Ave regina caelorum [068]

Orlande de Lassus

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AC068 Ave regina coelorum 5 vv

Type

Motet

Scores

Ave regina coelorum

Polyphonic ensemble SSATB

C I-G2; C II-G2; A-C2; T-C3; B-C4. Two C voices share similar range. High clefs. Entire range, c-g’’. No evidence of chant. A combination of homophony, imitative polyphony (particularly “gaude”) and independent voices provide textural variety. Contrasting motivic material also differentiates textual phrases. The Pre-Tridentine text is set in a prevailing contrapuntal style with occasional melismas (“gaude”). The “salve” motto (la-sol-la-re) from Salve regina chant is prominently presented in the B with “salve radix.” Lasso’s harmonic progressions effectively express the text. Final a.

Description

External link:
CPDL 41394 [Choral Public Domain Library]

Associated people

Orlande de Lassus - 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.

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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

[Hübsch, 1955, vol. 8]

Hübsch, H., 1955, Die Marianischen Antiphone von Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Orlando di Lasso, Tomaso Ludovico da Vittoria., Heidelberg.
(n° 6)

[Lasso, 1894, vol. 5]

Lasso, O. di, 1894, Sämtliche Werke, F. Haberl et A. Sandberger (éd.), Leipzig.
(n° 242)

[Lasso, 2006]

Lasso, O. di, 2006, The Complete Motets 21, Bergquist P. (éd.), Madison.
(n° 21)

[Musica sacra 10]

Commer, F., 1884, Musica sacra. Cantiones XVI, XVII saeculorum praestantissimas quatuor pluribusque vocibus accomodatas, 10, Regensburg, Allemagne.
(n° 29)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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