Nativitas tua

General information

Antiphon for the Nativity of the BVM (Sept. 8)

Settings by composers

• Giovanni Bassano AAT.TBBB
• Giovanni Paolo Cima S solo
• Andrea Gabrieli SSAATBB or AATTTBB
• Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina SATB

Original text and translations

Latin text Nativitas tua, Dei Genitrix Virgo, gaudium annuntiavit universo mundo : Ex te enim ortus est Sol iustitiae, Christus Deus noster, qui solvens maledictionem dedit benedictionem, et confundens mortem donavit nobis vitam sempiternam.

English translation