Conceptio est hodie (Georg Prenner)

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  • (Posted 2010-10-26)  CPDL #22514:       
Editor: John Hetland (submitted 2010-10-26).   Score information: Letter, 4 pages, 197 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Source: Thesauri Musici #31, ed. Walter Pass, pub. Ludwig Doblinger, Wein, München, 1974. Notation here is at the same pitch as the original, with time values halved. Translation and musica ficta by John Hetland and The Renaissance Street Singers.

General Information

Title: Conceptio est hodie
Composer: Georg Prenner

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SacredLiturgical music

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1568 in Novi thesauri musici (Pietro Giovannelli), Liber 1, no. 86
Description: Second antiphon for Vespers of the Immaculate Conception (Dec 8)

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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Conceptio est hodie
Sanctae Mariae Virginis,
cujus vita inclita
cunctas illustrat ecclesias.
Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis.
 

English.png English translation

Today is the Conception
of Holy Virgin Mary,
whose glorious life
enlightens all churches.
Holy Mary, pray for us.