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O Sapientia
Language: Latin 
O Sapientia, quae ex ore Altissimi prodiisti,
attingens a fine usque ad finem,
fortiter suaviterque disponens omnia:
veni ad docendum nos viam prudentiae. 

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  • by Bible or other Sacred Texts  [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 Paweł Łukaszewski (b. 1968), "O Sapientia" [chorus], from O Antiphons, no. 1 [ sung text checked 1 time]

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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Bible or other Sacred Texts ; composed by Arvo Pärt.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-05-15
Line count: 4
Word count: 23

O Weisheit, hervorgegangen aus dem Munde...
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Latin 
O Weisheit, hervorgegangen aus dem Munde des Höchsten, 
die Welt umspannst du von einem Ende zum andern, 
in Kraft und Milde ordnest du alles:
O komm, und offenbare uns den Weg der Weisheit und der Einsicht.

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  • a text in Latin by Bible or other Sacred Texts
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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 Arvo Pärt (b. 1935), "O Weisheit, hervorgegangen aus dem Munde des Höchsten", 1988, rev. 1991 [SATB chorus a cappella], from Sieben Magnificat Antiphonen, no. 1. [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-05-15
Line count: 4
Word count: 36

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