O admirabile commertium (William Byrd)

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• CPDL #4217: Sibelius 4.
  

Editor: David Fraser (added 2002-11-19).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 119 kbytes   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Revised 08/06 - completely reset from original printed source, incorporating revisions to underlay

General Information

Title: O admirabile commertium
Composer: William Byrd

Number of voices: 4vv  Voicing: AATB
Genre: Sacred, Motets
Language: Latin
Instruments: none, a cappella
Published: Gradualia II (1607), no.7

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

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Original text and translations

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 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.