Alma redemptoris mater [013]

Giovanni Matteo Asola

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AR013 Alma redemptoris mater 6 vv

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Alma redemptoris mater

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C-G2; Sx-C1; A-C2; T-C3; Q-C3; B-C4. T and Q share similar range (f-g’). High clefs. Entire range, c-f’’. Chant, cast as longa and semibreves, introduces “Alma” (Sx) supported by two related motives (T & B, mm. 1-3); the introductory material is repeated with chant in A and related motives in C and Q (mm. 3-6).[1] Plainsong also concords with the initial pitches of “Tu quae genuisti” (T & B, mm. 25-9). With an emphasis upon vertical and harmonic elements, Asola has created structural clarity in Alma redemptoris mater; textual phrases are differentiated through texture, cadential patterns and contrast of full-voice and reduced voice textures.

mm. 1-43-66-1313-1717-19
Almaredemptoris…manensEt stella marissuccure cadenti
Sx,T,BC,Sx,A,QFullFullC,Q,T
19-2122-2525-2828-3030-3333-37
surgere…populoTu genuistinatural mirantetuum…genitorem
A,T,Q,BFullC,A,QSx,T,Q,BFullC,Sx,A,Q
37-4242-4545-4747-4949-51
Virgo…posteriusGabrielis…oresumens…ave
FullC,Sx,TA,T,Q,BC,Sx,QA,T,Q,B
51-353-63
peccatorum miserere
C,Sx,Q,BFull

Syllabic text setting prevails. Final C

1. A similar procedure introduces Asola’s Regina coeli (RC013); identical pitches define the chant and the initial pitches of the supporting motives.

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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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Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

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