Ave regina caelorum [038]

Guillaume Du Fay

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AC038 Ave regina caelorum 3 vv ; Gaude gloriosa 3 vv

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Motet

Scores

[1] Ave regina caelorum

Polyphonic ensemble STX

[S]-C1; Ct-C3; T-C3. “Ave” intonation (S). Paraphrased chant (App. 2), pitched on g’, appears in S within a contrapuntal texture with S and T as the axis voices. The Ct becomes an equal participant for the two-voice “salve…sancta” and the interlude between “speciosa” and “vale.” A melismatic setting of Pre-Tridentine text serves the S, the only texted voice. The first section is in triple mensuration, “gaude…” in duple mensuration and the concluding textual segment “et pro…exora” in triple mensuration. Final G.
[2] Gaude gloriosa

Polyphonic ensemble STX

Description



- MRM 12 No. 109 [Sacred Music from the Cathedral at Trent: Trent, Museo Provinciale D’Arte, Codex 1375 (OLIM 88). Edited by Rebecca Gerber. Monuments of Renaissance Music 12. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1007.]

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Guillaume Du Fay - Composer

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Sung texts

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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.

***

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 1 - V]

Dufay, G., 1966, Guillaume Dufay, Opera omnia, Besseler H. et Fallows D. (éd.), Rome.
(n° 50)

[Monuments of Renaissance Music 12]

Gerber, R. L. (éd.), 2007, Sacred music from the Cathedral at Trent: Trent, Museo provinciale d’arte, codex 1375 (olim 88), Chicago.
(n° 109)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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