Felix namque es
General information
The first 2 lines (through "…noster.") are the Offertory for the Nativity of the BVM and Common of BVM.
Settings by composers
- Giovanni Francesco Anerio Solo Baritone, Solo Bass &bc
- William Byrd SATTB
- Cambray SATTB
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier TB & bc
- Leonora d'Este SSAAT, TTTTB
- Johannes Lupi SAATB, ATTBB
- José Maurício Nunes Garcia SATB & organ (with Gloria Patri)
- Jean Mouton SATB (much longer version of text)
- Giuseppe Pitoni SATB
- Costanzo Porta SATBB
Text and translations
Latin text Felix namque es sacra Virgo Maria et omni laude dignissima, |
English translation For thou art happy, O holy Virgin Mary, and art worthy of all praise, |