Virgo gloriosa semper evangelium Christi (Cornelius Canis)

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  • (Posted 2022-04-14)  CPDL #68845:  Icon_pdf_globe.gif
Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2022-04-14).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 227 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA
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  • (Posted 2022-04-14)  CPDL #68844:  Network.png
Editor: Christopher Shaw (submitted 2022-04-14).   Score information: A4, 6 pages, 227 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA
Edition notes: Please click on the link for preview/playback/PDF download. This edition is offered at original pitch (high chiavette) for SAAT or transposed down a fourth for ATTB.

General Information

Title: Virgo gloriosa semper evangelium Christi
Composer: Cornelius Canis
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicings: SAAT or ATTB
Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1554 in Motetti del laberinto libro terzo (Girolamo Scotto), no. 14
Description: A motet for St Cecilia's Day.

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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Virgo gloriosa semper evangelium Christi
gerebat in pectore suo;
et non diebus neque noctibus
vacabat a colloquiis divinis et oratione.
Cilicio Cecilia membra domabat,
Deum gemitibus exorabat;
et non diebus neque noctibus
vacabat a colloquiis divinis et oratione.

English.png English translation

That glorious virgin always carried
the gospel of Christ in her breast;
in neither day nor night did she cease
from communion with God or from prayer.
Cecilia humbled her limbs with sackcloth,
She prevailed upon God with her sobbing;
in neither day nor night did she cease
from communion with God or from prayer.

(trans. Timmi O'Danaos & Donna Ferrentes)