Ave regina caelorum [043]

Costanzo Festa

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AC043 Ave regina coelorum 3 vv ; [2.p.] Gaude gloriosa 3 vv

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[1] Ave regina coelorum

Polyphonic ensemble SAT

S-C2; A-C3; T-C4. Chant (App. 2) is included at the beginning of textual phrases but is often followed by new material; chant permeates the imitative, contrapuntal fabric. Textual phrases are defined by cadences, motivic material and contrast of number of voices. Pre-Tridentine text defined in combination of syllabic and melismatic styles. Final F, b♭ signature.

[2] Gaude gloriosa

Polyphonic ensemble SAT

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Costanzo Festa - 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.

Bibliography

Modern editions

[CMM 25 - V]

Festa, C., 1979, COSTANZO FESTA Opera Omnia, Seay A. (éd.).
(n° 56)

[Festa, 1936, vol. 2]

Festa, C., 1936, Monumenta polyphoniae italicae. 2, Sacrae cantiones 3, Dagnino E. (éd.), Romae.
(pp. 3-6)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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