O Virgo virginum (Josquin des Prez)

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CPDL #26184:   

Editor: Francis Bevan (submitted 2012-05-16).   Score information: A4, 20 pages, 437 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: Transposed up a minor third; Accidentals above noteheads are editorial. Brackets above notes indicate original ligatures.

Source: Das Chorwerk - Drei motetten; Osthoff, Helmuth; Frankfurt, 1955 (transcribed from various other sources - see pdf); c/o IMSLP.org

Original pitch: ATTBarBB

General Information

Title: O virgo virginum
Composer: Josquin des Prez

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SAATBB

Genre: Sacred, Antiphon

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
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External websites: http://www.prestopublications.co.uk

Original text and translations

Latin text

O Virgo virginum, quomodo fiet istud?
Quia nec primam similem visa es nec habere sequentem.
Filiae Jerusalem, quid me admiramini?
Divinum est mysterium hoc quod cernitis.