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Magnificat
Magnificat Latin for ‘magnifies’, the first word of the canticle or psalm of Mary (Luke 1: 46–55) expressing her joy at being chosen to be the mother of Jesus. There is, however, a suggestion, based on references in the Fathers, and a few Latin MSS evidence, that some in the early Church regarded the poem as that of
Elizabeth, the mother of
John the Baptist. Moreover, the transition in verse 56 is strange: ‘with her’ would be the more natural expression if Elizabeth was the speaker. This is not generally accepted by scholars, but it is widely recognized that the poem is modelled on the song of Hannah rejoicing over the birth of
Samuel (1 Sam. 2: 1–10). This is Mary's song of praise as she realizes her destiny and she speaks words typical of the pious poor of certain of the psalms (e.g. Ps. 37). Luke through Mary gives an advance interpretation of the birth of Jesus whose message will continue in this gospel to be a ministry to the poor (4: 18).
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Magnificat: serving the Church as a point of unity for women. (Lay Movements XVI).
Magazine article from: Catholic Insight; 11/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...46) is the beginning of Mary's Magnificat. The entire scene of the Visitation...with a love for Mary and the Church. Magnificat was begun by a group of Catholic women...took place on October 7, 1981. While Magnificat began under the auspices of the Archdiocese...
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Orlando di Lasso's Imitation Magnificats for Counter-Reformation Munich.
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 9/22/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Lasso's "imitation" Magnificats (i.e., those composed...paragraph, "the imitation Magnificat was neither timesaving...101 settings of the Magnificat reliably credited to...sixteenth-century Magnificat, with its idiosyncratic...particularly in the Magnificats of Tone Seven - that...
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Ballet Magnificat! comes to Yuma.
Newspaper article from: Sun (Yuma, AZ); 8/28/2007; 699 words
; ...Pam M. Smith Aug. 28--Ballet Magnificat! Omega, a professional faith ministry...have studied and performed with Ballet Magnificat! Omega. For this show, Deidre Craig...her teacher introduced her to Ballet Magnificat!" "Deidre also trained at Joffrey...
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World-Renowned Ballet Magnificat! at NorthRidge Church, Plymouth, MI.
PR Newswire; 4/17/2006; 632 words
; ...the world have experienced Ballet Magnificat! With world-class dance and powerful performances, Ballet Magnificat! ministers through exciting life...Since its creation in 1986, Ballet Magnificat! has earned an international reputation...
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Magnificat Times Three: A Baroque Treasury
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 10/14/2003; ; 624 words
; ...vocal settings of the Magnificat and a Bach organ fugue based on a plainchant Magnificat melody. But it was one...One of them, Bach's Magnificat in D, is among the most...The other two, the Magnificats in C of Johann Kuhnau...
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`Magnificat,' Finding Its Place; Nicholas White's New Work Benefits From Cathedral's Acoustics
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 6/16/1997; ; 629 words
; ...Nicholas White's exhilarating "Magnificat." The trip allowed the choir to be...He is also, on the evidence of the "Magnificat," a choral composer of highly developed...passages; the repeated shouts of "Magnificat" at the beginning produce a loud...
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Magnificat/Dixit Dominus
Magazine article from: Fanfare; 5/1/2008; ; 492 words
; BACH Magnificat. HANDEL Dixit Dominus * Emmanuelle...Handel's Dixit Dominus and Bach's Magnificat represent the two oft-compared composers...Dixit is as extravagant as Bach's Magnificat is controlled. The two pieces are such...
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QLD: Magnificat parties urged to compromise
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 10/13/1999; 357 words
; ...News (Australia) 10-13-1999 QLD: Magnificat parties urged to compromise BRISBANE...silly piece of litigation" themselves. Magnificat Meal Movement guiding force Debra Geileskey...would be highly unlikely to dislodge the Magnificat Meal Movement from the premises" for...
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QLD: Magnificat parties urged to compromise =2
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 10/13/1999; 521 words
; ...News (Australia) 10-13-1999 QLD: Magnificat parties urged to compromise =2 The...The Geileskeys were directors of the Magnificat Meal Movement and, together with another...Mrs Geileskey became reluctant for the Magnificat Meal Movement to proceed with it. Debra...
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QLD: Quiet night at Magnificat s Helidon HQ
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 9/9/1999; 316 words
; ...09-09-1999 QLD: Quiet night at Magnificat s Helidon HQ The ninth day of the ninth...the international headquarters of the Magnificat Meal Movement, despite fears of a mass...Catholic martyr JOAN OF ARC. About 80 Magnificat Meal Movement members spent yesterday...
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Magnificat
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Magnificat a canticle used in Christian liturgy, especially at vespers and evensong...the Virgin Mary (Luke 1:46–55). The literal meaning of Magnificat in Latin is ‘magnifies’, and the opening words...
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magnificat
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
magnificat the canticle beginning ‘ Magnificat anima mea Dominum’ My soul doth magnify the Lord (Luke 1: 46); 3rd pers. sg. pres. ind. of L. magnificāre MAGNIFY .
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Tomás Luis de Victoria
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...reputation with the broad public that knows nothing of his Magnificats, hymns, sequences, psalms, antiphons, and 20 Masses...cadencing on the dominant. In 1600 he published Missae, Magnificat, motecta, psalmi, & alia, which consists very largely...
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Pärt, Arvo
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
...1991); Te Deum , 3 ch., pf., tape, str. (1984–5, rev. 1986); 7 Magnificat Antiphons , unacc. ch. (1988, rev. 1991); Magnificat , unacc. ch. (1989); Nun eile ich zu euch , unacc. ch. or soloists (1989); Miserere...
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Browne, John
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Browne, John ( fl. c. 1490). Eng. composer. Eton Choirbook contained 11 antiphons and 4 Magnificats attrib. to him, of which 9 antiphons and part of a Magnificat remain. His six-voice setting of Stabat Mater is highly esteemed.
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