Ave regina caelorum [035]

Andreas de Silva

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AC035 1.p. Ave regina caelorum 5 vv ; [2.p.] Gaude gloriosa 5 vv

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Motet

Scores

[1] Ave regina caelorum

Polyphonic ensemble SATBB

[S]-C2; [A]-C4; [T]-C4; [B I]-F3; [B II]-F4. Range of voices: E♭-c’’. Not infrequent crossing of voices occurs in the lower voices. Chant (App. 2) is most evident in the T and S but also appears in other voices at the beginning of textual phrases. Imitative, contrapuntal texture prevails. To complement the repetition of music within the chant for “ave…angelorum,” De Silva repeats the entire texture of mm. 1-21 from mm. 21-35/42.[1] In two instances material is restated an octave higher: “salve” (mm. 43-46) and “valde decora” (mm. 124-131). For “semper Christum exora” the entire material is repeated (mm. 142-52 repeated in mm. 152-62). Melismatic writing prevails in setting of Pre-Tridentine text. Triple mensuration is employed for “et pro…exora.” Final F, b♭ signature.

1. Identical or similar statements of the complete polyphonic texture congruent with “Ave, regina caelorum” and “Ave, Domino angelorum” define Ave regina caelorum settings by B. Appenzeller (AC009), A. De Silva (AC035), H. Isaac (AC061), J. Mantua (AC062), B. Klingenstein (AC064), G. P. Palestrina (AC095) and Anon (AC186).
[2] Gaude gloriosa

Polyphonic ensemble SATBB

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Andreas de Silva - Composer

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Ave, regina caelorum,
Ave, domina angelorum:
Salve, radix, salve, porta,
Ex qua mundo lux est orta:

Gaude, virgo gloriosa,
Super omnes speciosa,
Vale, o valde decora,
Et pro nobis Christum exora.

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Pre-Tridentine version:

Ave regina coelorum,
Ave, domina angelorum,
Salve radix sancta
Ex qua mundo lux est orta:

Gaude gloriosa,
Super omnes speciosa:
Vale, valde decora,
Et pro nobis semper Christum exora.
Et pro nobis Christum exora.

***

Tridentine version:

Ave regina coelorum
Ave, domina angelorum,
Salve radix, salve porta
Ex qua mundo lux est orta:

Gaude virgo gloriosa,
Super omnes speciosa:
Vale, o valde decora,
Et pro nobis Christum exora.

Bibliography

Modern editions

[CMM 49 - II]

De Silva, A., 1971, ANDREAS DE SILVA Opera Omnia, Rome.
(n° 5)

[Renaissance music in facsimile 21]

Dean, J. J. (éd.), 1986, Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Cappella Sistina MS 46, New York & London.
(ff. 143v-148)

[Slim, 1972]

Slim, H. C. (éd.), 1972, A gift of madrigals and motets, Chicago.
(n° 5)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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