Inter natos mulierum

General information

Antiphon for the Nativity of John the Baptist.

Settings by composers

Blasius Ammon a 5 Giovanni Matteo Asola a 4 ATBB/SATB a 8 ATTB.ATBarB Hans Leo Hassler SATB Hollander a 8 Isaac a 4 Josquin(?) a 6 Jean de la Fage (prima pars Elisabeth Zachariae) SATB Ferdinand di Lasso SSATTB Orlando di Lasso SAATB - without Alleluia.

Francesco de Layolle SSAA Cristóbal de Morales SATB or STTB (includes variant 1) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart SATB & orchestra (2vln, Vc) (includes variant 2) Mouton a 4 Giovanni Priuli S solo & bc (an elaborate variation on the text) Senfl a 4 Stolzer Ivo de Vento ATTB Willaert a 4

Text and translations

Latin text Inter natos mulierum non surrexit maior Iohanne Baptista qui viam Domini praeparavit in heremo. Alleluia. Variant 1 Fuit homo missus a Deo cui nomen erat Iohannes, qui viam Domini praeparavit in heremo. Variant 2 Ecce Agnus Dei, qui tollit peccata mundi.

English translation Among those born of women there arose none greater than John the Baptist who prepared the way of the Lord in the wilderness. Alleluia. Variant 1 A man was sent by God whose name was John, who prepared the way of the Lord in the wilderness. Variant 2 Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sins of the world.