Salve regina [005]

Gregor Aichinger

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SR005 Salve regina 4 vv

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Motet

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Salve regina

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

C-C1; A-C3; T-C4; B-F4. No evidence of chant. Textual phrases are differentiated through contrasting texture, motivic material and voice groupings. Homorhythmic style defines “Salve…valle” (mm. 1-22) and “illos…ventris tui” (mm. 29-41); on the other hand, paired imitation denotes “eia ergo” (T/B, C/A and T/B) and imitative entries distinguish “nobis post.” A variety of voice groupings within an imitative, contrapuntal fabric characterizes “O dulcis virgo Maria,” a repeated segment (mm. 47-61 equals mm. 61-75) that constitutes more than a third of the antiphon. Principal cadences on G, D, C and A, as well as incisive root progressions assert tonal implications. Of interest is the semiminum rest that simultaneously follows the first syllable of “suspiramus” in all voices. A declamatory text setting primarily in syllabic style prevails. Final G.

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Aichinger’s Cantiones (A 538) is the “earliest noteworthy German collection of music for small vocal ensembles with thorough-bass.” (RRMB 13, p. vii). The setting of Salve regina is for four voices without thorough-bass.


External link:
CPDL 27974 [Choral Public Domain Library]

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Gregor Aichinger - Composer

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Sung texts

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Salve, regina, mater misericordiae;

Vita, dulcedo et spes nostra, salve.

Ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevae.

Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle.

Eia ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte.

Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui, nobis post hoc exsilium ostende.

O clemens,

O pia,

O dulcis virgo Maria.

Bibliography

Modern editions

[Bordes, 1981, vol. 2]

Bordes, C., 1981, Anthologie Des Maitres Religieux Primitifs Des Xv, Xvi Et Xvii Siecles, New York.
(n° 30)

[Musica divina sive thesaurus concentuum selectissimorum]

Proske, C. (éd.), 1859, Musica divina sive thesaurus concentuum selectissimorum: omni cultui divino totius anni juxta ritum Sanctae Ecclesiae Catholicae inservientium, Ratisbonae.
(pp. 537-42)

[Recent researches in the music of the Baroque Era 13]

Aichinger, G., 1972, Cantiones ecclesiasticae, Hettrick W. E. (éd.), Madison, Wisconsin.
(n° 18)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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