Memento, salutis auctor (Thomas Crecquillon)

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• (Posted 2023-04-10)  CPDL #73420:     

Editor: Mick Swithinbank (submitted 2023-04-10).   Score information: A4, 12 pages, 118 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transposed down a minor third.

General Information

Title: Memento, salutis auctor
Composer: Thomas Crecquillon
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: SSTTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1553 in Ecclesiasticarum cantionum quinque vocum, liber 6 (Susato), no. 11
    2nd published: 1554 in Motetti del laberinto libro quarto (Scotto, Venice), no. 10
Description: Published by Susato, Antwerp, 1553

Original text and translations

Latin text

Memento, salutis auctor nostri
quod nostri quondam corporis,
ex illibata virgine nascendo formam sumpseris.
Maria mater gratiae, mater misericordiae,
tu nos ab hoste protege in hora mortis suscipe.