Alma redemptoris mater [088]

Peter Philips

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AR088 Alma redemptoris mater 8 vv

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Alma redemptoris mater

Polyphonic ensemble SSAATTBBXX

Two equal choirs. S-G2; A-C2; T-C3; B-F3; Bc-F3. High clefs. Entire range, G-a’’. A Bc including the lowest B voice and the highest C voice was added in the second edition, (P 1976). Chant (App. 1) is evident only for the initial pitches of “alma” in Ch I and “quae pervia caeli” in Ch II where in both instances it permeates the texture. Choirs alternate textual phrases or restate phrases or partial phrases with a variety of interrelationships, each choir being harmonically independent. Phillips integrates imitative contrapuntal and homorhythmic textures complemented by a primarily declamatory text with a few melismas. Final F, b♭ signature.

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CPDL 24532 [Choral Public Domain Library]

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Peter Philips - Composer

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Alma redemptoris mater, quae pervia caeli porta manes
Et stella maris, succurre cadenti surgere qui curat populo:
Tu quae genuisti, natura mirante, tuum sanctum genitorem:
Virgo prius ac posterius, Gabrielis ab ore sumens illud, Ave, peccatorum miserere.

Bibliography

Modern editions

[Philips, 1992]

Philips, P., 1992, Cantiones Sacrae Octonis Vocibus (1613), Steele J. (éd.), London.
(n° 25)

[Sutkowski et Osostowicz-Sutkowska, 1965, vol. 5]

Sutkowski, A. et Osostowicz-Sutkowska, A., 1965, The Pelplin tablature, Warsaw.
(n° 279)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

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