Salve regina [050]

Estêvão de Brito

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SR050 Salve regina 4 vv ; [2.p.] Ad te suspiramus 4 vv ; [3.p.] Et Jesum 4 vv ; [4.p.] O clemens/O pia/O dulcis virgo Maria 4 vv

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[1] Salve regina

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

C-G2; A-C2; T-C3; B-C4. High clefs. Entire range, B♭-g’’. “Salve” intonation (T) transposed a fourth higher. Alternatim setting; since 3.p. embraces verse 6 and 4.p. verse 7-9, no plainsong remains for the alternatim procedure. Within an imitative, contrapuntal fabric, chant (App. 4), predominantly in semibreves, introduces initial pitches of textual phrases at the beginning of the first three partes, as well as for “fructus ventris” and “nobis” of verse 6; however, 4.p. exhibits no evidence of chant. A declamatory text defines this brief antiphon. Final g, b♭ signature with e-flats included in manuscript.
[2] Ad te suspiramus

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

[3] Et Jesum

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

[4] O clemens/O pia/O dulcis virgo Maria

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

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Estêvão de Brito - Composer

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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

[Brito, 1976, vol. 30]

Brito, E. de, 1976, Obras diversas, Querol Gavaldà M. (éd.), Lisboa.
(pp. 83-86)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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