Sancta Maria, mater Dei
Sancta Maria, mater Dei (Holy Mary, mother of God), K. 273, is a gradual in F major, written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart for SATB choir, first and second violins, violas, violoncello and double bass and basso continuo and organ. Mozart entered the work into his catalogue on 9 September 1777 in Salzburg.[1]
History
In the summer of 1777, the 21 year-old Mozart was desperate to leave Salzburg, and so asked Archbishop Colloredo to allow him and his father, Leopold, to find their income elsewhere. The archbishop's response was to dismiss both of them from his service, however he later felt remorse, and allowed Leopold to resume his job of deputy Kapellmeister. Mozart composed the gradual for the feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary (8 September), before setting out on 23 September 1777 with his mother on their journey to Augsburg, Mannheim, and Paris, where she died.
Text
The text is as follows:
Sancta Maria, mater Dei,
ego omnia tibi debeo,
sed ab hac hora singulariter
me tuis servitiis devoveo.
Te patronam,
te sospitatricem eligo.
Tuus honor et cultus aeternum
mihi cordi fuerit,
quem ego nunquam deseram
neque ab aliis mihi subditis
verbo factoque violari patiar.
Sancta Maria, tu pia
me pedibus tuis advolutum recipe,
in vita protege,
in mortis discrimine defende.
Amen.
References
- ↑ Neue Mozart-Ausgabe, Series I, vol. 3, p. 234
External links
- Sancta Maria, mater Dei: Score in the Neue Mozart-Ausgabe
- Sancta Maria, mater Dei, K. 273: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Sancta Maria, mater Dei, Latin and English, San Francisco Bach Choir
- Sancta Maria, mater Dei on YouTube, Vienna Boys' Choir, men's choir of the Vienna State Opera
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