Mediaeval Hymns and Sequences
John Mason Neale
46 chapters · 3 h 46 min · English
Read by Devorah Allen, Leni, Lynda Marie Neilson, KevinS, E. Sharp, Adrian Stephens and others
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This book is a collection of English translations of medieval Latin hymns. It contains interesting historical and/or liguistic facts about each hymn, some of which are still used in one form or other in the modern Christian church.
Chapters
1 Introduction 4 min 2 Pange lingua gloriosi. Venantius Fortunatus. About 580 5 min 3 Vexilla Regis prodeunt. Venantius Fortunatus. About 580 5 min 4 *Apparebit repentina magna Dies Domini. Seventh century 7 min 5 *Sancti, venite, Corpus Christi sumite. Seventh century 2 min 6 *Hymnum canentes Martyrum. Venerable Bede. Died 735 4 min 7 Urbs beata Jerusalem. Eighth century 5 min 8 Gloria, laus, et honor. St. Theodulph of Orleans. Died 821 4 min 9 Tibi, Christe, Splendor Patris. B. Hrabanus Maurus. Died 856 2 min 10 *Lauda, Mater Ecclesia. St. Odo of Cluny 3 min 11 *Chorus Novæ Jerusalem. B. Fulbert of Chartres. Died about 1029 3 min 12 *Audi nos, Rex Christe. Eleventh century 2 min 13 *Gravi me terrore pulsas, vitæ dies ultima. St. Peter Damian. Died 1072 5 min 14 *Crux mundi benedictio. St. Peter Damian. Died 1072 3 min 15 *Cives Cœlestis Patriæ. Marbodus of Rennes. Died 1125 23 min 16 Lætabundus. St. Bernard of Clairvaux. Died 1153 3 min 17 *Hic breve vivitur. Bernard of Cluny. Twelfth century 17 min 18 *Patris Sapientia, Bonitas Divina. Twelfth century 7 min 19 *Cœnam cum discipulis. Twelfth century 7 min 20 *Jucundare, plebs fidelis. Adam of St. Victor. Died about 1180 8 min 21 *Ecce dies celebris. Adam of St. Victor 6 min 22 *Zyma vetus expurgetur. Adam of St. Victor 9 min 23 *Laudes Crucis attollamus. Adam of St. Victor 9 min 24 *Quam dilecta tabernacula. Adam of St. Victor 11 min 25 *In hoc anni circulo. Apparently of the twelfth century 8 min 26 O Filii et Fillæ. Apparently of the twelfth century 5 min 27 *Surrexit Christus hodie. Apparently of the twelfth century 2 min 28 *Finita jam sunt prœlia. Apparently of the twelfth century 2 min 29 *Jam pulsa cedunt nubilia. Apparently of the twelfth century 2 min 30 *Veni, Veni, Emmanuel. Apparently of the twelfth century 3 min 31 *Cœlos ascendit hodie. Apparently of the twelfth century 2 min 32 *Ecce tempus est vernale. Thirteenth century 4 min 33 Adoro Te devote, latens Deitas. St. Thomas Aquinas. Died 1274 4 min 34 Pange lingua gloriosi. St. Thomas Aquinas 6 min 35 Alleluia, dulce carmen. Thirteenth century 3 min 36 *Dies est lætitiæ. Thirteenth century 3 min 37 *Cedant justi signa luctus. Fourteenth century 4 min 38 *Novi partus gaudium 4 min 39 *Omnis fidelis gaudeat 2 min 40 *Gloriosi Salvatoris. Fifteenth century 2 min 41 *O beata beatorum 2 min 42 *Tandem fluctus, tandem luctus 2 min 43 *Attolle paullum lumina. Fifteenth or sixteenth century 3 min 44 *Exite, Sion Filliæ. Fifteenth or sixteenth century 4 min 45 *Huc ad jugum Calvariæ. Fifteenth or sixteenth century 4 min 46 *Triumphe! plaudant maria. Fifteenth or sixteenth century 3 min
