Veni sponsa Christi

Veni sponsa Christi is the Magnificat antiphon at Second Vespers from the Common of Virgins.

Settings

anonymous, Trent 89 SAT Giovanni Paolo Cima A & bc Baldassare Donato SATTTB Andrea Gabrieli SATB Nicholas Gombert Orlando di Lasso

Claudio Monteverdi a 3 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SATB Peter Philips SSATB Constanzo Porta Jean Richefort a 5 Tomás Luis de Victoria SATB

Also of note are several parody masses:

• Missa Veni sponsa Christi (Manuel Cardoso)
• Missa Veni sponsa Christi a 5 super Jean Richafort attributed to Lupus Hellinck or Nicolle des Celliers de Hesdin
• Missa Veni Sponsa Christi (Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) a 4 (5) on his own motet

Text and translations

Latin text Veni sponsa Christi accipe coronam quam tibi dominus praeparavit in aeternum.

English translation