Ave regina caelorum [041]

Juan Esquivel Barahona

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AC041 Ave regina coelorum 5 vv

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Ave regina coelorum

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S I-C1; S II-C1; A-C3; T-C4; B-F4. A likely chant source for Esquivel’s setting is the Heronymite Processional[1] of 1569 though the setting also exhibits new material (e.g., “ave domina angelorum”) all of which permeate an imitative, contrapuntal texture. Additionally, the antiphon exhibits an indebtedness to Juan Navara, reputedly Esquivel’s teacher, whose Ave regina coelorum (AC079) shares the same chant source; specific passages reveal marked similarities between the two 5 vv settings (“ave regina coelorum,” “salve radix” and “vale.”[2] Whereas Navarro used the Pre-Tridentine text, Esquivel’s declamatory setting is of the Tridentine version. Final F, b♭ signature.

1. Processionarium, Secundum Consuetudinem fratrem ordinis sancti Hieronymi (Alcalá de Henares: Andrea de Angulo, 1569), f. 33v.

2. Michael Brian O’Connor, “The Polyphonic Compositions on Marian Texts by Juan de Esquivel Barahona: A Study of Institutional Marian Devotion in Late Renaissance Spain,” Ph.D diss. Florida State University, 2006, pp. 71-6.

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The editor is indebted to Michael O’Connor for sharing his transcription of Esquivel’s Ave regina coelorum.

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Juan Esquivel Barahona - 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.

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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.

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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