Salve regina [268]

Tomás Luis de Victoria

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SR268 Salve regina 4 vv (Choir 1) ; 2.p. Vita, dulcedo 4 vv (Choir 2) ; 3.p. Ad te clamamus 4 vv (Choir 1) ; 4.p. Ad te suspiramus 4 vv (Choir 2) ; 5.p. Eia ergo 8 vv ; 6.p. Et Jesum 4 vv (Choir 1) ; 7.p. O clemens 8 vv

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Motet

Scores

[1] Salve regina

Polyphonic ensemble SSAB

Choir 1

Two contrasting choirs. Chr. I: S I-G2; S II-G2; A I-C2; B-C4. High clefs. Range, c-g’’. Chr. II: S III-C1; A II-C2; T-C3; B II-F4. Range, G-e♭’’. In V1425 (1600) an organ part was added to duplicate voices of Chr. I. The presence of chant (App. 4) is limited to the partes assigned to Chr. I (1.p., 3.p., 6.p.) and Chr. II (2.p., 4.p.) wherein appropriate Salve regina plainsong in breves and semibreves introduces textual phrases within an imitative texture; 2.p. (“vita dulcedo” and “et spes nostra” motives) and 6.p. (“Et Jesum,” “benedictum,” “fructum,” and “nobis” motives) exemplify the inclusion of chant. On the other hand, pars 5, devoted to verse 5, the textual centerpiece of the antiphon, and pars 7, the three acclamations (verses 7-9), personify antiphony with negligible reference to chant. Structurally, 5.p. and 7.p. are similar: 1. homophonic texture, 2. overlapping alternate responses throughout, 3. initial alternation involves transposition at lower fourth (5.p., “Eia ergo”) or upper octave (7.p., “O clemens”), 4. remainder of pars entails varied statements or repetition (5.p., “illos…converte,” mm. 86-101=101-15; 7.p., “O dulcis virgo Maria,” mm. 162-81=182-201). Declamatory text setting prevails. Final g, b♭ signature.
[2] Vita, dulcedo

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

Choir 2
[3] Ad te clamamus

Polyphonic ensemble SSAB

Choir 1
[4] Ad te suspiramus

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

Choir 2
[5] Eia ergo

Polyphonic ensemble SSSAATBB

[6] Et Jesum

Polyphonic ensemble SSAB

Choir 1
[7] O clemens

Polyphonic ensemble SSSAATBB

Description

External link:
CPDL 08195 [Choral Public Domain Library]

Associated people

Tomás Luis de Victoria - 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

[Thomae Ludovici Victoria Abulensis]

Victoria, T. L. de, 1911, Thomae Ludovici Victoria Abulensis :  opera omnia, Pedrell F. (éd.), Lipsiae.
(pp. 120-30)

[Victoria, 1965, vol. 31]

Victoria, T. L. de, 1965, Opera omnia (Victoria, Tomás Luis de), Anglès H. (éd.), Roma.
(n° 45)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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