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O Nata Lux, Tallis

  • Writer: Fr. Scott Haynes
    Fr. Scott Haynes
  • Mar 10, 2022
  • 1 min read

Overview


Thomas Tallis was an English organist and composer whose career spanned the reigns of four monarchs and a long period of religious change. He occupies a primary place in anthologies of English church music, and is considered among the best of England's early composers.



Latin text

O nata lux de lumine, Jesu redemptor saeculi, Dignare clemens supplicum Laudes precesque sumere. Qui carne quondam contegi Dignatus es pro perditis, Nos membra confer effici Tui beati corporis.


English Translation

O Light born of Light, Jesus, redeemer of the world, with loving-kindness deign to receive suppliant praise and prayer. Thou who once deigned to be clothed in flesh for the sake of the lost, grant us to be members of thy blessed body.


The Sixteen Choir Directed by Harry Christophers


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