Dies sanctificatus

A Holy Day

Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (c. 1525–1594)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Unaccompanied

Function/Language(s):
Latin

Occasion:

Proper of Time → Christmas Season → The Nativity of the Lord → General

Publication Information:
Arista — AE 702 (2010)

Text Information:
Reference: Alleluia verse, Christmas Mass during the Day

Lyrics:

Dies sanctificatus illuxit nobis:
venite gentes, et adorate Dominum,
quia hodie descendit lux magna in terris.
Haec dies quam fecit Dominus.
Exsultemus, te laetemur in ea.

English translation:
A holy day has dawned upon us.
Come all you nations and adore the Lord,
for today a great light has descended upon the earth.
This is the day that the Lord has made,
let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: Nov 3, 2021 Last updated: Jan 23, 2022