O great mystery, and wonderful sacrament, that animals should see the newborn lord, lying in a manger. O magnum mysterium from three composers perspectives. The last of my seasonal favourites uses one of the oldest texts heard at christmas. This arrangement for brass quartet will make a powerful addition to any concert or recital. What is the name for the chord found at the end of the motet. As part of the matins nighttime worship, the text has been around for centuries. All ye who pass by, see if there is any sorrow like unto my sorrow. O magnum mysterium is a latin text about christmas. Research center and abvlensis images are registered at o. Beata virgo, cujus viscera meruerunt portare dominum jesum christum. It has been scored here for winds alone and would make a powerful addition to any concert.
The latin text is this with pronunciation guides after. O magnum mysterium in circumcisione domini motecta, venetiis, 1572. The compelling text of o magnum mysterium, once a nativity responsory from the gregorian times1 has been set to music many times, from the beginning of the renaissance era to the present day. O magnum mysterium has been used as a chant on christmas morning for well over a millennium, and may date from as far back as the 6th century. English wikipedia the free encyclopedia o magnum mysterium o magnum mysterium is a responsorial chant from the matins of christmas. Well, lets remember thattwenty years after composing o magnum mysterium fr. All content signed by an author are of their property as its efects. A great number of composers have reworked the chant into a contemporary setting. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The piece is intended to express the joy and awe that was felt by the shepherds as they celebrated and worshiped the christchild in the manger on christmas eve. Third part content is taken under directives of article 32 of real decreto 11996, of intelectual property. While we cant be sure, the fluid counterpoint of his 1572 motet o magnum mysterium, which sets a matins chant telling of the wonder of the sight of the newborn christ, is worthy of the italian master himself. O magnum mysterium solomon lau, conductor october, 2015 leung fong oi wan art.
Ack in 2015, i created individual rehearsal videos for o magnum mysterium, and tens of thousands have downloaded them. O magnum mysterium et admirabile sacramentum, ut animalia viderent dominum natum jacentem in praesepio. What do the large leaps at the beginning of the motet help to signify. This piece was originally a response from the matins morning prayer of christmas, but has been adapted masterfully by victoria into choral music. A piano accompaniment part has been scored for rehearsal purposes. O magnum mysterium is a catholic church chant sung at christmastime. Watch the video for o magnum mysterium from morten lauridsens lauridsen. The english translation is one of the most beautiful and moving latin sacred texts. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Emmanuel music continues to perform cycles of largescale and chamber works by bach, handel, mozart, schubert, brahms, debussy, haydn, schoenberg, weill, wolf, medelssohn, and schumann under artistic director ryan turner. Kathryn louderback holiday music, music in time, works in depth christmas, church, gregorian chant, motet, renaissance, spanish. Schirmer edition has become a staple in choral progra.
As so many christmasrelated texts do, it explores the immense contrast of sacred and secular, here between the great mystery of god born as a human being and the. In the missa o magnum mysterium victoria swings into triple time briefly just once in the gloria, fleetingly three times in the credo, and then. Sacred, motet, magnificat antiphon for christmas day. But the season of christmas is often short, and that motet cant be sung at other times of the year. Emmanuel music is a bostonbased ensemble of singers and instrumentalists founded in 1970 by craig smith to perform the complete sacred cantatas of j. In a mass setting such as this one, based on his own 1572 christmas motet o magnum mysterium as in his 1583 mass o quam gloriosum, the analysts impression is that victoria s understanding of his own model was so subtle that only subliminal echoes. Search o magnum mysterium sheet music at jw pepper. You might think of it as an extremely early christmas carol.
It would make a powerful addition to any concert or recital. Missa o magnum mysterium gloria transcription by samuel. Victoria was not only a composer but also an accomplished organist and singer as well as a. Shop and buy o magnum mysterium a cappella sheet music. O magnum mysterium is a sixpart motet by giovanni pierluigi da palestrina, based on the responsorial chant of the same name, and was written for the celebration of christmas. And yet the young spanish composer offers nothing truly revolutionary in the work.
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