Crux fidelis | Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis

by Venantius Fortunatus, Saint (c530 - c609)

Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una...

Language: Latin

Our translations: DUT ENG FRE GER

Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis:
nulla silva talem profert,
fronde, flore, germine.
Dulce lignum, dulces clavos, dulce pondus sustinet.

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Text Authorship:

by Venantius Fortunatus, Saint (c530 - c609) [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):

possibly by João IV, O Restaurador (1604 - 1656), "Crux fidelis", published 1844 [ chorus a cappella ], motet ; note: some anthologies list John IV of Portugal as the author, while others, such as the Grove Dictionary of Music, consider that authorship “doubtful.” [sung text not yet checked]
by Edmund Duncan Rubbra (1901 - 1986), "Crux fidelis", op. 140 no. 2 [ soprano, contralto, baritone, chorus, and orchestra ], from Symphony No. 9, "Sinfonia Sacra", no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Anton von Webern (1883 - 1945), "Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis", op. 16 no. 3 (1923-4), from Fünf Canons, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in English, a translation by John Mason Neale (1818 - 1866) , "Faithful Cross" [an adaptation] ; composed by John Theodore Livingston Raynor.

Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

Researcher for this page: Jeroen Scholten

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