Mediaeval Hymns and Sequences


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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.

Note: An asterisk implies a belief that the piece so marked has not previously appeared in an English translation. (The Author) - Summary by Devorah Allen

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Introduction 4:01 Read by Devorah Allen
Pange lingua gloriosi. Venantius Fortunatus. About 580. 5:06 Read by Leni
Vexilla Regis prodeunt. Venantius Fortunatus. About 580. 4:46 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
*Apparebit repentina magna Dies Domini. Seventh century. 6:56 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
*Sancti, venite, Corpus Christi sumite. Seventh century. 2:08 Read by KevinS
*Hymnum canentes Martyrum. Venerable Bede. Died 735. 4:26 Read by E. Sharp
Urbs beata Jerusalem. Eighth century. 5:25 Read by E. Sharp
Gloria, laus, et honor. St. Theodulph of Orleans. Died 821. 4:28 Read by E. Sharp
Tibi, Christe, Splendor Patris. B. Hrabanus Maurus. Died 856. 2:02 Read by Leni
*Lauda, Mater Ecclesia. St. Odo of Cluny. 2:50 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
*Chorus Novæ Jerusalem. B. Fulbert of Chartres. Died about 1029. 3:01 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
*Audi nos, Rex Christe. Eleventh century. 1:31 Read by Leni
*Gravi me terrore pulsas, vitæ dies ultima. St. Peter Damian. Died 1072. 5:11 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
*Crux mundi benedictio. St. Peter Damian. Died 1072. 3:08 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
*Cives Cœlestis Patriæ. Marbodus of Rennes. Died 1125. 23:12 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Lætabundus. St. Bernard of Clairvaux. Died 1153. 3:25 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
*Hic breve vivitur. Bernard of Cluny. Twelfth century. 16:55 Read by KevinS
*Patris Sapientia, Bonitas Divina. Twelfth century. 7:04 Read by Adrian Stephens
*Cœnam cum discipulis. Twelfth century. 6:47 Read by Adrian Stephens
*Jucundare, plebs fidelis. Adam of St. Victor. Died about 1180. 7:57 Read by Adrian Stephens
*Ecce dies celebris. Adam of St. Victor. 5:40 Read by Adrian Stephens
*Zyma vetus expurgetur. Adam of St. Victor. 8:54 Read by Adrian Stephens
*Laudes Crucis attollamus. Adam of St. Victor. 8:40 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
*Quam dilecta tabernacula. Adam of St. Victor. 11:27 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
*In hoc anni circulo. Apparently of the twelfth century. 8:00 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
O Filii et Fillæ. Apparently of the twelfth century. 4:33 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
*Surrexit Christus hodie. Apparently of the twelfth century. 1:56 Read by Alan Mapstone
*Finita jam sunt prœlia. Apparently of the twelfth century. 1:43 Read by Alan Mapstone
*Jam pulsa cedunt nubilia. Apparently of the twelfth century. 1:40 Read by Alan Mapstone
*Veni, Veni, Emmanuel. Apparently of the twelfth century. 2:37 Read by Alan Mapstone
*Cœlos ascendit hodie. Apparently of the twelfth century. 1:38 Read by Alan Mapstone
*Ecce tempus est vernale. Thirteenth century. 3:41 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Adoro Te devote, latens Deitas. St. Thomas Aquinas. Died 1274. 3:47 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
Pange lingua gloriosi. St. Thomas Aquinas. 5:54 Read by Leni
Alleluia, dulce carmen. Thirteenth century. 2:54 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
*Dies est lætitiæ. Thirteenth century. 2:41 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
*Cedant justi signa luctus. Fourteenth century. 3:54 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
*Novi partus gaudium. 4:09 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
*Omnis fidelis gaudeat. 1:57 Read by KevinS
*Gloriosi Salvatoris. Fifteenth century. 2:06 Read by KevinS
*O beata beatorum. 1:57 Read by KevinS
*Tandem fluctus, tandem luctus. 1:32 Read by KevinS
*Attolle paullum lumina. Fifteenth or sixteenth century. 3:00 Read by KevinS
*Exite, Sion Filliæ. Fifteenth or sixteenth century. 4:10 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
*Huc ad jugum Calvariæ. Fifteenth or sixteenth century. 4:25 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson
*Triumphe! plaudant maria. Fifteenth or sixteenth century. 3:10 Read by Lynda Marie Neilson