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Anonymous, Llibre Vermell de Montserrat (14th-c. Spain)
2-voice villancico
From live program "Rosa das Rosas: Songs for the Virgin Mary"
lyrics
Stella splendens in monte ut solis radium,
Miraculis serrato exaudi populum.
Concurrunt universi gaudentes populi,
Divites et egeni, grandes et parvuli,
Ipsum ingrediuntur, ut cernunt oculi,
Et inde revertuntur gracijis repleti. Stella splendens...
Rustici, aratores, nec non notarii.
Advocati, scultores, cuncti ligni fabri,
Sartores et sutores, nec non lanifici,
Artifices et omnes gratulantur ibi! Stella splendens...
Reginae, comitissae, illustres dominae,
Potentes et ancillae, juvenes, parvulae,
Virgines et antiquae, pariter viduae,
Conscendunt et hunc montem, et religiosae! Stella splendens...
Coetus hic aggregantur hic ut exhibeant
Vota regratiantur ut ipsa et reddant
Aulam istam ditantes hoc cuncti videant
Jocalibus ornantes soluti redeant! Stella splendens...
Star burning brightly as a sunbeam,
on the marvelous mountain fulfill thy faithful!
All nations joyously hasten:
Rich and poor, noble and humble,
All climb the mountain, see this sight,
And come back down steeped in grace. Star burning...
Rustics and farmers, but also clerks,
Lawyers, sculptors, all the carpenters,
Tailors and cobblers, but also the spinners,
All artisans here offer praise! Star burning...
Queens, countesses, illustrious ladies,
Those with power and those who serve,
young and humble, virgins and aged,
and also the widows and nuns climb this mountain too! Star burning...
These crowds assemble to present their requests,
Offer praise and fulfil their vows.
They people this court; may all see this,
And after fine dances leave pardoned! Star burning...
Thus by our prayers, we, of both sexes,
Purify our souls, devoutly invoking
The Glorious Virgin, mother of mercy,
Full of grace, may we truly gaze on her in heaven! Star burning...
Translation by Ivan Ilic
credits
from Alkemie Live 2019,
released April 3, 2020
Tracy Cowart, voice, gothic harp
David McCormick, vielle
Elena Mullins, featured voice
Sian Ricketts, voice, recorder
Niccolo Seligmann, frame drum
Presented by Music Before 1800.
Recorded, edited, & mixed by Robert Anderson at the Kosciuszko Foundation, NYC.
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