Alma Dei creatoris, KV 272a (KV 277) (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)

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• CPDL #04266:   Finale 2002 

Editor: David King (submitted 2002-12-03).   Score information: A4, 14 pages, 632 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Full score.

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• CPDL #04267:   Finale 2002 

Editor: David King (submitted 2002-12-03).   Score information: A4, 10 pages, 160 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Orchestra separate parts.

• CPDL #04265:    Finale 2002 

Editor: David King (submitted 2002-12-03).   Score information: A4, 14 pages, 592 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Vocal-keyboard score.

Possible error(s) identified. See the discussion page for full description.

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Title: Alma Dei creatoris, KV 272a (KV 277)
Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: 2 violins, cello, basso continuo

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Original text and translations

Latin text Alma Dei creatoris Sedet rei peccatoris Mater clementissima. Tu fac, clemens, quod rogamus, Fortes ad certamina.

English translation Translation by Paul Pascal , Professor Emeritus of Classics, University of Washington The caring mother of God the Creator sits as the very merciful mother of a guilty sinner. May you, merciful one, bring to pass what we pray for who are strong for the struggle.   Notes: There seems to be no source or model for this text in Scripture. "Sedet" appears to be used as in "sits <in judgment>" (cf. Dies Irae: "Iudex ergo cum sedebit"). The point of the last words is not clear; other interpretations may apply (but alternative interpretations considered seemed equally awkward). The metrical pattern is highly unusual. The first stanza is in the standard pattern of a Gregorian hymn (for example, the "Stabat Mater Dolorosa"): two trochaic lines that rhyme, followed by a third line that lacks the final unstressed syllable. The second stanza should be identical in form. But it is truncated; what should be a second rhyming line is omitted. This is unprecedented and appears unique.