Beata es virgo Maria a 6 (Jacob Handl)

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• (Posted 2025-08-28)  CPDL #86561:     

Editor: Drew Sellis (submitted 2025-08-28).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 136 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Note values halved, written pitch retained.

General Information

Title: Beata es virgo Maria
Composer: Jacob Handl
Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: AATTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1590 in Opus musicum (Jacob Handl), Volume 4, no. 38
Description: Motet for Marian feasts.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Beata es Virgo Maria.

Latin text Beata es, Virgo Maria, quae Dominum portasti creatorem mundi: Genuisti eum, qui te fecit, et in aeternum permanes virgo.

English translation Blessed are you, O virgin Mary, who bore the Lord, the Creator of the universe. You brought forth him who made you, and remain forever a virgin.