Alma Redemptoris Mater (Johannes Ockeghem)
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- CPDL #3097:
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- Editor: Pothárn Imre (added 2001-11-29). Score information: 92 kbytes Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Original pitch, suitable for ATTB
CPDL #10778: 
Finale-2005
- Editor: Adam P. Cole (added 2006-01-15). Score information: Letter, 5 pages, 142 kbytes Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: Transposed up a minor third from original for mixed SATB performance
General Information
Title: Alma Redemptoris Mater
Composer: Johannes Ockeghem
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: ATTB, SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motets
Language: Latin
Instruments: none, a cappella
Published:
Description: Marian antiphon, Christmas season
External websites:
Original text and translations
Original text:
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.
Translation(s):
English translation
Sweet Mother of our Redeemer,
gate whereby we enter heaven,
and star of the sea:
help thy falling people who long to rise.
Thou who bore thy holy Creator,
as nature marveled,
virgin both before and after receiving that "Ave" from the mouth of Gabriel:
have mercy on us sinners.
Additonal notes
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Translation supplied by The St. Ann Choir, directed by William Mahrt.