Justine Koontz, Composer, Conductor

Choral Music

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Mirabile Mysterium
  • SATB divisi and piano
    Level: Advanced Ranges: Soprano: C4-G5 Alto: G3-Bb4 Tenor: F3-Ab4 Bass: G2-C4 Duration: 7'00" Price: $6.00 for initial setup + $1.50 per copy (PDF)
    • Program Notes:

    This Advent motet for SATB choir and piano sets a unique and rarely sung Latin text describing the birth of Jesus.

    Lyrics:

    Mirabile mysterium declaratur hodie:
    Innovantur naturae:
    Deus homo factus est.
    Id, quod fuit, permansit,
    et quod nonerat assumpsit:
    Non commixtionem passus,
    neque divisionem.

    Translation:
    Wonderful mystery revealed today:
    Natures are renewed:
    God is become man.
    That which he was remained,
    and what he was not he assumed:
    Suffering neither mixture nor division.

    Performers:

    Butler University Chorale, Dr. Eric Stark (Indianapolis, IN)
    Ignite Chamber Choir, Dorianna Holowachuk (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada)