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The canticle of the Virgin Mary (from Luke 146 beginning
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Ralph Vaughan Williams composed his setting of the Magnificat or Song of Mary , one of the three New Testament canticles , in 1932. It is scored for contralto soloist, women's chorus, and an orchestra consisting of two flutes (the first player has a very ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Magnificat \Mag*nif"i*cat\, n. [L., it magnifies.] The song of the Virgin Mary, --Luke i. 46; -- so called because it commences with this word in the Vulgate.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1200, from Latin third person singular of magnificare (see magnificence ), from first words of the Virgin's hymn (Luke i:46, in Vulgate Magnificat anima mea dominum "My soul doth magnify the Lord") used as a canticle.
Usage examples of magnificat.
Matthew Passion, the John Passion, the Christmas Oratorio, the Magnificat, the Motets, and 25 of the Church Cantatas have been printed with English words.
The Magnificat was by far his favorite piece of music, rarely sung these days and never formally, because modern women did not have voices that encompassed the phenomenal range.
Lochevsky Magnificat immortalized by Hagar, a piece so demanding that most singers were forced to split its octaves between three voices.
I only had incense at high mass, and at the Magnificat, in my quality of foundress.
More to the point is the Magnificat, Collins, if I were making your specious argument.
I crowded out the Magnificat with a picture of Zaluski and Gertrude Morley.
Old Testament passages, and, from the New Testament, the Magnificat, the Benedictus and the Nunc dimittis, are admitted as psalms.
Among his greater works are ninety-three masses, a very large number of motettes, forty-five hymns for the whole year, sixty-eight offertories, and a large number of litanies, magnificats and madrigals.
They are known by their opening words in Latin: the Magnificat (1:46-54), the Benedictus (1:68-79), the Gloria in excelsis (2:14), and the Nunc dimittis (2:29-32).
In the Anglican Book of Common Prayer and the Roman Catholic Divine Office, the Benedictus appears in the morning service and the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in the evening service.
They are known by their opening words in Latin: the Magnificat (1:46- 54), the Benedictus (1:68-79), the Gloria in excelsis (2:14), and the Nunc dimittis (2:29-32).