Alma Redemptoris Mater
Language: Latin
Available translation(s): DUT ENG ENG FIN
Alma Redemptoris Mater,
Quae pervia coeli 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.
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Alma Redemptoris Mater" [ unison chorus ], Gregorian chant, 13th century [sung text checked 1 time]
- by David Matthews (b. 1943), "Alma redemptoris mater", op. 66 no. 2, published 1997 [ mezzo-soprano and tenor,chorus and orchestra ], from Vespers, no. 2, London : Faber [sung text not yet checked]
- by Johannes Ockeghem (1410?25 - 1497), "Alma Redemptoris Mater" [ chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525?6 - 1594), "Alma redemptoris mater", 1582 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Adriaan Willaert (c1490 - 1562), "Alma Redemptoris Mater" [ vocal sextet a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Josquin des Prez (c1440 - 1521), "Alma redemptoris mater / Ave regina caelorum" [ four-part chorus ], note: the top & bottom voices sing Alma redemptoris, the middle 2 voices sing Ave regina
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "Milde Moeder van de Redder"
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Dear mother of our redeemer", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (David Wyatt) , "Hail mother of the Redeemer", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Vapahtajan rakastava Äiti", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-28
Line count: 9
Word count: 37
Dear mother of our redeemer
Language: English  after the Latin
Dear mother of our redeemer,
Who remain the open gate of heaven
And star of the sea, come to the help of your failing
People who try to rise up.
You who bore your own holy Creator,
As Nature stood amazed,
Virgin both before and after,
Who took up that "Hail!" from the lips of Gabriel,
Have pity on a sinner.
Authorship:
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This text was added to the website: 2012-10-25
Line count: 9
Word count: 61