Alma redemptoris mater [006]

Felice Anerio

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AR006 Alma redemptoris mater 3 vv

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Alma redemptoris mater

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C I-G2; C II-C1; T-C4. “Alma” intonation (C1). Chant (App. 1) introduces textual phrases in CI: “redemptoris mater,” (semibreves, mm. 1-5); “quae…coeli,” mm. 5-8; “et stella,” m. 10; “succurre cadenti,” (C I, C II, T, imitation), mm. 15-18; “surgere…populo,” mm. 20-3; and “tu…genuisti,” 23-5. C II and T coupled in thirds for melismas associated with “mater” (mm. 3-5) and “stella,” (mm. 12-4); on the other hand, a homorhythmic texture with independent voices characterizes “succure…populo,” mm. 18-22 and “Virgo…ore,” mm. 36-41. The final textual phrase, “peccatorum miserere,” is restated with voice exchange of C I and C II and repetition of T (mm. 44-51). Final F, b♭ signature.

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CPDL 27885 [Choral Public Domain Library]

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Felice Anerio - 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

[Musica divina, sive Thesaurus concentuum selectissimarum omni cultui divino totius anni, juxta ritum sanctae ecclesiae catholicae inservientium]

Proske, C. (éd.), 1853, Musica divina, sive Thesaurus concentuum selectissimarum omni cultui divino totius      anni, juxta ritum sanctae ecclesiae catholicae inservientium, Ratisbonne.
(pp. 453-456)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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