Tota pulchra es Maria

General information

A Marian motet beginning with The Song of Solomon 4:7 (substituting "Maria" for "amica" and adding "originalis" after macula) and adding acclamations from Judith 15:10 and a request for intercession.

See also Tota pulchra es, amica mea.

Settings by composers

Anton Bruckner SATB (9-way divisi) & org. (as below) João de Deus Castro Lobo SATB 2 recorders & strings (as below) Anthony Cekada SSAATTBB Michael J. Drake, Jr. TBB (first two lines only of text below) Mariano Garau SABar (as below) SATB (as below) Angelina Figus SSA (as below)

Karl Kempter SSAATTBB (as below) Orlando di Lasso SA or TB (first two lines only of text below) Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens SA & organ (as below) José Maurício Nunes Garcia SATB flute & strings (as below) Paolo Pandolfo SATB Ramiro Real SSAA (as below) Francisco Valls SATB & bc (as below) Christopher Upton SSATB (as below)

Text and translations

Latin text Tota pulchra es, Maria Et macula originalis non est in te. Tu gloria Jerusalem Tu laetitia Israel Tu honorificentia populi nostri Tu advocata peccatorum O Maria, virgo prudentissima Mater clementissima Ora pro nobis Intercede pro nobis Ad Dominum Jesum Christum.

Polish translation Całaś piękna jest, Maryjo i zmazy pierworodnej nie ma w Tobie. Tyś chwałą Jeruzalem, Tyś weselem Izraela. Tyś chlubą ludu naszego, Tyś orędowniczką grzesznychm O Maryjo. Alleluja.

English translation Thou art all fair, Mary And the original stain is not in thee Thou art the glory of Jerusalem, Thou art the joy of Israel, Thou art the honor of our people, Thou art the advocate of sinners. O Mary, virgin most wise, Mother most clement Pray for us, Intercede for us With Our Lord Jesus Christ.

External links

• Song of Solomon 4:7- at Biblestudytools

• View the Wikipedia article on Tota pulchra es Maria.

• A variant at Preces latinae
• A chant and use in Novenas at Nunspeak
• Isaac's text at Emily Ezust's Liedernet
• setting by Grzegorz Gerwazy Gorczycki
• link to another version of the text