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Latin Hymns in the Seasons of the Church Year

Consisting of Those Latin Hymns on The Hymns and Carols of Christmas

See: Latin Hymns of the Christian Church

See also:

• Latin Hymns from The Office of the Hours

• Theodoricus Petri, Piæ Cantiones ecclesiasticae et scholasticae veterum episcoporum Griefswald, Sweden: 1582; also see: The Christmas Songs in Woodward's Piæ Cantiones

• Some Greek Hymns: Christmas Hymns from John Brownlie

• Dictionaries - Links to dictionaries of Old English, Middle English and Latin, plus other linguistic resources.

Note: In some cases, assignment is tentative or a given hymn may be sung at various points during the 40 days of the expanded Christmastide. Use this list, then, as a general guide; it is not cast in stone.

 

The Annunciation

• Angelus Ad Virginem

• Angelus Emittitur

• Angelus Emittur | Gabriel From Heaven Has Flown (Piæ Cantiones-Two Hundred Folk Carols)

• Caelestis ales nuntiat

• Humani generis from Hymnal Noted

• Humani generis - Missali Parisiensi

• Lætabundus

• Mittit ad Virginem

• Quem terra, pontus, aethera

 

For St. John The Baptist (Hymns Concerning St. John The Baptist)

• Jordanis oras prævia - Charles Coffin, 1736

• Jussu Tyranni pro fide

• Praecursor altus luminis

 

Advent

• Conditor alme siderum - This is the main page for this hymn, which contains notes, links, etc.

  • Conditor alme siderum in the 11th Century

  • Conditor alme siderum-Anglo-Saxon Church

  • Conditor alme siderum in the 17th Century

  • Cónditor alme síderum - Source: Liturgia Horarum (The Liturgy of the Hours)

  • Conditor & Creator in Daniel, Thesaurus Hymnologicus

  • Conditor alme siderum - Mone

  • Conditor alme siderum - Sarum Breviary

• Creator alme siderum (derived from Conditor alme siderum in the 1600s under the direction of Pope Urban VIII.)

  • Creator alme siderum in the 19th Century

• Corde Natus Ex Parentis

• En clara vox redarguit (Lauds)

• Grates peracto jam die

• Instantis adventum Dei - Charles Coffin, 1736

• In Noctis Umbra Desides - (Compline)

• Mundi Salus Qui Nasceris

• Sensus quis horror percutit?

• Statuta decreto Dei

• Veni, Redemptor Gentium

• Veni, Veni Emmanuel! - Daniel

• Veni Veni Emanuel - Mohr

• Veni, Veni Emmanuel! - Neale

• Verbum supernum prodiens (Matins)

• Verbum Supernum Prodiens Nec Patris Nec Patris (St. Thomas Aquinas)

• Verbum Supernum Prodiens Nec Patris - Version 2  (St. Thomas Aquinas)

• Verbum supernum prodiens a Patre (Latin, 6th or 7th Century; an Advent Hymn)

• Verbum supernum prodiens e Patris - from Chandler

• Virgo Dei genitrix - Advent

• Vox clara ecce intonat

 

 

Christmas Eve

• Missum redemptorum polo

• Psallat scholarum concio

• Quem pastores laudavere

• Quem pastores laudavere | Shepherds Tell Your Beauteous Story (Hohenfurt MS., 15^th century)

• Silens nox, sacra nox

• Silens nox, sancta nox

• Tranquilla Nox, Sancta Nox

 

Christmas

• A Solis Ortus Cardine

• Adam vetus quod polluit

• Adeste Fideles (Dom John Stéphan); compare Adeste Fideles (Rev. John Chandler) and Adeste Fideles (Dom Samuel Gregorius Ould)

• Agnoscat omne saeculum (full)

• Agnoscat omne saeculum (partial)

• Ave Domina Celi Regina | Worshipt Be The Birth Of Thee

• Ave, Maris Stella, Diuinitatis cella

• Christe, Redemptor Omnium (Vespers)

• Christo incarnato. First Lines: Behold the Godhead's Triune Blaze & En Trinitatis speculum

• Congaudeat turba fidelium

• Congaudeat turba fidelium | Come Ye Faithful, Sing We Right Merrily (Piæ Cantiones-Two Hundred Folk Carols)

• Corde Natus Ex Parentis

• Dies est lætitiæ (4 verses; Hopkins, ed., Great Hymns of the Church)

• Dies est lætitiæ | Christian Folk, Day Of Joy (4 verses; Piæ Cantiones-Two Hundred Folk Carols)

• Dies est lætitiæ (8 verses; Piæ Cantiones-Terry, Old Christmas Carols)

• Ecce, nouvum gaudium

• Ecce nouvum gaudium | Here Is Joy For Every One (Piæ Cantiones-Two Hundred Folk Carols); also Here Is Joy For Every Age.

