Early this morning, I attended a Rorate Mass at which the following motet by the Spanish composer Cristobal Morales (1500-53) was sung during Communion after the Gregorian Communio; the texts overlap, but the motet version is longer: “Ecce virgo concipiet et pariet filium, et vocabitur nomen ejus: Admirabilis, Deus Fortis. Super solium David, et super regnum ejus sedebit in aeternum. – Behold, a virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and his name shall be called: Wonderful, Mighty God. Over the throne of David, and over his kingdom, he will reign in eternity.”
New Liturgical Movement: Music from the Rorate Mass
New Liturgical Movement: Music from the Rorate Mass
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