Mediaeval Carols:Set 1 .-
Alma redemptoris mater
( Alma redemptoris mater ; As I lay upon a night ; To her came Gabriel with light ; At that word that lady bright ; When Jesu on the rood was pight ; Jesu, that sittest in heaven light )
Edition
Ref. :
S&B 5304-1
(1 p.)
Editor or author of the restitution:
Stevens, John
Type of material:
Full score
Other titles on the same score:
Hail, Mary, full of grace
; Nowell, nowell:In Bethlem
Description
Text in:
old English
+ adapted in
Latin
Epoque:
20th century
Genre-Style-Form:
Sacred ; Anthem ; Carol
Type of Choir:
unspecified voicing (3 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
C
Tonality:
C major
Duration:
3.5 min.
Number of verses:
5
Musicological Sources:
From the collection of 135 Carols published as Volume IV of Musica Britannica