Ave regina caelorum [036]

Baldassare Donato

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AC036 Ave regina coelorum 6 vv ; 2.p. Gaude gloriosa 6 vv

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[1] Ave regina coelorum

Polyphonic ensemble SATBXX

C-G2; A-C2; T-C3; Q-C3; Sx-C4; B-F4. High clefs. Entire range, c-g’’. Paraphrased chant (App. 2) and new motivic material permeate the imitative contrapuntal texture. Similar motivic material for two complementary chant phrases: “ex qua…orta” and “super…”speciosa.” “Et pro…exora” constitutes more than half of the 2.p. primarily due to repetition of mm. 26-34 for mm. 39-46. A combination of syllabic and melismatic styles is present in setting of Pre-Tridentine text. Final C.

[2] Gaude gloriosa

Polyphonic ensemble SATBXX

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Baldassare Donato - Composer

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Ave, regina caelorum,
Ave, domina angelorum:
Salve, radix, salve, porta,
Ex qua mundo lux est orta:

Gaude, virgo gloriosa,
Super omnes speciosa,
Vale, o valde decora,
Et pro nobis Christum exora.

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Pre-Tridentine version:

Ave regina coelorum,
Ave, domina angelorum,
Salve radix sancta
Ex qua mundo lux est orta:

Gaude gloriosa,
Super omnes speciosa:
Vale, valde decora,
Et pro nobis semper Christum exora.
Et pro nobis Christum exora.

***

Tridentine version:

Ave regina coelorum
Ave, domina angelorum,
Salve radix, salve porta
Ex qua mundo lux est orta:

Gaude virgo gloriosa,
Super omnes speciosa:
Vale, o valde decora,
Et pro nobis Christum exora.

Bibliography

Modern editions

[Sixteenth-century motet 30]

Donato, B., 1994, Di Baldassara Donato Maestro di Capella della Serenissima Signoria di Venetia in San Marco: Il Primo libro de motetti a cinque, a sei, et otto voci novamente composti, & dati in luce (Venice: Gardano, 1599), Sherr R. (éd.).
(n° 22)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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