Quem pastores laudavere

Michael Praetorius (1571–1621)

At a glance

Voicing
SATBB
Language of the text
Latin
Key
A♭ major
Genre
Christmas carol, Sacred
Season
Christmas
Series
Choir
Score
PDMX / MuseScore, Public domain licence

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Text and translations

Original text · Latin

Quem pastores laudavere,
quibus angeli dixere,
"Absit vobis jam timere,"
natus est Rex gloriae.
Ad quem magi ambulabant,
aurum, thus, myrrham portabant,
immolabant haec sincere
leoni victoriae.
Exultemus cum Maria
in coelesti hiearchia,
natum promat voce pia
dulci cum melodia.
Christo regi, Deo nato,
per Mariam nobis dato,
merito resonet vere
laus, honor, et gloria.

Source of the text: musicanet.org

Score

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PDMX / MuseScore · Licence: Public domain

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