O choruscans lux

Composer: HILDEGARD of Bingen
  • O choruscans lux stellarum (O glistening light of the stars) is a votive antiphon (that is, a freely composed Latin hymn added to the end of a service) intended for the dedication of a church.1
  • Hildegard’s text is a poetic commentary on Psalm 44 in the Vulgate Bible, which depicts a royal bride, who is often used as an image for the church.2
  • Text and translation 

Sources

  1. Nathaniel M. Campbell, Beverly R. Lomer, and Xenia Sandstrom-McGuire, “The Symphonia and Ordo Virtutum of Hildegard von Bingen,” International Society of Hildegard Studies (2014), accessed February 18, 2022, http://www.hildegard-society.org/p/music.html#Symphonia.
  2. Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Symphonia: A Critical Edition of the Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum [Symphony of the Harmony of Celestial Revelations], ed. Barbara Newman, 2nd Ed., (Ithaca, NY: Cornell Univeristy Press, 1998), 317.

Cut IDs

47684