Gaude Maria Virgo

General information

Tract for the Common of the Virgin Mary. A Responsory for Candlemas continues "… Gabrielum Archangelum scimus divinitus… ".

Settings by composers

• William Byrd SATTB
• Sigismondo d'India SATB
• Antonio Lotti SATB (Alleluia instead of "Dei genitrix, intercede pro nobis")
• Claudio Merulo SSAATTTTBB (Excludes Dei genetrix…)
• John Sheppard SSAATTBarB (a longer version of the Responsory, diverging from Solemes at "casta")
• Ascanio Trombetti SATB.SATB
• Tomás Luis de Victoria SSATB (short variant)

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Heinrich Isaac — Gaude Maria virgo
• Robert Johnson — Gaude Maria virgo
• Gerardus Mes — Gaude Maria virgo
• Peter Philips — Gaude Maria virgo
• Balthasar Resinarius — Gaude Maria Virgo
• Ludwig Senfl — Gaude Maria virgo
• Philippe Verdelot — Gaude Maria virgo

Text and translations

Latin text Gaude Maria Virgo, cunctas haereses sola interemisti. Quae Gabrielis archangeli dictis, credidisti. Dum Virgo Deum et hominem genuisti: et post partum Virgo inviolata permansisti. Dei genitrix, intercede pro nobis. Victoria's version Gaude Maria Virgo, cunctas haereses sola interemisti. in universo mundo. Alleluia.

English translation Rejoice, O Virgin Mary, for alone thou hast put an end to all heresies. Thou that didst believe the words of the archangel Gabriel. Still a virgin, thou didst bring forth God and man, and after childbirth thou didst still remain an inviolate virgin: O Mother of God, intercede for us. …in the whole world. Alleluia. Spanish translation Versión de T.L. de Victoria: Alégrate, Virgen María, tú sola has destruido todas las herejías del mundo entero. Aleluya, aleluya. Translation by Alejandro Borrego Pérez