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Alma parens redemptoris
Staff Notation • Sacred, Motets
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Alma parens redemptoris by Giovanni Battista Bassani — Lyrics
Alma parens Redemptoris Virgo Mater Salvatoris
magni sponsa Creatoris angelorum gloria.
Vera cæli porta manes et amanti semper pates tuta,
maris stella nites procellarum Domina.
Tu per undas æstuantis vitæ freti vela regis
ad beatæ regna pacis corda ducens candida.
Eia age Virgo clemens, Virgo cæli decus
ingens tu succurre Virgo petens iam cadenti populo.
Festina propera candentem subleva prolapsum erige
afflictum portege, afflictum prolapsum,
suspirant pectora beata tempora non ultra cadere,
non ultra cadere sed orant surgere.
Tu quæ solo obstupente, tu quæ cælo complaudente
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About Alma parens redemptoris
Giovanni Battista Bassani was a composer active in the late Baroque period. This setting of the Latin text Alma parens redemptoris is a sacred motet for SATB choir. The words are a Marian antiphon, addressing the Virgin Mary as the mother of the Redeemer and bride of the Creator, a gate of heaven, a star of the sea, and a guide through life's storms. The choir is called upon to succour the faithful, to lift the fallen, and protect the afflicted, praying for times of peace and rising. The text celebrates Mary's unique, divinely appointed role, conceived before time and born of a creature, bearing the Creator.
