Salve regina [529]

Peeter Cornet

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SR529 Salve regina 4 vv ; [2.p.] Ad te clamamus 4 vv ; [3.p.] Eia ergo 4 vv ; [4.p.] O clemens 4 vv ; [5.p.] Pro Fine 4 vv

Type

Motet

Scores

[1] Salve regina

Polyphonic ensemble

The first three verses are chorale fugues on the initial motifs of the corresponding lines combined with thematic elaboration and figurations. In “O clemens” the antiphon chant is presented as a cantus firmus, first in the Superius, then the Tenor. In the final section, called “Pro fine,” the Salve regina melody is combined with its inversion in a setting wherein figural elements are woven. “Cornet’s Salve regina is doubtless one of the most significant creations in the field of liturgical organ music.”[1]

1. Willi Apel, The History of Keyboard Music to 1700, translated and revised by Hans Tischler, (Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1972), 342.
[2] Ad te clamamus

Polyphonic ensemble

[3] Eia ergo

Polyphonic ensemble

[4] O clemens

Polyphonic ensemble

[5] Pro Fine

Polyphonic ensemble

Associated people

Peeter Cornet - 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

[CEKM 26]

Cornet, P., 1969, Collected keyboard works, Apel W. (éd.), Dallas.
(n° 8)

References

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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