Alma redemptoris mater [028]

Giovanthomaso Cimello

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AR028 Alma redemptoris mater 4 vv ; 2.p. Tu que genuisti 4 vv

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[1] Alma redemptoris mater

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

S-C4; A-C4; T-C4; B-F4. Voci pari. Range, F-f’. Chant (App. 1) is intact at the beginning of textual phrases but exhibits freedom as the voices unfold. Chant permeates the imitative contrapuntal texture at the beginning of each pars with delayed entrances but thereafter within a continuous fabric. Combination of melismatic and syllabic styles prevails. Final F, b♭ signature.

[2] Tu que genuisti

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

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Giovanthomaso Cimello - 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

[Concentuum qui vulgo motetta nuncupantur liber primus]

Lucario, G. G., 1987, Concentuum qui vulgo motetta nuncupantur liber primus: Venice, 1547, New York.
(n° 16)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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