Congratulamini mihi

General information

Congratulamini mihi begins a number of texts (see 4pp of search results at CANTUS database) for various uses including as a Responsory for the Matins of the BVM.

Settings by composers

"… quia cum essem" Giovanni Paolo Caprioli S & bc Giovanni Gabrieli SAATTB (includes Ego quasi…) Pierre de Manchicourt SAATB Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SATB Giovanni Battista Riccio SATB & bc Tomás Luis de Victoria SSATTB

"… quia quem quaerebam" Jacobus Clemens non Papa SATB Melchior Franck SSAT.SATB.AATB Andrea Gabrieli SSAATTBB or AATTBarBarBB Hans Leo Hassler SSSSAAAAATTTTTBBBB Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger S + continuo Orlando di Lasso SSATTB Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SATB.SATB Adrian Willaert SATB

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Andrea Bianchi — Congratulamini mihi
• Alessandro Grandi — Congratulamini omnes

Text and translations

Latin text Congratulamini mihi omnes qui diligitis Dominum, quia cum essem parvula, placui Altissimo: Et de meis visceribus genui Deum et hominem. Ego quasi vitis fructificavi suavitatem odoris, et flores mei fructus honoris et honestatis. Variant 1 quia quem quaerebam apparuit mihi. Et dum flerem ad monumentum vidi Dominum meum. Alleluia.   Spanish translation ¡Felicitadme todos los que amáis a Dios!, porque, aunque era insignificante, agradé al Altísimo y de mis entrañas engendré al Dios y Hombre. Translation by Alejandro Borrego Pérez

English translation Rejoice with me, all ye that love the Lord, for when I was small, I pleased the Most High: And from my womb I brought forth God and man. As the vine I have brought forth a sweet odour, and my flowers are the fruit of honour and truthfulness. Variant 1 for what I sought appeared to me. And while I was weeping at the tomb, I saw my Lord.