Ave regina caelorum [063]

Jacobus de Kerle

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AC063 Ave regina coelorum 5 vv

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Ave regina coelorum

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D-C1; A-C3; T-C4; Q-C4; B-F4. Chant (App. 2) is relegated to Q as a continuous cantus firmus in semibreves; chant influences initial pitches for some textual phrases (e.g. “ex qua mundo,” “gaude,” “super omnes” and “vale”). Contrasting motivic material within an imitative, contrapuntal texture delineates the textual phrases. The Pre-Tridentine text set in declamatory style concludes with an “alleluia” segment (mm. 63-84) structured upon a cantus firmus (Q) borrowed from the final “alleluia” of the plainchant associated with Regina caeli (App. 3); the “alleluia” segment comprises 22 mm (a repeated 9-measure phrase with a four-measure coda), that constitutes a fourth of the entire setting. Final F, B♭ signature.

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Jacobus de Kerle - 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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Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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