Salve regina [377]

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SR377 Vita dulcedo 4 vv ; [2.p.] Ad te suspiramus 4 vv ; [3.p.] Et Jesum 4 vv ; [4.p.] O clemens, O pia, O dulcis virgo semper Maria 4 vv

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[1] Vita dulcedo

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[C]-C1; [A]-C3; [T]-C4; [B]-F4. Alternatim setting. Individual partes range from 14 to 23 mm. “Salve/vita” motto as breves, introduces 1.p. with contrasting countersubject creating paired imitation (C/A & T/B, mm. 1-5); plainsong[1] also initiates partes 2 (C, mm. 15-7) & 3 (A, mm. 38-41) with long-note values. Passages in parallel tenths (A/B, mm. 25-8, and C/B, mm. 32-5) and thirds (A/T, mm. 29-31) as minums surround and accompany what could be chant quotations (semibreves) associated with “in hac lacrimarum valle.” Within an imitative, polyphonic texture, verses 7 and 8 (“O clemens, O pia, mm. 55-66) are cast primarily in longae and breves. Final d; b-flats included in MS, but editorial b-flats required.

1. Chant quotations in partes 2 and 3 suggest the presence of plainsong from a Spanish antiphonary published in Seville, 1565; for transcription of Salve regina chant, see MRM 9, pp. 70-2. Other apparent quotations do not confirm Spanish versions of the Salve regina or the Franciscan version (App. 4).
[2] Ad te suspiramus

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

[3] Et Jesum

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

[4] O clemens, O pia, O dulcis virgo semper Maria

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

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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.

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Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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