Alma Redemptoris Mater | Alma Redemptoris Mater

Alma Redemptoris Mater

Language: Latin

Our translations: 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.

Text Authorship:

by Bible or other Sacred Texts [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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 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
- View the full text. [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lau Kanen) , "Milde Moeder van de Redder"

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-01-28
Line count: 9
Word count: 37