Gaude virgo mater Christi (William Alen)

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• (Posted 2025-11-20)  CPDL #87490:     

Editor: Jason Smart (submitted 2025-11-20).   Score information: A4, 12 pages, 196 kB   Copyright: CC BY NC ND

Edition notes: Edited from the Henrician partbooks at Peterhouse, Cambridge, via the digital images at DIAMM. Original pitch and note values.

General Information

Title: Gaude virgo mater Christi
Composer: William Alen
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: TTBarBarB
Genre: Sacred, Antiphon

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published:
Description: A votive antiphon using as a cantus firmus the motto F G A Bflat A, also used in a few other Tudor compositions. This appears in the 'full' sections, with the Countertenor 2 and Tenor 2 voices singing it in canon.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Gaude Virgo, Mater Christi.