by Venantius Fortunatus, Saint (c530 - c609)
Einleitung See original
Language: Latin
Vexilla Regis prodeunt; fulget Crucis mysterium, Qua vita mortem protulit Et morte vitam protulit. ... Impleti sunt que concinit David fideli carmine, dicendo nationibus: regnavit a ligno Deus. ... O Crux ave, spes unica, hoc Passionis tempore! piis adauge gratiam, reisque dele crimina. Amen.
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,4,9 of the original text.
Composition:
- Set to music by Franz (Ferenc) Liszt (1811 - 1886), "Einleitung", S. 53 no. 1 (1879), stanzas 1,4,9 [ chorus and organ ], from Via Crucis, no. 1
Text Authorship:
- by Venantius Fortunatus, Saint (c530 - c609)
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , "The King's standards advance", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2011-03-11
Line count: 40
Word count: 136