O virgo benedicta (Andreas de Silva)
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- (Posted 2023-08-08) CPDL #74789:
- Editor: Drew Sellis (submitted 2023-08-08). Score information: A4, 4 pages, 70 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Note values halved, original pitch retained.
General Information
Title: O virgo benedicta
Composer: Andreas de Silva
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SSAA
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1532 in Motteti del Fiore primus liber cum quatuor vocibus (Jacques Moderne), no. 11
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Virgo, O virgo benedicta,
super omnes feminas,
quae angelos vincis puritate,
quae omnes sanctos superas pietate.
O Maria,
tu candoris et decoris forma,
tui in terris non est equalis
nec in caelis ianua.