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

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.

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

Another example of tailoring to the forces available is the fact that the collection includes two versions of the Magnificat, one of which is scored for a smaller group of musicians than the other.

The Magnificat, in, is spoken by Mary and is one of the 8 most ancient Christian hymns and perhaps the earliest Marian hymn.

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.

Each is written in one of the church modes, and consists of a cycle of short motets, with the individual motets based on successive verses of the Magnificat text.

He wrote many masses, some of spectacular difficulty, most likely written for the expert papal choir ; he wrote over 100 motets ; and he wrote 18 settings of the Magnificat, and at least five settings of the Lamentations of Jeremiah ( one of which survives from a single manuscript in Mexico ).

Many composers have set the text to music, usually coupled in the Anglican church with the Magnificat, as both the Magnificat and the Nunc dimittis are sung ( or said ) during the Anglican service of Evening Prayer according to the Book of Common Prayer, 1662, in which the older offices of Vespers ( Evening Prayer ) and Compline ( Night Prayer ) were deliberately merged into one service, with both Gospel Canticles employed.

Thus, due to this emphasis on prayer in the early church, lengthy passages of the New Testament are prayers or canticles ( see also the Book of Odes ), such as the Prayer for forgiveness (), the Lord's Prayer, the Magnificat (), the Benedictus (), Jesus ' prayer to the one true God (), Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ (), the Believers ' Prayer (), may this cup be taken from me (), Pray that you will not fall into temptation (), Saint Stephen's Prayer (), Simon Magus ' Prayer (), pray that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men (), Maranatha.

In the realm of sacred music Demantius wrote motets, masses, Magnificat settings, psalm settings, hymns, and a splendid setting of the St. John Passion, one of the most significant passion settings of the late Renaissance.

* Two canticles, one after each of the lessons, usually the Magnificat and the Nunc dimittis, each concluding with the Gloria Patri.

The Magnificat and Nunc dimittis may both be used, or one of them may be used, or an alternative canticle may be used.

His known work also includes a setting of the Magnificat, 7 motets ( including one Stabat Mater ), 4 antiphons, 8 hymns, and 18 villancicos, but it is highly probable that his authorship is hidden among the many anonymous works of the Portuguese and Spanish renaissance manuscripts.

The song is mentioned, along with " Auld Lang Syne ", " Kathleen Mavourneen " and " Magnificat ," in " Bone of Song " on Josh Ritter's 2003 album Hello Starling as one of the implied pillars of songwriting.

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.

* Nicolas Gombert, Magnificat 1, etc., Oxford Camerata, Naxos 8. 557732

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.

( The Book of Common Prayer allows for an alternative to the Magnificat — the Cantate Domino, Psalm 98 — and modern Anglican rubrics generally allow for a wider selection of canticles, but the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis remain the most popular.

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.

Gombert's eight settings of the Magnificat, the ones that may have won him his pardon, are among his most famous works.

Carpentras composed several masses, numerous settings of the Magnificat, psalm settings, hymns, motets, and secular songs, as well as many settings of the Lamentations, which were his most famous work both during his lifetime and until 1587 when Palestrina was commissioned by the Counter-Reformation church to replace them.

However, a set of six settings of the Magnificat, attributed to " Rubino ", are most likely his.

In addition, Leonhardt recorded Bach's St Matthew Passion, Mass in B minor, Magnificat, and the complete secular cantatas, as well as the harpsichord concertos, Brandenburg concertos, and most of his chamber and keyboard music ; he recorded Bach's Goldberg Variations ( three times ), Partitas ( twice ), The Art of Fugue ( twice ), The Well-Tempered Clavier, French Suites, English Suites ( twice ), Inventions and Sinfonias, and many other individual works for the harpsichord, clavichord, or organ.

The most performed of his compositions are probably the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis in E minor, liturgical pieces written for use in the Church of England service of Evensong.

Recordings include those by the Choir of Winchester Cathedral ; the Tallis Scholars, the National Youth Choir of Great Britain, the Oxford Camerata ; the Choirs of King's and St John's Colleges, Cambridge ; The Sixteen ; The Clerkes of Oxenford ; Cantillation ; Huelgas Ensemble ; Philip Cave's Magnificat ; and, most recently ( 2006 ), by the British male a cappella group, the King's Singers.

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.

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.

The three canticles Benedictus, Nuc Dimittis and the Magnificat, if not originating with Luke himself, may have their roots in the earliest Christian liturgical services in Jerusalem, but their exact origins remain unknown.

In addition to metrical versions of all 150 psalms, the volume included versified versions of the Apostles ' Creed, the Magnificat, and other biblical passages or Christian texts, as well as several non-scriptural versified prayers and a long section of prose prayers largely drawn from the English Forme of Prayers used in Geneva.

The O Antiphons are Magnificat antiphons used at Vespers of the last seven days of Advent in Western Christian traditions.

For the next seventeen years, Charpentier composed a considerable quantity of vocal works for her, among them Psalm settings, hymns, motets, a Magnificat setting, a mass and a Dies Irae for the funeral of her nephew Louis Joseph, Duke of Guise, and a succession of Italianate oratorios set to non-liturgical Latin texts.

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.

However, his hymns and Magnificat settings are the earliest known published French organ collections, and he is regarded as the first composer of the French organ school.

Gaffurius wrote masses, motets, settings of the Magnificat, and hymns, mainly during his Milan years.

Peñalosa wrote masses, Magnificat settings, motets and hymns.

His sacred vocal-instrumental music is in the center of the compositions-over 20 masses, 4 extensive oratoria and requiems, 2 Magnificat and Te Deum settings, 13 litanies, many psalms, hymns, antiphons and other similar works comprise his legacy.

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 ".