Sancta Maria (Georg Prenner)

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  • (Posted 2010-10-26)  CPDL #22517:       
Editor: John Hetland (submitted 2010-10-26).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 373 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes: Source: Georgius Prenner, Motets, ed. Joze Sivec; vol. XXIV of Monumenta Artis Musicae Sloveniae, Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1994. Time values halved. Translation and musica ficta by John Hetland and The Renaissance Street Singers.

General Information

Title: Sancta Maria
Composer: Georg Prenner

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSATB
Genre: SacredMotet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1568 in Novi thesauri musici (Pietro Giovannelli), Liber 4, no. 3
Description: Praise for the Virgin Mary.

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Original text and translations

Latin.png Latin text

Sancta Maria, virgo virginum.
Sanctae Trinitatis sacrarium.
Angelorum speculum,
scala sanctorum hominum.
Tu peccatorum refugium,
cerne pia meum periculum,
suscipe clementissima meum suspirium
et da mihi tuum placatissimum Filium.
Amen.

English.png English translation

Holy Mary, virgin of virgins.
Temple of the Holy Trinity.
Mirror of angels,
Stairway of holy people.
You are the refuge of sinners,
observe, holy one, my trial,
receive, most merciful, my sigh
and reveal to me your very peaceful Son.
Amen.