Genuit puerpera (Loyset Compère)
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- CPDL #27074: LilyPond
- Editor: Pothárn Imre (submitted 2012-09-02). Score information: A4, 5 pages, 81 kB Copyright: CPDL
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Title: Genuit puerpera
Composer: Loyset Compère
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: ATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published:
Description: includes the opening verses of the Office Hymn for Christmas
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Genuit puerpera Regem quem laudant angeli, throni et dominationes.
Christe Redemptor omnium
ex Patre Patris unicae
solus ante principium
natus ineffabiliter.
Tu lumen, tu splendor Patris
tu spes perennis omnium,
intende quas fundunt preces
tui per orbem famuli.
English translation
The Mother brought forth the King,
whom the Angels, Thrones and Dominions praise.
Christ, the redeemer of all, the Father’s only son,
born before the beginning [of the world], in a manner indescribable.
You light, you lustre of the Father, you lasting hope of all people,
hear the prayers which your servants pour out around the world.