Salve regina [255]

Jacobus Vaet

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SR255 Vita, dulcedo 8 vv ; 2.p. Ad te suspiramus 5 vv ; 3.p. Et Jesum 8 vv ; 4.p. O pia 8 vv

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Scores

[1] Vita, dulcedo

Polyphonic ensemble SSAATTBB

C I-C1; C II-C1; A I-C3; A II-C3; T I-C4; T II-C4; B I-F4; B II-F4. Entire range, F-f’’. “Vita” (“salve”) motto is absent from 1.p.; however, the initial pitches of chant (App. 4) concurrent with “ad te” permeate the imitative texture (2.p., mm. 43-53). Similarly, the “Et Jesum” motive pervades the texture (3.p., mm. 75-82). Furthermore, isolated motives accompanying “in hac lacrimarum” (mm. 65-74), “nobis” (mm. 111-18) and “O pia” (B I, mm. 148-50 and T II, mm. 161-2) make brief appearances. Although the antiphon was conceived for 3-8 interrelated voices, antiphonal features are obvious. A two-measure segment (mm. 3-5) scored for C I, C II, and A I is restated by lower voices (T II, B I, B II) in the midst of a section (mm. 1-11) that displays considerable redistribution of motivic material. The phrase “post hoc exilium” alternates between two four-voice groups (C II, A II, T II, B I and C I, A I, T I, B II) in measures 118-24. Full-voice sections account for less than a third of partes 1, 3, and 4. Declamatory text setting prevails. Final g (1.p., 2.p., 3.p.) d (4.p.); b♭ signature.
[2] Ad te suspiramus

Polyphonic ensemble

[3] Et Jesum

Polyphonic ensemble SSAATTBB

[4] O pia

Polyphonic ensemble SSAATTBB

Associated people

Jacobus Vaet - 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

[Commer, 1844, vol. 9]

Commer, F., 1844, Collectio operum musicorum Batavorum saeculi XVI, Berlin.
(pp. 36-45)

[Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich 116]

Vaet, J., 1967, Sämtliche Werke VI, Salve Regina und Magnificat, Steinhardt M. (éd.), Graz [etc.].
(n° 7)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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