Alma Redemptoris Mater (Guillaume Dufay)

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CPDL #23016:  

Editor: John Hetland (submitted 2011-01-17).   Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 123 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Translation, text underlay and musica ficta by John Hetland and The Renaissance Street Singers.

General Information

Title: Alma Redemptoris Mater
Composer: Guillaume Dufay

Number of voices: 3vv   Voicing: ATB

Genre: Sacred, Antiphon

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published:

Description: Marian Antiphon from Advent to February 1.

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Original text and translations

Latin text 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.

English translation Gracious mother of the redeemer, who remains the passable gate of heaven, and star of the sea, hasten to help the falling people which tries to rise: You who have borne, nature marveling, your holy begetter: Virgin before and afterward, from the mouth of Gabriel receiving that "Hail," have mercy upon sinners.