Memento, salutis auctor (Thomas Crecquillon)
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- 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
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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.