Magnificat

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SSATB

Accompaniment:
Organ
Organ → With Instruments
String → Ensemble

Occasion:

Proper of Time → Advent → Fourth Sunday of Advent → Cycle A
Proper of Time → Advent → Fourth Sunday of Advent → Cycle B
Proper of Time → Advent → Fourth Sunday of Advent → Cycle C
Proper of Time → Christmas Season → The Nativity of the Lord → General
Commons → Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary → In Ordinary Time
Commons → Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary → In Advent
Commons → Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary → In Christmas Time

Publication Information:
Oxford University Press — OCCO 16 (1996)
ISBN 0-19-341790-1. Choral/organ score. Full score and parts available for rental from publisher.

Text Information:
Reference: Luke 1:46-55

Lyrics:

Magnificat anima mea Dominum:
et exsultavit spiritus meus in Deo salutari meo.
Quia respexit humilitatem ancillae suae:
ecce enim ex hoc beatam me dicent omnes generationes.
Quia fecit mihi magna qui potens est:
et sanctum nomen ejus.
Et misericordia ejus a progenie in progenies timentibus eum.
Fecit potentiam in brachio suo: 
dispersit superbos mente cordis sui.
Deposuit potentes de sede, et exaltavit humiles.
Esurientes implevit bonis: et divites dimisit inanes.
Suscepit Israel puerum suum, recordatus misericordiae suae.
Sicut locutus est ad patres nostros, 
Abraham et semini ejus in saecula.
Gloria Patri, gloria et Filio, gloria et Spiritui Sancto.
Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, 
et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.

English translation:
My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord;
my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.
For he has looked upon his lowly servant.
From this day all generations will call me blessed:
the Almighty has done great things for me,
and holy is his Name.
He has mercy on those who fear him
in every generation.
He has shown the strength of his arm,
he has scattered the proud in their conceit.
He has cast down the mighty from their thrones,
and has lifted up the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things,
and the rich he has sent away empty.
He has come to the help of his servant Israel
for he has remembered his promise of mercy,
the promise he made to our fathers,
to Abraham and his children forever.
Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen.

Notes: Can be performed with organ alone. Orchestra: 2 violins, 2 violas (optional), cello, bass, continuo. Questionable authenticity regarding composer, according to Jon Rutter, editor.
Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: Oct 29, 2021 Last updated: Jan 19, 2022