Tollite hostias (Camille Saint-Saëns)

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• CPDL #14815:

Editor: Massimo Capozza (submitted 2007-09-01).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 117 kbytes   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Re-edition of CPDL #384, with minor modifications and corrections. Includes a keyboard version of the original accompaniment. MIDI file with lyrics included. Free choir training aids for the whole "Christmas Oratorio", including Tollite Hostias, are available on the Choralia web site.

• CPDL #01743:

Editor: Christopher R. Baker (submitted 2000-11-27).   Score information: Unknown, 72 kbytes   Copyright: Creative Commons Attribution 1.0

Edition notes: Includes a greatly reduced version of the original accompaniment. English translation added. Listed alphabetically under "Praise Ye the Lord of Hosts".

• CPDL #00384: MusiXTex

Editor: Andre van Ryckeghem (submitted 1999-06-11).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 72 kbytes   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Includes a keyboard version of the original accompaniment.

General Information

Title: Tollite hostias
Larger work: Oratorio de Noël (Christmas Oratorio)
Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: Strings, organ & harp
Published: 1858

Description:

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Original text and translations

Latin text

Tollite hostias,

et adorate Dominum

in atrio sancto eius.

Laetentur coeli,

et exultet terra

a facie Domini,

quoniam venit.

English translation

Bring offerings,

and adore the Lord

in his holy place.

Rejoice, heaven,

and exult, all the earth,

before the Lord,

for he comes.

German translation

Alle Welt freue sich:

Christ ist geboren,

Gottes Sohn kam in die Welt

uns zum Heil erkoren.

Jauchzet ihr Himmel,

frohlocke du Erde,

bringet Ehre und Ruhm dem Herrn,

Alleluja.

French translation

Prenez vos offrandes

et adorez le Seigneur

dans son sanctuaire.

Que les cieux se réjouissent

et qu'exulte la Terre

devant la face du Seigneur

car il vient.

Slovenian translation

Dar svoj vzemite vsi

in počastite

v Božji hiši Kristusa,

našega Boga.

Vriska naj Zemlja,

zapojte nebesa,

ker naš Gospod Kristus Bog

rojen je nocoj.

Aleluja.

Italian translation

Portate offerte

e adorate il Signore

nel suo atrio santo.

Si rallegrino i cieli

ed esulti la terra

davanti al Signore

che viene.

Alleluia.