Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming

Submitted by Rick.Wheeler on Sun, 2010/12/05 - 7:28pm
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ID: 
515
Composition Date: 
1609
Composer: 
Praetorius, Michael (1571-1621)
Arrangers / Editors: 
Wheeler, Richard W. (1967- )
Proper Liturgical Usage: 
Devotions
Proper Liturgical Time: 
Yuletide (Christmastide)
Proper Liturgical Day: 
Any
Votive: 
F
Performance Time: 
2 min
Composition Type: 
Carol
Texture: 
Polyphonic
Voices: 
SATB
Language: 
German
Difficulty: 
Easy
Musical Style: 
High Renaissance

Parts

Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming: Soprano
Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming: Soprano
Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming: Alto
Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming: Alto
Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming: Tenor
Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming: Tenor
Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming: Bass
Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming: Bass
Recordings
Copyright Status: 
Copyright
Lyrics: 

Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen Aus einer Wurzel zart.  Wie uns die Alten sungen, Aus Jesse kam die Art Und hat ein Blümlein bracht, Mitten im kalten Winter, Wohl zu der halben Nacht.

Das Röslein das ich meine, Davon Jesaias sagt: Maria ist's, die Reine, Die uns das Blümlein bracht: Aus Gottes ewigem Rat Hat sie ein Kindlein g'boren Bleibend ein reine Magd.

Translated Lyrics: 

Lo, how a rose e'er blooming From tender stem hath sprung! Of Jesse's lineage coming, As men of old have sung.  It came, a flow'ret bright, Amid the cold of winter, When half-spent was the night.

Isaiah 'twas foretold it, The rose I have in mind, With Mary we behold it. The Virgin mother kind. To show God's love aright She bore to them a Savior, When half-spent was the night.