{"id":3445,"date":"2023-02-02T21:32:28","date_gmt":"2023-02-02T21:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/?p=3445"},"modified":"2023-02-02T21:32:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-02T21:32:28","slug":"a-motet-by-thomas-tallis-in-honor-of-candlemas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/2023\/02\/02\/a-motet-by-thomas-tallis-in-honor-of-candlemas\/","title":{"rendered":"A Motet by Thomas Tallis In Honor of Candlemas"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Tallis-Videte-miraculum.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\u201cVidete Miraculum\u201d by Thomas Tallis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This piece was published in 1575 by the English composer Thomas Tallis, as choral polyphony alternating with a solo, based on a Gregorian chant. The piece is intended as a matins responsory for the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, known also as \u201cCandlemas\u201d in England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Latin Text: <em>Videte miraculum matris Domini:<br>concepit virgo virilis ignara consortii,<br>stans onerata nobili onere Maria;<br>et matrem se laetam cognoscit,<br>quae se nescit uxorem.<br>Haec speciosum forma prae filiis hominum<br>castis concepit visceribus,<br>et benedicta in aeternum<br>Deum nobis protulit et hominem.<br>Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>English Translation: \u201cBehold the miracle of the mother of the Lord:<br>a virgin has conceived though she knows not a man,<br>Mary, who stands laden with her noble burden;<br>knowing not that she is a wife,<br>she rejoices to be a mother.<br>She has conceived in her chaste womb<br>one who is beautiful beyond the sons of men,<br>and blessed for ever,<br>she has brought forth God and man for us.<br>Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Ghost.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This piece was published in 1575 by the English composer Thomas Tallis, as choral polyphony alternating with a solo, based on a Gregorian chant. The piece is intended as a matins responsory for the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, known also as \u201cCandlemas\u201d in England. Latin Text: Videte miraculum matris Domini:concepit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[310,65],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-3445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feasts-and-seasons","category-music","tag-thomas-tallis"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3445"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3549,"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3445\/revisions\/3549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/theundergroundchurch.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}