Mater digna Dei / Ave sanctissima Maria (Ludwig Senfl)

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• CPDL #22582:

Editor: John Hetland (submitted 2010-11-05).   Score information: Letter, 11 pages, 763 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Source: Das Chorwerk #62, ed. Walter Gerstenberg, published by Möseler Verlag Wolfenbüttel, 1957. Original note values have been halved. Translation, musica ficta and text underlay by John Hetland and The Renaissance Street Singers.

General Information

Title: Mater digna Dei / Ave sanctissima Maria
Composer: Ludwig Senfl

Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SAATB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published:

Description: Polytextual motet with cantus firmus on a different text.

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Original text and translations

Polyphony and cantus firmus are aligned approximately as in the music.

Latin text POLYPHONY: Mater digna Dei, Veniae via   luxque diei, Sis tutela rei Duxque   comesque mei. Sponsa Dei, Miserere mei: Lux alma Dei, Digna coli Regina poli, Me linquere noli. Nixa   Deum, Defende reum, Mihi dando   trophaeum. Me tibi   virgo pia Genitrix commendo   Maria. Jesu Christe, Fili Dei vivi, Miserere mei. Christus rex venit   in pace: Deus homo factus est. Deus propitius Esto mihi   peccatori, Et custos   animae meae, Nunc et semper   et ubique: Amen.

English translation Worthy mother of God, pathway of grace   and light of day, Be guardian of accused And my leader   and companion. Bride of God, Have mercy on me: Nourishing light of God, Worthy to be worshipped As queen of the heavens, Do not abandon me. Bearer   of God, Defend the accused, By giving me   the prize. Myself to thee,   holy virgin Mother I commend,   O Mary. Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, Have mercy on me. Christ the king comes   in peace: God became man. Gracious God, Be to me,   a sinner, Even the guardian   of my soul, Now and forever   and everywhere. Amen.

Latin text CANTUS FIRMUS: Ave sanctissima Maria, Mater Dei, regina coeli, Porta paradisi, Domina mundi. Tu es singularis Virgo pura. Tu concepisti Jesum sine peccato. Tu peperisti Creatorem Et Salvatorem mundi, In quo ego non dubito. Ora pro nobis Jesum Tuum dilectum filium, Et libera nos ab omnibus malis.

English translation Hail most holy Mary, God's mother, queen of heaven, gateway of paradise, ruler of the world. Thou art the only pure virgin. Thou hast conceived Jesus without sin. Thou hast borne the Creator and Savior of the world, in whom I do not doubt. Pray for us to Jesus thy beloved son, and free us from all evils.