The Magnificat, in which Mary praises God, is one such element.

Mary is a representation ( Typus ) of the Church and in the Magnificat, Mary spoke for the whole Church.

Monteverdi, himself a singer, is documented as taking part in performances of his Magnificat with one voice per part.

The Magnificat, based on is one of four well known Gospel canticles: the Benedictus and the Magnificat in the first chapter, and the Gloria in Excelsis and the Nunc dimittis in the second chapter of Luke, which are now an integral part of the Christian liturgical tradition.

The Magnificat is one of the eight most ancient Christian hymns and perhaps the earliest Marian hymn.

In both released versions, the sequence is set to the music of " Passacaglia " ( from Magnificat ), composed and conducted by Krzysztof Penderecki.

The Magnificat is always preceded and followed by an antiphon.

On all feasts, of whatever rite, the second part of Vespers, that is, the capitulum, hymn, antiphon of the " Magnificat ", is taken from the Sanctorale.

* The Magnificat, preceded and followed with an antiphon, is then sung.

It terminates, as Matins formerly terminated, and Lauds at present terminates, by a lection, or reading, from the Gospel, or canticum evangelii, which, for Vespers, is always the " Magnificat ".

There are, however, a few exceptions, as in some liturgies the " Magnificat " is sung at Lauds ( cf.

The Magnificat ( Latin: soul magnifies ) — also known as the Song of Mary or the Canticle of Mary — is a canticle frequently sung ( or spoken ) liturgically in Christian church services.

When Elizabeth praises Mary for her faith, Mary sings what is now known as the Magnificat in response.

Along with the Benedictus, as well as several Old Testament canticles, the Magnificat is included in the Book of Odes, an ancient liturgical collection found in some manuscripts of the Septuagint.

Within Christianity, the Magnificat is most frequently recited within the Liturgy of the Hours.

In Western Christianity, the Magnificat is most often sung or recited during the main evening prayer service: Vespers within Roman Catholicism and Lutheranism, and Evening Prayer ( or Evensong ) within Anglicanism.

In Eastern Christianity, the Magnificat is usually sung at Sunday Matins.

The original language of the Magnificat is Koine Greek, the language of the New Testament.

) In Anglican, Lutheran, and Roman Catholic services, the Magnificat is generally followed by the Gloria Patri.

In Eastern Orthodox worship, the Magnificat is usually sung during the Matins service before the Irmos of the ninth ode of the canon.

As the Magnificat is part of the sung Vespers, many composers, starting with the Renaissance, set the words, for example Claudio Monteverdi in his Vespers for the Blessed Virgin, 1610.

Together with the Nunc dimittis, the Magnificat is a regular part of the Anglican Evensong.

In Nicaragua, the Magnificat is a favourite prayer among many peasants and is often carried as an amulet.

The so-called holy minimalists are represented by Arvo Pärt, whose Johannespassion and Magnificat have received regular performances ; John Tavener ( Song for Athene ) and Henryk Gorecki ( Totus Tuus ) share this label.

The final " Hail Mary " can also be replaced by reciting of either the Magnificat, or Martin Luther's " Evangelical praise of the Mother of God ".

The film followed an Etonian, Alex Stobbs, a musician with cystic fibrosis, as he worked toward conducting the difficult Magnificat by Johann Sebastian Bach.

When the angel Gabriel tells Mary that she will bear a son conceived by the Holy Spirit, she responds with the Magnificat, a prayer of joy.

Mary writing the Magnificat, by Marie Ellenrieder, 1833

Gerard Manley Hopkins, one of the romantic poets, was very keen on the plant as revealed by these lines of his poem " May Magnificat "

The Magnificat has also been covered by Richard Wu in the album " Let Morning Shine ".

* Exegesis and Sermon Study of Luke 1: 46-55: The Magnificat, by Curtis A. Jahn

Some of the most famous pieces of this period are the Magnificat by Manuel Dias de Oliveira and the Our Lady's Antiphon by Lobo de Mesquita.

In a room in the back, there is a beam with the “ Magnificat ” a speech by the Virgin Mary, in Latin and in reverse.

The result was the Te Deum and Jubilate of the service known as Collegium Regale, performed in 1944, followed the following year by the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, and completed in 1956 by the Office of Holy Communion.

Important projects have included the complete psalms sung by cathedral choirs to Anglican chant, all of the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis settings by Herbert Howells and, more recently, all the hymns in the English Hymnal.

Gradually over the centuries, the verses of the Biblical Canticles were omitted ( except for the Magnificat ) and only the composed troparia were read, linked to the original canticles by an Irmos.

( For higher notes see, for example, the treble solo at the beginning of Stanford's Magnificat in G, David Willcocks ' descant to Mendelssohn's tune for the carol Hark, the Herald Angels Sing, the even higher treble solo from Gregorio Allegri's " Miserere ", and the treble part in the Nunc Dimittis from Tippett's Evening Canticles written for St John's College, Cambridge ) Many trebles are also able to reach higher notes by use of the whistle register but this practice is rarely called for in performance.

The occurrence of Cornysh's Magnificat ( in the same style as the Eton works ) falls nearly two decades after the death of the older Cornysh, and thus is far more likely the work of the younger Cornysh, by then by far one of the country's most important musicians.

The Magnificat settings preserved uniquely in manuscript in Madrid are often held to have been the " swansongs " that according to Cardan won his pardon ; according to this story, Charles was so moved by these Magnificat settings that he let Gombert go early.

The image at Mount Sinai succeeds in combining two aspects of Mary described in the Magnificat, her humility and her exaltation above other humans, and has the Hand of God above, up to which the archangels look.

* Then the participants sing the Magnificat — the canticle of the Blessed Virgin Mary from the Gospel of Luke I: 46-55.

Müntzer can be viewed as a father of liberation theology, in that he interpreted the Magnificat – “ he raised the lowly ” – as Mary ’ s critique of the existing social order.

* a canticle taken from the Gospel of Luke: the Canticle of Zechariah ( Benedictus ) for morning prayer, and the Canticle of Mary ( Magnificat ) for evening prayer

As Mother of God, Mary is more than a messenger and in her Magnificat she praises God.

For similar reasons, Mary, because her prophetic pronouncements in the Magnificat is Queen of Prophets.

Mary Virgin " ( Luke 1: 46-55 ), commonly known as the " Magnificat " ( from its first word ).

" After Mary heard Elisabeth's blessing, she spoke the words now known as the Magnificat ().

* A prayer said daily by members of the Legion of Mary, consisting mainly of the Magnificat

Compère also wrote several settings of the Magnificat ( the hymn of praise to the Virgin Mary, from the first chapter of the Gospel of Luke ), as well as numerous short motets.

Mary offers a prayer of jubilation-the Magnificat, about the mighty deeds of God.

The Magnificat hymn ( song of the Virgin Mary ) is one of the 8 most ancient Christian hymns and author Marjorie Reeves states that it is perhaps the earliest Christian hymn.

Some hymns to Mary are also included in the Evangelical Lutheran Worship hymnal, e. g. hymn number 251 is " My Soul Proclaims Your Greatness ", which is based on the Magnificat and hymn 419 is " For All the Faithful Women " in which the first stanza includes: " We honor faithful Mary, fair maiden, full of grace ".