• Ecce quod Natura

• Ecce quod natura | Though They Cannot Palter (Selden MS-Two Hundred Folk Carols)

• Eia mea anima & Heu! quid jaces stabulo (verses 4, 5, & 6 as a separate hymn)

• Eia mea anima (Now My Soul To Bethlehem)

• En natus est Emanuel (This Day Is Born Emmanuel)

• En Trinitatis speculum (Title: Christo incarnato; English: Behold the Godhead's Triune Blaze)

• Flos de radice Jesse

• Flos de radice Jesse, or Es ist ein Ros entsprugen (I Know A Flower)

• Gaudete! Gaudete! Christus est natus

• Hymnus VIII Kalendas Ianuarias (Quid est, quod artum circulum) - Prudentius, from Cathemerinon

• In dulci jubilo - Terry, "Two Hundred Folk Carols"

• n hoc anni circulo

• In natali Domini - Version 1

• In natali Domini - Version 2

• In natali Domini (Sheet Music only; GIF file)

• Iure plaudant omnia

• Jam desinant suspiria

• Jesu Redemptor Onmium

• Jesu, redemptor omnium - from Chandler, 1837

• Jesu, decus angelicum

• Jesu, Rex admirabilis

• Magnum nomen Domini (Woodward, Piæ Cantiones)

• Magnum Nomen Domini (Great is Our Lord Jesu's Name) (Terry, Two Hundred Folk Carols)

• Maria ventre concipit

• Mundi Salus Qui Nasceris

• Nobis est natus (This Happy Morn)

• Omnis mundus jocundetur

• Omnis mundus jocundetur | Let The Earth Rejoice In Chorus (Piæ Cantiones-Two Hundred Folk Carols)

• Pangamus melos gloriae (Sing Out A Song Of Victory)

• Parvulus nobis nascitur (To Us A Little Child Is Born)

• Patrem parit filia

• Personent hodie

• Personet hodie | Lift Your Voices And Sing (Piæ Cantiones-Two Hundred Folk Carols)

• Praesepe poni pertulit

• Puer natus in Bethlehem - from Piæ Cantiones (1582), with notes and links to translations.

• Puer natus in Bethlehem-Antiphoner MS - a 13th Century version of this carol.

• Puer natus in Bethlehem-Munchner Codex - the version found in a manuscript of the fourteenth century at Munchen (Munich).

• Puer natus in Bethlehem in Hereford Breviary of 1505 reprinted by the Henry Bradshaw Society, Vol. XXVI, 1903, p. 197, Part I, In die Epyphanie in Laudibus

• Puer Natus in Bethlehem-Babst. Valentin Babst, ed., Geistliche Lieber und Psalmen. Durch D. Mart. Luther. (Leipzig, 1553), #LVII, p. 182.

• Puer Natus in Bethlehem-Leisentrit. Johann Leisentrit, Geistliche Lieder und Psalmen (Wolrab, 1573), #44.I, p. 113.

• Puer natus in Bethlehem. Guido Maria Dreves, S.J. (1854-1909), ed., Analecta Hymnica Medii Aevi. Vol. 1. Cantiones Bohemicae. Leiche, Leider und Rufe des 13., 14., und 15. Jahhunderts. (Leipzig : O. R. Reisland, 1886), Hymn #178, pp. 163-164. See: A Boy Is Born In Bethlehem-Terry, with Latin text from Dreves.

• Puer Natus in Bethlehem. Herm. Adalbert. Daniel, Theasaurus Hymnologicus. Vol. I, (Halis: Sumptibus Eduardi Anton, 1841), #CCCCLXXX, p. 334. Ten stanzas.

• Puer natus in Bethlehem. Richard Chenevix Trench, Sacred Latin Poetry. Third Edition, Revised and Improved. (London: Macmillan and Co., 1874), pp. 99-100. Eleven stanzas.

