Alma Redemptoris / Kind mother of the Redeemer (1597)
( Alma Redemptoris Mater )
Lassus, Roland de (1532?-1594) [ Belgium ; Franco-Flemish ]
Edition
Published by
Chester Music Ltd.
[Great Britain]
, 1989
; in Christmas & Advent motets for 5 voices
, ; in Twelfth Chester book of motets
(45 p.)
Ref. :
CH55262
(4 p.)
, "Chester book of motets"
Editor or author of the restitution:
Petti, Anthony G.
Type of material:
Score with keyboard for rehearsal only
ISMN/ISBN :
0-7119-2060-5
Description
Text in:
Latin
Epoque:
16th century
(1500-1599)
Genre-Style-Form:
Motet ; Sacred ; Antiphon
Type of Choir:
SSATB (5 mixed voices )
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5):
3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E):
C
Tonality:
A tonal center ; A major ; mixolydian
Duration:
2.5 min.
Liturgical Use:
Advent ; Marian Feasts ; Epiphany ; Purification of the Virgin
Musicological Sources:
No. 241 in Magnum opus musicum, 1604
Source of text:
Antiphon, Bleesed Virgin, Advent to Purification
