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  • From this we understand that _O alma redemptoris_ was an "Antym" out of the Antiphonere, or Anthem Book.

    The Prayer Book Explained Percival Jackson

  • Alma was probably suggested by the liturgical use, as e.g. in the hymn beginning "Alma redemptoris mater".

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

  • Hermanus of Almaine made: Rex omnipotens, Sancti Spiritus assit nobis gratia, Ave Maria, et antiphonam: Alma redemptoris mater et

    The Golden Legend, vol. 7 1230-1298 1900

  • No one can read the Prioress's tale, understanding the spirit in which it was written, and in which the child sings O alma redemptoris mater, or the account of the departure of Constance with her child upon the sea, in the Man of Lawe's tale, without feeling the native innocence and refinement of the author.

    A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers 1849

  • [Greek: Logou] redemptoris ', and by this interpretation substituting an identification absolute for an equation proportional.

    The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge Henry Nelson Coleridge 1820

  • According to the notes his mass "Alma redemptoris mater" is the most extensive in the entire Renaissance to make use of this technique.

    Audiophile Audition Headlines 2010

  • PIERRE MOULU: Mater floreat; Missa Missus est Gabriel angelus; In pace; Missa Alma redemptoris mater; JOSQUIN: Missus est Gabriel angelus - Brabant Ensemble/Stephen Rice, conductor - Hyperion 67761, 74: 38 ****:

    Audiophile Audition Headlines 2010

  • _Sumus empti_, saith Parcus: (65) _non igitur nostri juris ut nos mancipemus hominum servitio: id enim manifesta cum injuria redemptoris Christi fieret: sumus liberti Christi.

    The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) George Gillespie 1630

  • Mostly, these were polyphonic works, with texts that mixed Latin and medieval English, and which elaborated on themes of the story - the Annunciation, in "Alma redemptoris mater" and

    NYT > Home Page 2009

  • Mostly, these were polyphonic works, with texts that mixed Latin and medieval English, and which elaborated on themes of the story - the Annunciation, in "Alma redemptoris mater" and

    NYT > Home Page 2009

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