Alma redemptoris mater [014]

Lodovico Balbi

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AR014 Alma redemptoris mater 4 vv

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Alma redemptoris mater

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C-G2; A-C2; T-C3; B-C4. High clefs. Entire range, c-g’’. Abbreviated “Alma” intonation (T). Brief chant quotations accompany “surgere” (B, T, A, C, mm. 14-5), “virgo prius” (C, mm. 34-6) and ”peccatorum” (B, mm. 38-9). A passage of invertible counterpoint (T/B=A/C, mm. 1-5) introduces “redemptoris mater.” Except for brief imitative segments (e.g., “quae pervia,” mm. 5-6, and “surgere,” mm. 14-5), a continuous texture of overlapping textural phrases with independent voices defines the antiphon. A syllabic text setting prevails in this succinct motet (41 mm). Final C.

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Lodovico Balbi - 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

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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