O quam preciosa (Hildegard von Bingen)

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• (Posted 2025-03-07)  CPDL #84104:   

Editor: Allison Mondel (submitted 2025-03-07).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 64 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from Riesencodex f.468 recto.

General Information

Title: O quam preciosa
Composer: Hildegard von Bingen
Lyricist: Hildegard von Bingen
Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: unison
Genre: Sacred, Responsory

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published:
Description: Responsory for the Virgin

Original text and translations

Latin text O quam preciosa est virginitas virginis huius que clausam portam habet, et cuius viscera sancta divinitas calore suo infudit, ita quod flos in ea crevit. Et Filius Dei per secreta ipsius quasi aurora exivit. Unde dulce germen, quod Filius ipsius est, per clausuram ventris eius paradisum aperuit. Et Filius Dei per secreta ipsius quasi aurora exivit.

English translation O how priceless is the virginity of this virgin which has a shut door, and whose organs the sacred Godhead suffused with its heat, so that a flower grows within it. R. And the Son of God went out through her own secret places like the daybreak. V. From that sweet shoot which is her Son, through the keyhole of her womb she revealed paradise. R. And the Son of God went out through her own secret places like the daybreak. Translation by Hugh McElroy