Ave regina caelorum [095]

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

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AC095 Ave regina coelorum 4 vv ; 2.p. Gaude gloriosa 4 vv

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Motet

Scores

[1] Ave regina coelorum

Polyphonic ensemble SSSA

C1-C1; C II-C1; C III-C1; A-C3. Voci pari. Range, f-d’’. Chant (App. 2) figures prominently appearing unchanged at the beginning of each phrase and permeating the entire texture, especially the upper three voices through imitative procedures employed in this motet. To complement the chant, with minor differences, the music for “ave…coelorum” is restated for “ave…angelorum.”[1] Except for the melisma for “ave” the Pre-Tridentine text is in declamatory style with appropriate melismas. 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 SSSA

Description

External link:
CPDL 02192 & 54056 [Choral Public Domain Library]

Associated people

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - 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

[Casimiri Ed 1932]

Casimiri, R. C., 1932, Anthologia polyphonica auctorum saeculi XVI paribus vocibus, Roma.
(n° 10-11)

[Hübsch, 1955, vol. 8]

Hübsch, H., 1955, Die Marianischen Antiphone von Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Orlando di Lasso, Tomaso Ludovico da Vittoria., Heidelberg.
(n° 2)

[Palestrina, 1941, vol. 11]

Palestrina, G. P. da, 1941, Le opere complete, Raffaele Casimiri (éd.), Rome.
(n° 11)

[Pierluigi da Palestrina's Werke 5]

Palestrina, P. da, 1875, Pierluigi da Palestrina’s Werke, Haberl F. X. et Espagne F. (éd.), Leipzig.
(n° 11)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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