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2 he text o the virgo serena is taken rom a cantorale, or hymn, hich can e ound in the medieval manuscrit Ec 911 located in the Catalonian ton o Girona he text diers rom the more ellknon ve maria enedicta tu in mulierius o hich many comosers, like ictoria, chuert, and Gounod, have set to music During the medieval and renaissance eras there ere many dierent versions o the hich comosers set to music, and the virgo serena as one o them Jean Mouton s (14591522) eautiul setting o the virgo serena is one such motet that has survived, ut comosers rarely used the text ater the 16 th century Latin, gratia lena, Dominus tecum virgo, serena u arvi et magni, Leonis et gni alvatoris Christi emlum extitisti ed virgo intacta u loris et roris, anis et astoris irginum et regina, Rosa sine sina, Genitrix es eecta ranslation Hail Mary, ull o grace, he Lord is ith thee, serene virgin While still a chaste virgin you ecame the temle o our savior Christ, the lion and the lam, the great and the small rose ithout a thorn, nd queen o virgins, you ecame the mother o the loer and the de, o the read and the sheherd his setting o the virgo serena uses chantlike melodies ut does not incororate any articular chant rom the original manuscrit he accessile and sometimes olyhonic choral lines make this a un song to sing or any school, community, or church choir he accomaniment can e layed y either an organ or iano he original chant, ound elo, can also e erormed in conjunction ith this setting
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