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Puer natus est nobis

"" (A child 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".

Musical settings

The melody was used by composers as a Cantus firmus, an example being the 1554 Missa Puer natus est nobis by Thomas Tallis.

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