Mater Christi (John Taverner)
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- Editor: Humphrey Thompson (submitted 2018-05-03). Score information: A3, 7 pages, 98 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Edition prepared for Tom Herring, Ben Cunningham and Sansara Consort in 2017.
General Information
Title: Mater Christi
Composer: John Taverner
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Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SATBB
Genre: Sacred
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
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Original text and translations
Latin text
Mater Christi sanctissima, virgo sacrata Maria,
tuis orationibus benignum redde Filium,
unica spes nostra Maria;
nam precibus nitentes tuis rogare audemus Filium.
Ergo, Fili, decus Patris, Jesu,
fons fecundissime a quo vivae
fluunt aquae rigantes fida pectora,
O Jesu, vitalis cibus te pure manducantibus,
salutari potu et cibo pavisti nostra corpora.
Tua pasce animam gratia;
tibi consecratos Spiritu tuo fove munere.
Quin et nostras, Jesu bone, mentes illustra gratia,
et nos pie fac vivere ut dulci ambrosia
tuo vescamur in palatio.
Amen.