Alma Dei creatoris, KV 272a (KV 277) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
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- CPDL #04266: Finale 2002
- Editor: David King (submitted 2002-12-03). Score information: A4, 14 pages, 632 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Full score.
- Possible error(s) identified. See the discussion page for full description.
- CPDL #04267: Finale 2002
- Editor: David King (submitted 2002-12-03). Score information: A4, 10 pages, 160 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Orchestra separate parts.
- CPDL #04265: Finale 2002
- Editor: David King (submitted 2002-12-03). Score information: A4, 14 pages, 592 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Vocal-keyboard score.
- Possible error(s) identified. See the discussion page for full description.
General Information
Title: Alma Dei creatoris, KV 272a (KV 277)
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet
Language: Latin
Instruments: 2 violins, cello, basso continuo
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Original text and translations
Latin text Alma Dei creatoris |
English translation The caring mother of God the Creator
There seems to be no source or model for this text in Scripture. "Sedet" appears to be used as in "sits <in judgment>" (cf. Dies Irae: "Iudex ergo cum sedebit"). The point of the last words is not clear; other interpretations may apply (but alternative interpretations considered seemed equally awkward). The metrical pattern is highly unusual. The first stanza is in the standard pattern of a Gregorian hymn (for example, the "Stabat Mater Dolorosa"): two trochaic lines that rhyme, followed by a third line that lacks the final unstressed syllable. The second stanza should be identical in form. But it is truncated; what should be a second rhyming line is omitted. This is unprecedented and appears unique. |