Rorate coeli (Advent prose) (Gregorian chant)
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CPDL #30613:
- Editor: Daniel Eby (submitted 2013-11-24). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 28 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: square notes on 4-line staff
- CPDL #22879: Sibelius 6 Sibelius 5 Sibelius 3
- Editor: Andris Solims (submitted 2010-12-16). Score information: A4, 1 page, 26 kB Copyright: CC BY NC
- Edition notes: SATB harmonization of refrain only
- CPDL #10256: Encore
- Editor: Andris Solims (submitted 2005-11-29). Score information: A4, 1 page, 27 kB Copyright: Religious
- Edition notes: no verses supplied
General Information
Title: Rorate coeli
Composer: Anonymous (Gregorian chant)
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Unison
Genre: Sacred, Chant, Antiphon
Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published:
Description: Refrain to the so called Advent Prose, not to be confused with the Introit for the 4th Sunday of Advent.
External websites: square notation from Liber usualis including verses
Original text and translations
Latin text
Rorate, coeli, desuper, et nubes pluant iustum;
aperiatur terra, et germinet Salvatorem.
English translation
Drop down, ye heavens, from above,
and let the skies pour down righteousness.
1. Be not wroth very sore, O Lord,
neither remember iniquity forever:
Thy holy cities are a wilderness,
Sion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation:
Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praisèd thee.
(first of 4 vv)