Videntes stellam (Quatre motets pour le temps de noel, No. 3)

Beholding the Star

Poulenc, Francis (1899–1963)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Unaccompanied

Function/Language(s):
Latin

Occasion:

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

Publication Information:
Salabert — 12527 (1952)

Text Information:
Reference: Antiphon at the Magnificat, Second Day within the Octave of the Epiphany

Lyrics:

Videntes stellam Magi
gavisi sunt gaudio magno:
et intrantes domum obtulerunt Domino
aurum thus et myrrham.

English translation:
Beholding the star, with joy the Magi came
and with great gladness,
and entering the house they offered the Lord
gold, frankincense and myrrh.

Notes: SATB with divisi in all parts.
Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: Nov 27, 2021 Last updated: Jan 23, 2022