Alma redemptoris mater [011]

Giovanni Matteo Asola

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AR011 Alma redemptoris mater 4 vv ; [2.p] Tu quae genuisti 4 vv

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[1] Alma redemptoris mater

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C-C1; A-2; T-C3; B-F3. Slightly paraphrased chant (App. 1) in T primarily presented in semibreves as a cantus firmus with limited melodic influence (“alma” in A and C) upon other voices. Textual phrases are defined by chant with complementary cadential points; phrases are introduced in homorhythmic style. Text set in declamatory style with occasional short melismas. Final F, b♭ signature.

[2] Tu quae genuisti

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

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Giovanni Matteo Asola - 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.

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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