by Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179)
R. O clarissima
Language: Latin
Our translations: ENG
R. O clarissima mater sancte medicine, tu ungenta per sanctum Filium tuum infudisti in plangentia vulnera mortis, que Eva edificavit in tormenta animarum. Tu destruxisti mortem, edificando vitam. R. Ora pro nobis ad tuum natum, stella maris, Maria. V. O vivificum instrumentum et letum ornamentum et dulcedo omnium deliciarum, que in te non deficient. R. Ora pro nobis ad tuum natum, stella maris, Maria. Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui sancto. R. Ora pro nobis ad tuum natum, stella maris, Maria.
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Erika Budai (b. 1966), "O clarissima Mater" [ women's chorus ], from Mystica, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179), no title [sung text not yet checked]
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- ENG English (Grant Hicks) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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