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Personent Hodie

from Advent 2017 by DeguMoth Studios

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This is another old Latin hymn for Christmas. It can be found in Piae Cantiones (published in 1582) but is even older than that! The Latin text dates from the 12th Century, and the melody from a 14th Century Bavarian manuscript.
Interestingly, its text seems to be inspired by an EARLIER hymn to St. Nicholas.
This was very fun to sing because of the repeated syllables in the refrain sections.
(See the links below for more info and a translation.)
Original text: “Personent Hodie,” 12 Century Latin
Original melody: 14th Century Bavarian
Combined carol: found in Piae Cantiones, 1582

www.hymnsandcarolsofchristmas.com/Hymns_and_Carols/NonEnglish/personent_hodie.htm

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personent_hodie

Here is the url for the simple Youtube video we made for this track: youtu.be/fzpa-41Efi0

Advent 2017 YouTube playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvLKZbBBa5HhFMByvPRnfqPgy5Nz2GGUr

lyrics

Personent hodie
voces puerulae,
laudantes iucunde
qui nobis est natus,
summo Deo datus,

et de vir, vir, vir (2x)
et de virgineo ventre procreatus.

In mundo nascitur,
pannis involvitur
praesepi ponitur
stabulo brutorum,
rector supernorum.

Perdidit, dit, dit,(2x)
perdidit spolia princeps infernorum.

Magi tres venerunt,
munera offerunt,
parvulum inquirunt,
stellulam sequendo,
ipsum adorando,

aurum, thus, thus, thus,(2x)
aurum, thus, et myrrham ei offerendo.

Omnes clericuli,
pariter pueri,
cantent ut angeli:
advenisti mundo,
laudes tibi fundo.

Ideo, o, o, (2x)
ideo gloria in excelsis Deo.

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from Advent 2017, released December 7, 2017
Vocals: L.D.A.L.
Arrangement: L.D.A.L.
Copyright/Produced by: L.D.A.L./DeguMoth Studios, 2017

Copyright for the text and melody: Public Domain
(For more information, see above in the section "About this track.")

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