Alma redemptoris mater [103]

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AR103 Alma redemptoris mater 5 vv ; [2.p.] Tu quae genuisti 5 vv

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Motet

Projects

Catalogue of Polyphonic Marian Antiphons

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Alma redemptoris mater

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[1] Alma redemptoris mater

Polyphonic ensemble SATTB

C-G2; A-C2; T I-C3; T II-C3; B-F3. High clefs. Entire range, A-f’’. Initial pitches of textual phrases replicate or are modeled upon chant (App. 1) and permeate the imitative contrapuntal fabric. To provide unity similar motivic material accompanies “redemptoris,” “que pervia caeli,” “porta manes” and “ac posterius.” Victoria recognizes the fourfold structure of his model with full cadences after section I (“manes”) and section III (“genitorem”); section IV (“Virgo prius”) is set apart by use of breves for each syllable. The 2.p. begins with paired imitation between C/A and T II/B. Declamatory text setting combines syllabic and melismatic styles. Final F, b♭ signature.

[2] Tu quae genuisti

Polyphonic ensemble SATTB

Description

External link:
CPDL 17335 [Choral Public Domain Library]

Associated people

Tomás Luis de Victoria - Composer

Creation place and date

No information.

Associated sources

[CENSUS NYorkP 4302] US-NYp Mus. Res. Drexel 4302 (Sambrook book) [30]
[RISM A I, V-1421] Motecta que partim quaternis, Gardano, 1572 [19]
[RISM A I, V-1422] Motecta quae partim, Gardano, 1583 [22]
[RISM A I, V-1423] Motecta quae partim, Tini, 1589 [22]
[RISM A I, V-1424] Cantiones sacrae Thomae Ludovici, Mayer, 1589 [22]
[RISM A I, V-1425] Motecta que partim quaternis, Gardano, 1603 [22]
[RISM A I, V-1427] Liber primus qui missas psalmos magnificat, Gardano, 1576 [13]
[RISM A I, V-1430] Thomae Ludovici a Victoria Abulensisi cantica B, Zannetti, 1581 [17]
[RISM B I, 1609-01] Florilegium sacrarum cantionum quinque vocum, Phalèse, 1609

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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

[Hübsch, 1955, vol. 8]

Hübsch, H., 1955, Die Marianischen Antiphone von Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Orlando di Lasso, Tomaso Ludovico da Vittoria., Heidelberg.

(n° 9)

[Thomae Ludovici Victoria Abulensis]

Victoria, T. L. de, 1911, Thomae Ludovici Victoria Abulensis : opera omnia, Pedrell F. (éd.), Lipsiae.

(pp. 68-72)

[Victoria, 1965, vol. 26]

Victoria, T. L. de, 1965, Opera omnia (Victoria, Tomás Luis de), Anglès H. et Pedrell F. (éd.), Roma.

(n° 14)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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