Alma redemptoris mater (Andreas de Silva)

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• (Posted 2017-07-21)  CPDL #45544:     

Editor: Mick Swithinbank (submitted 2017-07-21).   Score information: A4, 16 pages, 106 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transposed down a minor third; otherwise as in the source except for one note altered in the Contratenor part in bar 125.

General Information

Title: Alma redemptoris mater
Composer: Andreas de Silva
Lyricist:

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicings: SAATT or ATTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet, Votive antiphon

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

    Manuscript 1522 in Biblioteca Capitolare di Padua MS A.17, no. 115
    Manuscript 1520–1530 in I-MOd MS Mus.III, no. 61
First published: 1532 in Secundus liber cum quinque vocibus (Jacques Moderne), no. 1
    2nd published: 1534 in Motettorum, Book 3 (Pierre Attaingnant), no. 13
    3rd published: 1539 in Fior de mottetti secundus liber cum quinque vocibus (Antonio Gardano), no. 14
Description: A particularly charming setting of the well-known antiphon. The source has high clefs: G2, C3, C3, F3, F3.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Alma Redemptoris Mater.