Alma redemptoris mater [094]

Francesco Soriano

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AR094 Alma redemptoris mater 4 vv

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Alma redemptoris mater

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

C-G2; A-C1; T-C3; B-F4. “Alma” intonation (T) differs from App. 1 but identical to that in AR005. No reference to chant within the thirty-measure homorhythmic setting in which textural phrases are clearly defined. Emphasis upon declamatory style reflects influence of the Council of Trent reforms promoted by Cardinals Carlo Borromeo and Vitello Vitellozzo. Final F, b♭ signature.

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CPDL 28416 [Choral Public Domain Library]

Associated people

Francesco Soriano - Composer

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Sung texts

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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. 443-4)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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