• Puer natus in Bethlehem. J. H. Hopkins, ed., Great Hymns of the Church Compiled by the Late Right Reverend John Freeman Young (New York: James Pott & Company, 1887), # 57, p. 89. Eleven stanzas.

• Puer Natus in Bethlehem-Wackernagel. Philipp Wackernagel's Das deutsche Kirchenlied, Vol. 1, (Leipzig: Druct und Berlag von B. G. Leubner, 1864), #309-318, pp. 198-202, has ten versions.

• Puer nobis nascitur (To All Men A Child Is Come)

• Puer nobis nascitur - from Piae Cantiones

• Puer Nobis Nascitur-St Gregory's Hymnal

• Quem pastores laudavere

• Quem pastores laudavere | Shepherds Tell Your Beauteous Story (Hohenfurt MS., 15^th century)

• Qui creavit coelum, lully, lully, lu (Alternate Title: Lully, Lully, Lu; carol of the Nuns of St. Mary's, Chester)

• Resonet In Laudibus

• Resonet In Laudibus - Version 2

• Resonet In Laudibus - Version 3

• Resonet In Laudibus - Version 4

• Resonet in laudibus - Poston-Version 5

• Resonet in laudibus-Montini, Version 6

• Resonet in laudibus (Daniel, i. 327)

• Resonet In Laudibus | Now With Gladness Carol We (Piæ Cantiones-Two Hundred Folk Carols)

• Sancte Dei, pretiose

• Susani, Susani

• Universi populi (Voice Your Joy Together Now)

 

St. Stephen the Martyr (Hymns to St Stephen)

• Christus est vita véniens in orbem - For Laudes matutinæ on the Feast of St. Stephen (S. Stephani, Protomartyris)

• Festum celébre mártyris - For the Officium lectionis on the Feast of St. Stephen (S. Stephani, Protomartyris)

• Heri mundus exultavit

• Miris probat sese modis

• O qui tuo Dux martyrum

• Quid, obstinata pectora

• Sancte Dei, pretiose - York Hymnal, with notes

• Sancte Dei pretiose - Daniel

• Sancte dei pretiose - Mone

 

St. John the Evangelist (Hymns To St. John The Evangelist)

• Quem nox, quem tenebrae, densaque nubila

• Sit qui rite canat te modo virgi

• Tu quem prae reliquis Christus amaverat

• Vírginis virgo veneránde custos - For the Officium lectionis on the Feast of St. John (S. Ioannis, Apostoli et Evangelistæ)

• Cohors beáta Séraphim - For Laudes matutinæ on the Feast of St. John (S. Ioannis, Apostoli et Evangelistæ)

• Quae dixit, egit, pertulit

 

The Holy Innocents (The Hymns Of The Holy Innocents) and Herod

• Audit tyrannus anxius

• Salvete, Flores Martyrum

• Molles In Agnos Ceu Lupus

• Personent hodie

• Hymnum canéntes mártyrum - For the Officium lectionis on The Feast of the Holy Innocents (SS. Innocentium, Martyrum)

• Audit tyránnus ánxius - For Laudes matutinæ on The Feast of the Holy Innocents (SS. Innocentium, Martyrum)

 

New Year

 

Circumcision

• Creator alme siderum

• Chrittus Tenebris Obsitam

• Debilis cessent elementa legis

• Divine Crescebas Puer

• Felix dies, quam proprio - From Chandler, 1837

• Fac Christe nostri gratia

• Noxium Christus simul introivit

• Verbum quod ante secula

• Victis Sibi Cognomina

 

Epiphany and the Octave after Epiphany

• Apparuit benignitas

• Clamantis ecce vox sonans

• Crudelis Herodes, Deum

• Emergit undis et Deo

• Fac Christe nostri gratia

• Hymnus Epiphaniae - Quicumque Christum quaeritis  - Prudentius, from Cathemerinon

• Huc vos, ô miseri: surda relinquite - Corolo (Charles) Coffin, 1736

• Linquunt tecta Magi Principis urbis - Corolo (Charles) Coffin, 1736

• Quâ lapsu tacito stella loquacibus - Corolo (Charles) Coffin, 1736

• In vernali tempore

• Jesu, geh voran

• Majestati sacrosanctæ

• Non abluunt lymphae Deum

• O sola magnarum urbium

• Personent hodie

• Personet hodie | Lift Your Voices And Sing (Piæ Cantiones-Two Hundred Folk Carols)

• Puer natus in Bethlehem - from Piæ Cantiones (1582), with notes and links to additional versions and translations.

