Lyrics or Keywords
- O magnum mysterium,
- et admirabile sacramentum,
- ut animalia viderent Dominum natum,
- iacentem in praesepio!
- Beata Virgo, cujus viscera
- meruerunt portare
- Dominum Iesum Christum.
- Alleluia!
- English translation
- O great mystery,
- and wonderful sacrament,
- that animals should see the newborn Lord,
- lying in a manger!
- Blessed is the virgin whose womb
- was worthy to bear
- the Lord, Jesus Christ.
- Alleluia!
Notes
in brown book: Five Centuries of Choral Music
People
Composer
Tomas Luis de Victoria
Tags
Tradition(s)
Christianity
Language(s)
Latin
Musicality
Instrumentation
A Cappella
Voicing
SATB
Rote
✖
Solo
✖
Music
Publisher
G. Schirmer
Copy type
Octavo
Sheet music
Five Centuries of Choral Music