Quem vidistis

Quem vidistis, pastores is the third responsory at Matins for Christmas Day.

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Estêvão Lopes Morago setting:All editions withdrawn

• Giovanni Matteo Asola — Quem vidistis pastores?  Latin TTBB.TTBB
• Arjan van Baest — Quem vidistis, pastores?  Latin SSAATB
• Girolamo Baglioni — Quem vidistis pastores?  Latin SATB
• Alvise Balbi — Quem vidistis pastores?  Latin SATB.SATB
• Giovanni Bassano — Quem vidistis pastores?  Latin SATB.SATB
• Giulio Belli — Quem vidistis pastores  Latin SSSA
• Pierre Bonhomme — Quem vidistis pastores? a 6  Latin SSATTB
• Pierre Bonhomme — Quem vidistis pastores? a 8  Latin SSAT.SATT,SATB.SATB
• Christoph Buel — Quem vidistis pastores?  Latin SSATB
• Pierre Cadéac — Quem vidistis pastores?  Latin SATTB
• Floriano Canale — Quem vidistis pastores?  Latin SSAATT,AATTBB
• Mark Chapman — Quem vidistis  Latin SATB
• Mark Chapman — Three Motets for Advent and Christmas  Latin SATB
• William Child — Quem vidistis pastores?  English SATB
• Antonio Cifra — Angelus ad pastores ait (1629)  Latin SATB.SATTB
• Iacopo Corfini — Quem vidistis pastores?  Latin SSAATTB, SSATTBB
• Arcangelo Crivello — Quem vidistis Pastores  Latin SSAT
• Richard Dering — Quem vidistis, pastores?  Latin SSATTB
• Carl Ludwig Drobisch — Pastorales Graduale und Offertorium  Latin SATTBB
• Stefano Felis — Quem vidistis Pastores  Latin SSATB
• Giovanni Ferrari — Quem vidistis pastores?  Latin SATTB
• Robert Führer — 4 Festoffertorien  Latin SATB
• Andrea Gabrieli — Quem vidistis pastores a 8  Latin SATT.TTTB
• Giovanni Gabrieli — Quem vidistis pastores a 6  Latin ATTTTB
• François Gallet — Quem vidistis, pastores?  Latin SATTB
• Mariano Garau — Quem vidistis pastores  Latin SATB
• Pietro Amico Giacobetti — Quem vidistis pastores?  Latin SAAT,ATTB
• Gregorian chant — Quem vidistis  Latin Unison
• Hans Leo Hassler — Quem vidistis pastores?  Latin 
• Marco Antonio Ingegneri — Quem vidistis pastores?  Latin SATB.ATTB
• Pietro Lappi — Quem vidistis, pastores?  Latin SATTB
• Orlando di Lasso — Quem vidistis, pastores  Latin SSATB
• Jan Le Febure — Quem vidistis pastores?  Latin SSSAAATTTTBB
• Johannes Lupi — Quem vidistis pastores dicite  Latin SATTB
• Tiburtio Massaino — Quem vidistis pastores? a 5  Latin 
• Tiburtio Massaino — Quem vidistis pastores? a 8  Latin SATB.SATB
• Bernardino Morelli — Quem vidistis pastores?  Latin SSATB
• Pomponio Nenna — Quem vidistis pastores  Latin SATB
• José Maurício Nunes Garcia — Matinas do Natal  Latin SATB
• Giulio Osculati — Quem vidistis pastores?  Latin SSAT.ATTB,SATB.ATTB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — O magnum mysterium  Latin SSAATB
• Ercole Pasquini — Quem vidistis pastores?  Latin SSAAAATTBB
• Jean Pennequin — Quem vidistis pastores?  Latin SSATTB
• Giacomo Antonio Perti — Inno e responsi pel santo Natale a 4 voci con violini  Latin SATB
• Teodoro Riccio — Quem vidistis, pastores  Latin SSATB
• Cipriano de Rore — Quem vidistis, pastores?  Latin SAAATTB
• Johann Hermann Schein — Quem vidistis pastores?  Latin SSAT.ATBB
• Josef Ignaz Schnabel — Graduale: Natum vidimus  Latin SATB
• Melchior Schramm — Quem vidistis pastores?  Latin SATTB
• Giovanni Battista Stefanini — Quem vidistis pastores?  Latin SATB.SATB
• Michael Tonsor — Quem vidistis, pastores?  Latin SATTB
• Adrianus Tubal — Quem vidistis pastores?  Latin SATTB,AATTB
• Orazio Vecchi — Quem vidistis pastores  Latin SATTB
• Melchior Vulpius — Quem vidistis pastores?  Latin SSAB.ATTB
• August Zangl — Pastorales Graduale und Offertorium  Latin SATB

Works that currently have no editions available:

• Estêvão Lopes Morago — Quem vidistis

Text and translations

Text variants are enclosed between square brackets.

Latin text Quem vidistis, pastores, dicite, annuntiate nobis, in terris quis apparuit? [Christum salvatorem de Virgine] Natum vidimus et choros angelorum collaudantes Dominum, Alleluia. [Mariam et Joseph vidimus, in terra stratos supplices et ratum carum pariter adorantes humiliter, gratia Deo, qui dedit nobis victoriam per Jesum Christum, salvatorem nostrum.] Dicite, quidnam vidistis? et annuntiate Christi nativitatem. Alleluia. [Quia puer natus est nobis et filius datus est nobis cujus imperium super humerum ejus et vocabitur nomen ejus magni consilii Angelus]

English translation Whom did you see, shepherds, say, tell us: who has appeared on earth? [Christ the savior, from the Virgin] the new-born we saw and choirs of angels praising the Lord, alleluia! [We see Mary and Joseph, prostrate suppliants upon the earth and in humble adoration: thanks be to God, who delivered to us victory through Jesus Christ, our savior.] Say, what did you see? And tell us of Christ's nativity. Alleluia. [For a child is born to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called angel of wondrous counsel.]

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