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*'''CPDL #4217:''' [{{filepath:BYRD-OAD.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:BYRD-OAD.mid}} {{mid}}]
*'''CPDL #4217:''' [{{filepath:BYRD-OAD.pdf}} {{pdf}}] [{{filepath:BYRD-OAD.mid}} {{mid}}]
:'''Editor:''' [[User:David Fraser|David Fraser]] ''(added 2002-11-19)''.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Score information:''' A4, 6 pages, 119 kbytes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;{{Copy|CPDL}}
{{Editor|David Fraser|2002-11-19}}{{ScoreInfo|A4|4|107}} {{Copy|CPDL}}
:'''Edition notes:''' Revised 08/06 - completely reset from original printed source, incorporating revisions to underlay
:'''Edition notes:''' Revised Jan 09


==General Information==
==General Information==
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{{Composer|William Byrd}}
{{Composer|William Byrd}}


'''Number of voices:''' 4vv&nbsp;&nbsp;'''Voicing:''' AATB<br>
{{Voicing|4|AATB}}<br>
'''Genre:''' {{pcat|Sacred| music}}, [[:Category:Motets|Motet]] <br>
{{Genre|Sacred|Motets}}
{{Language|Latin}}
{{Language|Latin}}
'''Instruments:''' {{acap}}<br>
'''Instruments:''' {{acap}}<br>
'''Published:''' Gradualia II (1607), no.7<br>
'''Published:''' [[Gradualia II (William Byrd)|Gradualia II]] (1607), no.7<br>


'''Description:''' This antiphon is used as follows in the Roman rite:<br>
'''Description:''' This antiphon is used as follows in the Roman rite:<br>
The Circumcision of Jesus, Prime & Second Vespers;<br>
The Octave of the Nativity, Prime & Second Vespers;<br>
The Octave of the Nativity, Prime & Second Vespers;<br>
The Purification (the Presentation), First Vespers;<br>
The Purification, First Vespers;<br>
The Vigil of the Epiphany, First Vespers, Lauds & Prime.<br>
The Vigil of the Epiphany, First Vespers, Lauds & Prime.<br>


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[[Category:Sheet music]]
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[[Category:AATB]]
[[Category:Renaissance music]]
[[Category:Renaissance music]]
[[Category:Epiphany]]
[[Category:Epiphany]]
[[Category:Candlemas]]
[[Category:Candlemas]]

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Editor: David Fraser (submitted 2002-11-19).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 107 kB    Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Revised Jan 09

General Information

Title: O admirabile commertium
Composer: William Byrd

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: AATB

Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Gradualia II (1607), no.7

Description: This antiphon is used as follows in the Roman rite:
The Circumcision of Jesus, Prime & Second Vespers;
The Octave of the Nativity, Prime & Second Vespers;
The Purification, First Vespers;
The Vigil of the Epiphany, First Vespers, Lauds & Prime.

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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

O admirabile commertium: creator generis humani, animatum corpus sumens, de Virgine nasci dignatus est, et procedens homo sine semine, largitus est nobis suam Deitatem.

English.png English translation

O wondrous exchange: the Creator of humankind, taking upon him a living body, vouchsafed to be born of a Virgin and, without seed, becoming a man, hath made us partakers of his Divinity.