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Offline Matthew

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Bet you don't know this Christmas hymn
« on: January 19, 2024, 02:04:45 PM »
Very ancient and traditional. Written in the 1500's.

Gaudete, gaudete!
Christus est natus
Ex Maria virgine,
gaudete!

Rejoice, rejoice!
Christ is born
Of the Virgin Mary –
Rejoice!


Tempus adest gratiae
Hoc quod optabamus,
Carmina laetitiae
Devote reddamus.

The time of grace has come—
What we have wished for;
Songs of joy
Let us give back faithfully.


Deus homo factus est
Natura mirante,
Mundus renovatus est
a Christo regnante.

God has become man,
With nature marvelling,
The world has been renewed
By the reigning Christ.


Ezechielis porta
Clausa pertransitur,
Unde lux est orta
Salus invenitur.

The closed gate of Ezekiel
Is passed through,
Whence the light is risen;
Salvation has been found.


Ergo nostra contio
Psallat iam in lustro;
Benedicat Domino:
Salus Regi nostro.

Therefore, let our assembly
Now sing in brightness
Let it bless the Lord:
Greetings to our King.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaudete
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Offline Ladislaus

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Re: Bet you don't know this Christmas hymn
« Reply #1 on: January 19, 2024, 02:06:45 PM »
How much do I win?  :laugh1:
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Offline Matthew

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Re: Bet you don't know this Christmas hymn
« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2024, 02:09:47 PM »
I was trying to think of a good clickbait title. I'm sure a few of us know this one. But before 2020, I had never heard it before. That is "in all my travels", and I'm very well-traveled when it comes to music.

So yeah -- even among those who think they know most Christmas songs, they very well might not know this one.
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Offline ElwinRansom1970

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Re: Bet you don't know this Christmas hymn
« Reply #3 on: January 19, 2024, 02:21:48 PM »
Quote from: Ladislaus on January 19, 2024, 02:06:45 PM
How much do I win?  :laugh1:
Do I get a cut of the winnings for knowing the hymn?
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Offline Matthew

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Re: Bet you don't know this Christmas hymn
« Reply #4 on: January 19, 2024, 02:25:21 PM »
So far we have two ex-seminarians who knew it, and one ex-seminarian (myself) highly into Chant, highly into music, who was in the Schola at the seminary, who just discovered it a couple years ago.
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