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

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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 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]

This text (or a part of it) is used in a work

• 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
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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