"Puer natus est nobis"
Gregorian introit
The chant in the codex Don Silvestro dei Gherarducci
OccasionChristmas
LanguageLatin
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"Puer natus est nobis" (A boy is born for us) is a Gregorian chant, the introit for Christmas Day.[1][2] Thomas Tallis wrote a Christmas mass on the chant.

Text

The text of the antiphon is taken from Isaiah 9:6, while the psalm verse is verse 1 from Psalm 98, "Sing a new song to the Lord".[2]

Puer natus est nobis,
et filius datus est nobis :
cuius imperium super humerum eius :
et vocabitur nomen eius, magni consilii angelus.

 Cantate Domino canticum novum :
 quia mirabilia fecit.

Musical settings

The melody was used by composers in contrafacta such as the Christmas mass by Thomas Tallis.[3]

References

  1. ^ Roden, Timothy J.; Wright, Craig; Simms, Bryan R. (2009). Chants Beginning the Mass on Christmas Day. Cengage Learning. pp. 8–9. ISBN 978-0-49-557274-9. ((cite book)): |work= ignored (help)
  2. ^ a b "Puer natus est nobis". gregorien.info (in German). Retrieved 23 December 2017.
  3. ^ Cummings, Robert. "Puer natus est nobis, introit". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 December 2017.

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