Salve regina [108]

Francisco Guerrero

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SR108 Vita dulcedo 4 vv ; [2.p.] Ad te suspiramus 4 vv ; [3.p.] Et Jesum 4 vv ; [4.p.] O clemens 4 vv

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Motet

Scores

[1] Vita dulcedo

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

[Tp]-G2; [A]-C2; [T]-C3; [B]-C4. High clefs. Entire range, c-g’’. Alternatim setting. Like Salve regina compositions by other Spanish composers, “nobis…ostende,” the final section of verse 6 is in plainsong and verses 7, 8, and 9 constitute 4.p. Appropriate chant[1] motives cast in breves and semibreves introduce each pars; “vita” and “Et Jesum” motives pervade the imitative texture of 1.p. and 2.p., respectively; on the other hand, motives in 2.p. (“ad te,” Tp, A) and 4.p. (“O clemens,” Tp, T) are accompanied by new motivic material that permeates the texture. Declamatory text setting prevails. Final g, b♭ signature.

1. Breve Instrucción de canto llano ordenada por Luys de Villafranca, (Seville: Sebastián Trujillo, 1565). For transcription of Salve regina chant, see MRM 9, pp. 70-2.
[2] Ad te suspiramus

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

[3] Et Jesum

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

[4] O clemens

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

Description

Elústiza & Castrillo Hernández, 1933, No. 21 is transcribed according to VallaP s.s.] 


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CPDL 59031 [Choral Public Domain Library]

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Francisco Guerrero - 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

[Antología musical ; siglo de oro de la música litúrgica de España]

Elústiza, J. B. de et Castrillo Hernández, G. (éd.), 1933, Antología musical ; siglo de oro de la música litúrgica de España: polifonía vocal siglos XV y XVI, Barcelona http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb42975715x (consulté le 12 novembre 2025).
(n° 21)

[Hispaniae schola musica sacra]

Pedrell, F., 1971, Hispaniae schola musica sacra: Opera varia (saecul. XV, XVI, XVII, et XVIII), New York.
(pp. 48-53)

[Monumentos de la Música Española 36]

Guerrero, F., 1978, Francisco Guerrero Opera Omnia, Llorens J. (éd.), Barcelona.
(n° 13)

[Monuments of Renaissance music 9]

Snow, R. J., 1996, A New-world collection of polyphony for holy week and the salve service, Chicago & London http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb39972996f.
(n° 29)

[Rubio, 1956, vol. 2]

Rubio, S. (éd.), 1956, Antología polifónica sacra, Madrid.
(n° 26)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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