Twelve Various Folk Songs WoO 157-4

🎼🎶 Friday, April 30, 2021
Among Beethoven’s folksong settings is this lovely arrangement of “O sanctissima”, also known as the “Prayer of the Sicilian Mariners”.
O sanctissima, o piissima,
dulcis Virgo Maria!
Mater amata, intemerata,
ora, ora pro nobis.
O most holy, o most loving,
sweet Virgin Mary!
Beloved Mother, undefiled,
pray, pray for us.
Beethoven ‐ Twelve Various Folksongs, WoO 157, No 4, “O Sanctissima”
Beethoven ‐ Twelve Various Folksongs, WoO 157, No 4, “O Sanctissima”
  • John Scialdone
    published this page in Daily Beethoven 2021-04-30 09:57:14 -0400

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