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Commissioned by the McAniff Family for the Los Angeles Master Chorale Grant Gershon, Music Director Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, never was it known that anyone who fled to thy protection, implored thy help, or sought thy intercession was left unaided.
Nos tali animati confidentia, ad te, Virgo Virginum Mater, currimus; ad te venimus; coram te gementes peccatores assistimus.
Inspired with this confidence, to thee, O Virgin of Virgins and Mother, we fly; to thee we do come; before thee sinful and sorrowful we stand.
Noli, Mater Verbi, verba nostra despicere, sed audi propitia et exaudi. Amen.
Do not, O Mother of the Word, despise our words, but in thy mercy hear and answer us. Amen.
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Memorare, o piisima Virgo Maria non esse auditum a saeculo, quemquam ad tua currentem praesidia, tua implorantem auxilia, tua petentem suffragia esse derelictum.
-15th century text, popularized in the 17th century by Father Claude Bernard
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With an attitude of prayerful devotion, always flexible in tempo, ebbing and flowing phrase by phrase, beginning at q = c. 56 niente ppp
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Shawn Kirchner
© 2010 by Shawn Kirchner Publishing (ASCAP), available through www.ShawnKirchner.com
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