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O magnum mysterium et admirabile sacramentum ut animalia viderent Dominum natum jacentem in praesepio.1 [Beata]2 Virgo cujus viscera meruerunt portare Dominum Christum.
J. Wallach sets lines 1-4 only
J. Handl sets lines 1-4 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
J. Handl sets lines 1-4 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
1 Handl adds here: "Noe."
2 Victoria: "O beata"; also Victoria adds "Alleluja" to the end.
Authorship:
- by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "O magnum mysterium", from the Latin Liturgy [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 Jacobus Handl (1550 - 1591), "O magnum mysterium", lines 1-4 [ chorus a cappella ], motet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jacobus Handl (1550 - 1591), "O magnum mysterium", lines 1-4 [ chorus a cappella ], motet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "O magnum mysterium", FP. 152 no. 1 (1952), published 1952 [ chorus a cappella ], from Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël, no. 1, Paris, Rouart, Lerolle & Cie. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548 - 1611), "O magnum mysterium", 1572 [ chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joelle Wallach (b. 1946), "O magnum mysterium", lines 1-4 only, from Three Short Sacred Anthems, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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: 22
O great mystery and admirable sacrament that animals would see the newborn Lord lying in a manger. Blessed Virgin, whose body served to bear the Lord Christ.
Authorship:
- Translation from Latin to English copyright © 2021 by Laura Prichard, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "O magnum mysterium", from the Latin Liturgy
This text was added to the website: 2021-09-27
Line count: 6
Word count: 27