Grates nunc omnes

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Anonymous
Christoph Demantius SSATTB
Michael Praetorius STT
- I SSAT.SATB
- II SATB.SATB
Melchior Vulpius SSATTBB

Text and translations

Latin text

Grates nunc omnes reddamus Domino Deo
qui sua nativitate nos liberavit de diabolica potestate.
Huic oportet ut canamus
cum angelis semper gloria in excelsis.

English translation

Let us all now give thanks to the Lord God,
who through His birth freed us from the Devil's power.
For that reason it is right that we should ever sing,
with the angels, glory in the highest.

Translation by Mick Swithinbank