• Quæ stella sole pulchrior - Corolo (Charles) Coffin, 1736

 

The Presentation in the Temple (Feb 2)

• Grates peracto jam die

• O Gloriosa Domina

• Templi sacratas pande, Sion, fores

 

The Purification of Mary (Feb 2)

• A Solis Ortus Cardine-Purification

 

For Second Advent

• Dies iræ, dies illa

 

Marian Hymns

• Virgo Dei genitrix - Marian

 

Other Latin Hymns and Prayers

• Ad cantus laeticiae

• Ad templa nos rursus vocat (For Easter)

• Agnus Dei ("Body of Christ"; a Latin prayer)

• O Sanctissima - Latin Prayer

• Paean Alphabeticus de Christo (A song of triumph for Christ; basis of at least two Christmastide hymns)

• Tempus adest floridum (A spring carol use tune was used for Good King Wenceslas by J. M. Neale)

 

To Be Determined

• Angelum misit suum Deus omnipotens

• Ave maris stella lucens miseris

• Ave maris stella lucens | Hail Thou Star That Guidest (Piæ Cantiones-Two Hundred Folk Carols)

• De radice processerat

• Et virgine natus, Christe, es sine macula

• Florens iuventus virginis

• Jure plaudant omnia; Sheet Music (GIF): Jure Plaudant Omnia

• Laetetur Ierusalem

• Laus virginis nati sonat cum jubilo

• O Lux Beata Trinitas

• Paranymphus adiit (also found under the title Paranymphus adiens)

• Psallat fidelis contio

• Salue flos et decor ecclesiae

• Unica, gratifera

• Veni Creator Spiritus

• Verbum caro factum est de virgin

• Verbum caro factum est | God's Own Word Our Flesh Did Take (Piæ Cantiones-Two Hundred Folk Carols)

Note:

On the Internet, there is an interesting discussion titled "URBAN VIII AND THE REVISION OF THE LATIN HYMNAL" by Vincent A. Lenti (copyright, 1994), which discusses the pontificate of Urban VIII, and in particular in his participation in the "revision" of many ancient hymns.

See also: Latin Hymns from The Office of the Hours

Some sources of Latin hymns found in Piae Cantiones:

• Guido Maria Dreves and Clemens Blume, eds., Analecta Hymnica Medii Aevi, Vol. 1.  Cantiones Bohemicae. (Leipzig: O. R. Reisland, 1886).

• Guido Maria Dreves and Clemens Blume, eds., Analecta Hymnica Medii Aevi, Vol. 45b. Cantiones et Motetten des Mittelalters. (Leipzig: O. R. Reisland, 1904).

• G. E. Klemming, ed., Piae Cantiones. S. Trinitas. Iesus Christus. S. Spiritus. S Maria. (1886). Primary source for many scholars, including Dreves, Woodward and others.

• George Ratcliffe Woodward, Piae Cantiones: A Collection of Church & School Song, chiefly Ancient Swedish, originally published in A.D. 1582 by Theodoric Petri of Hyland. (London: Chiswick Press for the Plainsong & Medieval Music Society, 1910).

• Sheet music for some hymns can be found in George Ratcliffe Woodward, The Cowley Carol Book, First & Second Series. Table Of Contents. (London: A. R. Mowbray & Co., Ltd., ca. 1902, 1912).

• Translations of some carols can be found in John Mason Neale and Thomas Helmore, eds., Carols for Christmas-tide (London: Novello, 1853). By the same authors was Carols for Easter-tide (1854).

• Translations and sheet music for some hymns can be found in Charles L. Hutchins, ed., Carols Old and Carols New (Boston: Parish Choir, 1916).

• Scans of individual pages from Piæ Cantiones (in the Adobe PDF format) can be downloaded from Facsimiles Piae Cantiones (http://www.spielleut.de/facs_piae_cantiones.htm; accessed June 15, 2009).

Two Latin Dictionaries

For those of us lacking a classical education, or for those whose education was some years ago, here are two — of many — Latin dictionaries.

• Perseus Latin Dictionary, an online version of the Lewis and Short Latin Dictionary, Tufts University, a part of the Perseus Digital Library, plus of possible interest, their links to Greek and Roman Materials.

• Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid, University of Notre Dame.

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