Gaude Maria Virgo

Settings by composers

• William Byrd SATTB
• Sigismondo d'India SATB
• Antonio Lotti SATB
• Claudio Merulo SSAATTTTBB (Excludes Dei genetrix…)
• John Sheppard SSAATTBarB (a longer version of the text)
• Ascanio Trombetti SATB.SATB
• Tomás Luis de Victoria SSATB (variant 1)

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Heinrich Isaac — Gaude Maria virgo
• Robert Johnson — Gaude Maria virgo
• Gerardus Mes — Gaude Maria virgo
• Peter Philips — Gaude Maria virgo
• Balthasar Resinarius — Gaude Maria Virgo

Text and translations

Latin text Gaude Maria Virgo, cunctas haereses sola interemisti. Quae Gabrielis archangeli dictis, credidisti. Dum Virgo Deum et hominem genuisti: et post partum Virgo inviolata permansisti. Dei genitrix, intercede pro nobis. Variant 1 in universo mundo. Alleluia.

English translation Rejoice, O Virgin Mary, for alone thou hast put an end to all heresies. Thou that didst believe the words of the archangel Gabriel. Still a virgin, thou didst bring forth God and man, and after childbirth thou didst still remain an inviolate virgin: O Mother of God, intercede for us. Variant 1 in the whole world. Alleluia.