", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Marianne Zanettin) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "O großes Mysterium", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , "O grande mistero", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 25

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