Soprano Practice: "Sancta Maria, Mater Dei" by Mozart .
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KV 273 Gradual in F was composed for the Feast of the Holy Name Day of the Blessed Virgin Mother. It is a gradual composed for the church of St. Peter in Salzburg in September of 1777. It is a singularly beautiful text, unusual for its personal tone and non-liturgical Latin text, this setting is a noble tribute to the Blessed Virgin. Mozart experts have postulated that this piece was the composer’s private votive offering to the Virgin Mary.

The translation is as follows:

Holy Mary, mother of God,
to whom I owe everything,
but from this hour solely
I dedicate myself to your service,
you I choose as protector, and salvation.

Your honor and worship
will always be dear to my heart,
which I will never forsake,
neither by myself or others in my place
will I allow you to be harmed by word or deed.

Holy Mary, receive me with grace
fallen at your feet, in life protect me,
and at the moment of death defend me.
A-men.

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