Magnificat anima mea Dominum,
et exsultavit spiritus meus in Deo salvatore meo,
quia respexit humilitatem ancillae suae.
Ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent omnes generationes,
quia fecit mihi magna, qui potens est,
et sanctum nomen eius,
et misericordia eius [in progenies et progenies]1
timentibus eum.
Fecit potentiam in brachio suo,
dispersit superbos mente cordis sui;
deposuit potentes de sede
et exaltavit humiles;
esurientes implevit bonis
et divites dimisit inanes.
Suscepit Israel puerum suum,
recordatus [misericordiae]2,
sicut locutus est ad patres nostros,
Abraham et semini eius in saecula.

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¹ Hildegard von Bingen, Fayrfax, Monk, Nesbitt, Pärt: "a progenie in progenies"
² Fayrfax, Monk, Nesbitt, Pärt: "misericordiae suae"

Text Authorship:

• by Bible or other Sacred Texts , Luke 1:46-55 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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• a text in Greek (Ελληνικά) by Bible or other Sacred Texts , "Magnificat"
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Tomaso Albinoni (1671 - 1751), "Magnificat" [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750), "Magnificat anima mea dominum", BWV. 243 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Dietrich Buxtehude (1637 - 1707), "Magnificat anima mea dominum" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Francesco Durante (1684 - 1755), "Magnificat anima mea dominum" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Francesco Feo (1691 - 1761), "Magnificat" [ strings, satb chorus, and continuo ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Giorgio Gaslini (b. 1929), "Magnificat", published 1963 [ soprano, alto saxophone, contrabass, and piano ], London, Universal Edition [sung text not yet checked]
• by Luca Marenzio (c1553 - 1599), "Magnificat anima mea dominum" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Roxanna Panufnik (b. 1968), "Magnificat", 2014 [ mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Arvo Pärt (b. 1935), "Magnificat anima mea dominum" [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Krzysztof Penderecki (1933 - 2020), "Magnificat anima mea dominum" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757), "Magnificat anima mea dominum" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Magnificat anima mea dominum", D 486 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Heinrich Schütz (1585 - 1672), "Magnificat anima mea dominum" [sung text not yet checked]
• by John Kenneth Tavener (1944 - 2013), "Magnificat" [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958), "Magnificat anima mea dominum" [sung text not yet checked]
• by José Carlos do Amaral Vieira Filho (b. 1952), "Magnificat", op. 253 (1990), first performed 1990 [ mezzo-soprano, four-part chorus, and 2 pianos ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Antonio Vivaldi (1678 - 1741), "Magnificat anima mea dominum", RV 610 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679 - 1745), "Magnificat anima mea dominum" [sung text not yet checked]

The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:

• by Hildegard von Bingen (1098 - 1179), "Magnificat anima mea dominum"
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• by John Nesbitt (flourished in the Renaissance), "Magnificat" [ chorus ]
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• by Richard Monk , "Magnificat" [ chorus ]
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• by Robert Fayrfax (c1464 - 1521), "Magnificat" [ chorus ]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "Magnificat", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Bible or other Sacred Texts)
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Mon âme exalte le Seigneur", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• SPA Spanish (Español) (Saúl Botero Restrepo) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-01-18
Line count: 18
Word count: 91

My soul doth magnify the Lord
and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.
For he hath regarded lowliness of his handmaiden.
For behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
For he that is mighty hath magnified me,
and holy is his name
and his mercy is on them, that fear him through all generations.
He hath shewed strength with his arm,
he hath scatter'd the proud 
in the imagination of their hearts.
He hath put down mighty from their seat
and hath exalted the humble and the meek.
He hath filled the hungry with good things
and the rich he hath sent empty away.
He remembering his mercy 
hath holpen his servant Israel,
as he promised to our forefathers,
Abraham and his seed forever.