Oritur vir beatus
TYPE | 1 - Chant-like Melody |
TOPIC | Religious |
TUNE STRUCTURE | motivic |
VERSE STRUCTURE | 1v 3l |
KEY SIGNATURE | Mode 2 |
TONAL CENTRE | D |
INCIPIT | GAB♭CGB♭AGAB♭CG |
GENRE | Antiphon |
TEXT SOURCE | Christchurch Antiphonary: Office of St Patrick TCD MS 79, f. 160v |
TUNE SOURCE | as above |
FIRST LINE | Oritur vir beatus |
NOTATED INCIPIT |
Oritur vir beatus in tabernaculorum campoac nutritur in Nemphor oppido.
The holy man was born in ‘the field of tents’ and reared in the town of Nemphor.