O virga mediatrix (Hildegard von Bingen)

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• (Posted 2025-03-07)  CPDL #84107:   

Editor: Allison Mondel (submitted 2025-03-07).   Score information: Letter, 3 pages, 58 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transcribed from Riesencodex f. 473 verso.

General Information

Title: O virga mediatrix
Composer: Hildegard von Bingen
Lyricist: Hildegard von Bingen
Number of voices: 1v   Voicing: unison
Genre: Sacred, Unknown

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published:
Description: Alleluia-verse for the Virgin

Original text and translations

Latin text Alleluia! O virga mediatrix, sancta viscera tua mortem superaverunt et venter tuus omnes creaturas illuminavit in pulchro flore de suavissima integritate clausi pudoris tui orto.

English translation Alleluia! O interceding bough, Your holy organs have conquered death and your womb has lit up all creation as the lovely bloom that germinated in the luscious untouched-ness of your cloistered chastity. Translation by Hugh McElroy