Ave generosa

Gjeilo, Ola (b. 1978)

Voicing:
Mixed Choir → SATB

Accompaniment:
Unaccompanied

Function/Language(s):
Latin

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 Saints → The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (December 8)
Proper of Saints → Our Lady of Guadalupe (December 12)
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:
Walton — WW1688 (2017)

Text Information:
Reference: Hildegard von Bingen (1098–1179)

Duration: 4:30
Lyrics:

Ave, generosa,
gloriosa et intacta puella,
tu pupilla castitatis,
tu materia sanctitatis,
que Deo placuit.

English translation:
Hail, girl of a noble house,
shimmering and unpolluted,
you pupil in the eye of chastity,
you essence of sanctity,
which was pleasing to God.

Notes: SATB with divisi in all parts.
Submitted by: Brian Luckner Added: Mar 11, 2022