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Exurgens Maria

from Cantiones Sacrae Octonis Vocibus

Peter Philips (c. 1560-1628)

Original Text

English Translation

Original Text

Exurgens Maria, abiit in montana
cum festinatione in civitatem Juda
et intravit in domum Zachariae
et salutavit Elisabeth.
Et factum est:
ut audivit salutationem Mariae
Elisabeth exultavit
infans in utero eus
et repleta est Spiritu Sancto.
Alleluia.

English Translation

Mary arose and went into the hill country
with haste into a city of Judah
and entered the house of Zacharias
and saluted Elisabeth.
And it came to pass
that when Elisabeth heard
the salutahon of Mary,
the babe leaped in her womb
and she was filled with the Holy Ghost.
Alleluia.

This piece was performed by the SFBC in Visions of Utopia: Perspectives of the “Golden Age” on May 22, 1999.