by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Quem vidistis pastores
Language: Latin
Quem vidistis pastores dicite: annuntiate pro nobis in terris quis apparuit. Natum vidimus, et choros Angelorum collaudantes Dominum. Dicite quidnam vidistis, et annuntiate Christi nativitatem.
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked 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 Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Quem vidistis pastores", FP. 152 no. 2 (1951), published 1952 [chorus a cappella], from Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël, no. 2, Paris, Rouart, Lerolle & Cie. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Was habt ihr gesehen, Hirten?", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , title 1: "Whom did you see, shepherds, speak", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-01-22
Line count: 6
Word count: 25