Angelus ad pastores ait

General information

Source of text is Luke 2:10-11 (altered).

Settings by composers

Raffaella Aleotti SSATB Girolamo Baglioni SSATTB Alvise Balbi SSAATTBB Adriano Banchieri SSAATTBB Giovanni Bassano SSAATTBB Jean de Castro SATTB or ATTTB Juan Blas de Castro SSA Philipp Dulichius SAATTTBB Jan Le Febure SSSATTB Melchior Franck SSATTB Andrea Gabrieli a 4 SATB a 7 ATBarBarBarBB or ATTTTBB (Includes Parvulus filius…) Giovanni Gabrieli SSAATB.ATBBBB or SSAATT.TTTBBB Andreas Hakenberger SATB.SATB Hans Leo Hassler a 4 SATB a 9 SSAT.SATBB

Jacquet de Mantua SATB Orlando di Lasso SATTB Claudio Monteverdi SSA or TTB Johannes Nucius SATTB Hieronymus Praetorius a 8 SSAATTBB a 12 SSSAAATTTBBB Michael Praetorius SSAATTBB Georg Prenner SSATB (Secunda pars) Jacob Regnart SATTB Samuel Scheidt SSAATTBB Johann Staden SATTTB Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck SSATB Jacobus Vaet ATTTBB Melchior Vulpius SSAATTTBBB Nicolaus Zangius SSATTB

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Mariano Garau — Angelus ad pastores ait
• Jacobus Clemens non Papa — Angelus domini

Text and translations

Latin text Angelus [Domini] ad pastores ait: annuntio vobis gaudium magnum, quia natus est vobis hodie Salvator mundi.' Alleluia. Parvulus filius hodie natus est nobis, et vocabitur Deus fortis. Alleluia.   Dutch translation De engel sprak tot de herders: 'Ik verkondig u een grote vreugde: heden is u een Redder geboren.' Alleluia.

English translation The angel [of the Lord] said to the shepherds: 'I bring you tidings of great joy, for the Saviour of the world has been born to you today.' Alleluia. A tiny son is born to us today, and he shall be called Mighty God. Alleluia.   Italian translation L'angelo dice ai pastori: 'vi annunzio una grande gioia, infatti oggi è nato per voi il Salvatore del mondo.' Alleluia.

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