Nesciens mater / Diffusa est (Marcel le Gan)

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• (Posted 2023-02-20)  CPDL #72751:     

Editor: Mark Dyer (submitted 2023-02-20).   Score information: A4, 2 pages, 46 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Nesciens mater / Diffusa est
Composer: Marcel le Gan
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: ATT
Genre: Sacred, Antiphon

Language: Latin
Instruments: Unknown

First published: Post 1357
Description: This edition has been transposed up a major second from the original. This has been done to optimise the tessitura of the cantus and tenor voices for performance.

Original text and translations

Latin text

Nesciens mater virgo virum
peperit sine dolore salvatorem saeculorum.

Ipsum regem angelorum sola virgo lactabat,
ubere de caelo pleno.

Diffusa est gratia in labiis tuis:
propterea benedixit te Deus
Deus in aeternum.