Rorate coeli (Advent prose) (Gregorian chant)

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  • (Posted 2014-11-20)  CPDL #33429:  Icon_pdf.gif
Editor: Andrew Forbes (submitted 2014-11-20).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 68 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: neumes and verses, in English.
  • CPDL #30613:  Icon_pdf.gif
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
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
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: SacredChantAntiphon

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.png Latin text

Rorate, coeli, desuper, et nubes pluant iustum;
aperiatur terra, et germinet Salvatorem.

English.png 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)