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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.
Text 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 Monica Houghton , "Alma Redemptoris Mater", 2009, first performed 2009 [ satb chorus ], from Four Antiphons of the Blessed Virgin, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- 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 Roxanna Panufnik (b. 1968), "Alma Redemptoris Mater", 2012, first performed 2012 [ chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]
- 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 [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-01-28
Line count: 9
Word count: 37
Vapahtajan rakastava Äiti, portti Taivaan tiellä ja meren tähti, riennä langenneiden avuksi sinä, joka pidät huolta kansastasi: Sinä, joka Luonnon ihmetellessä synnytit pyhän Luojasi, olit neitsyt sitä ennen ja jälkeen, ja kuulit Gabrielin suusta tervehdyksen "Ave", armahda meitä syntisiä.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Latin to Finnish (Suomi) copyright © 2010 by Erkki Pullinen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-28
Line count: 9
Word count: 39