The Rose That Bare Jesu |SATB Chorus|5.5
Notes from the publisher
Ron Kean has made this famous 14th century English Christmas poem magical.
An enchanted and delightfully charmed sense of mystery overwhelms the listener from the start. A delicate dance ensues and merges themes and text.
Jonathan Talberg has selected this medium-difficult piece for his series which caters to college and community choirs.
There Is No Rose Of Such Virtue
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There is no rose of such vertu
As is the rose that bare Jesu;
Alleluia.
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For in this rose contained was
Heaven and earth in little space;
Res miranda (beautiful).
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By that rose we may well see
That he is God in persons three.
The angels sungen the shepherds to:
Gloria in excelsis deo:
Gaudeamus (Let us rejoice this day).
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Leave we all this wearldly mirth,
And follow we this joyful birth;
Transeamus (cross over).
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