In Nativitatem D. N. J. C. Canticum, H 414 (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)
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Final chorus "Salve puerule"
- Editor: Thomas Gebhardt (submitted 2000-12-07). Score information: A4, 1 page, 60 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Choral parts. Only first verse is underlaid.
General Information
Title: In Nativitatem D. N. J. C. Canticum H 414
Composer: Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: 2 treble (violins) and bc
Published:
Description: 'Little Christmas Oratorio'
External websites:
- In Nativitatem D. N. J. C. Canticum, H 414 (Marc-Antoine Charpentier) at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)
Original text and translations
Latin text
Salve puerule, salve tenellule,
o nate parvule quam bonus es.
Tu coelum deseris, tu mundo nasceris,
nobis te'ut miseris assimiles.
O summa bonitas! Excelsa deitas
Vilis humanitas fit hodie.
Aeternus nascitur, immensus capitur
et rei tegitur sub specie.
Virgo puerpera, beata viscera
Dei cum opera dent filium.
Gaude, flos virginum, gaude, spes hominum,
fons lavans criminum proluvium.