Salve regina [010]

Giovanni Francesco Algarotti

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SR010 Salve regina 12 vv ; 2.p. Et Jesum 12 vv

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Motet

Scores

[1] Salve regina

Polyphonic ensemble SSSAAATTTBBB

Three equal choirs. S-C1; A-C3; T-C4; B-F4. Entire range, D-e’’. Except for “salve” motto in S of each choir (mm. 1-6), no further evidence of chant. Following these singular passages, the primary structural technique involves overlapping antiphonal responses. Textual phrases (“ad te clamamus”) or subphrases (e.g., “ad te,” m. 30) introduce specific verses. The initial (“Eja ergo advocata nostra”) and concluding words (“ad nos converte”) of verse 5, the centerpiece of Salve regina, are assigned to tutti as is “Et Jesum benedictum fructum ventris tui” and verse 9, “O dulcis virgo Maria”; approximately a third of the anthem is performed by the tutti. A declamatory text setting in homorhythmic style prevails. Final d.
[2] Et Jesum

Polyphonic ensemble SSSAAATTTBBB

Description

Attributed to Claudius Goudimel in Trésor Musical III

Although the attribution to Alcari is clear in Rome BN 117-21, Santini’s attribution to ‘Godmell’ (Claude Goudimel?) is puzzling. Not aware of Alcari’s authorship of this Salve regina, Lesure calls the work “a forgery, due to nineteenth-century enthusiasm for his [Goudimel’s] personality. (Lesure, 1954, p. 248).

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Giovanni Francesco Algarotti - 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

[Trésor musical III]

Maldeghem, R. J. van, 1867, Trésor musical: collection authentique de musique sacrée & profane des anciens maîtres belges, Bruxelles.
(n° 1)

References

[Lesure, 1954]

Lesure, F., 1954, France in the Sixteenth Century, New Oxford history of music.
(p. 248)

Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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