Gregorian chant for Christmas Day
"" (A boy is born for us) is a Gregorian chant, the introit for Christmas Day. Thomas Tallis wrote a Christmas mass on the chant.
Text.
The text of the antiphon is taken from Isaiah 9:6, while the psalm verse is verse 1 from Psalm 98, "Sing a new song to the Lord".
 ;poem lang="la" style="float:left;" ;Puer natus est nobis,
et filius datus est nobis :
cuius imperium super humerum eius :
et vocabitur nomen eius, magni consilii angelus.
Cantate Domino canticum novum :
quia mirabilia fecit. ;/poem ;
 ;poem style="margin-left:1em; float:left;" ;A child is born to us,
and a Son is given to us:
Whose government is upon His shoulder:
and His Name shall be called, the Angel of Great Counsel.
Sing ye to the Lord a new canticle:
because He hath done wonderful things. ;/poem ;
Musical settings.
The melody was used by composers in contrafacta such as the Christmas mass by Thomas Tallis.
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