"Battle of Lepanto" is up on YouTube! (Patreon)

"Battle of Lepanto" is a song commissioned by one of our fans, Eryn Huntington and several of her friends.  We hope you enjoy it:)  

Song Description: 

We wrote this piece in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary under her titles of: Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, Our Lady of Victory, and Our Lady of Guadalupe.  The Battle of Lepanto was Oct 7, 1571.  The piece begins with string tones inspired from a charting of Our Lady of Guadalupe's Tilma. Next follows a motif from a hymn "O Queen of the Holy Rosary" sounded by a clarinet.  (The piece ends with this same motif).  Next begins the Gregorian chant "Ave Maria".  This is paused to begin the historic content of the piece. We used lyrics from G.K. Chesterton's "Lepanto" as the body of the pieces to drive the story forward.  

We made the refrain from various prayers or sayings. "Confugimus, Sancta Dei Genitrix, and Sub Tuum Praesidium" are all phrases within a very ancient prayer to the Blessed Virgin that begins "Sub Tuum Praesidium".  The words "Signum Magnum" appear in the book of the Apocalypse (Revelation) 12:1 - "And a great sign appeared in heaven" and is used as the introit from the Mass of the Assumption (Aug. 15). The words "in hoc signum vinces" are taken from a vision that Constantine had before taking Constantinople: "In this sign you shall conquer".  While in his case, the sign was the cross, we wanted to demonstrate that in this battle, and in our lives, it is by the sign of Our Lady that we shall conquer...specifically the Rosary.    The entire translation of the Latin refrain is as follows: Confugimus - We fly unto thee Sancta Dei Genitrix - Holy Mother of God Signum Magnum - A great sign In hoc signum vinces - by this sign, you shall conquer  Confugimus Sub tuum praesidium - Under thy protection Guadalupe - (A title of Our Lady taken from a word that means "one who will crush the serpent's head) In hoc signum vinces  

In the verse "Galleys clash..." we wanted to show that we are still fighting for our souls through our prayers to Our Lady.  "Fingers worn now draw forth their beads" - We specifically thought of the prayers of the religious, whose fingers are worn not so much from toil so to speak, but from rigorous prayer.

Happy Feast of the Holy Rosary!

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