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Candida virginitas
Staff Notation • Sacred, Motets
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Candida virginitas by Eustache Barbion — Lyrics
Candida virginitas paradisi cara colonis
ortus conclusus florenti cespite vernans
cui merito mundus celebrat preconia totus mundus.
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About Candida virginitas
Candida virginitas celebrates the purity and beauty of virginity, likened to a closed garden, a place of delight for those in paradise. The text speaks of how the world rightly praises this virtue, for it was virginity that merited the conception of Christ. This sacred motet is set for a five-part choir (SATTB) in Latin. Eustache Barbion's composition likely reflects the devotional and artistic spirit of the Renaissance, offering a rich sonic setting for this Marian text.
