Ave regina caelorum [077]

Jean Maillard

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AC077 Ave Domina angelorum 4 vv ; [2.p.] Gaude gloriosa 4 vv ; [3.p.] Et pro nobis 4 vv

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Motet

Scores

[1] Ave Domina angelorum

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

[S]-G2; [A]-C2; [T]-C3; [B]-F3. High clefs. Entire range, c-g’’. Alternatim setting. Chant (App. 2) permeates the imitative, contrapuntal texture except for the final section “et pro…exora” for which the chant resides in the S primarily in semibreves. Setting of Pre-Tridentine text entails considerable use of melismas (“ave,” “angelorum” and “gloriosa”) within a declamatory style. Final C

1. See AC154 for another alternatim setting of Ave regina caelorum.
[2] Gaude gloriosa

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

[3] Et pro nobis

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

Associated people

Jean Maillard - 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

[Recent researches in the music of the Renaissance 16-17]

Bellingham, B. et Evans, E. G. (éd.), 2021, Sixteenth-century bicinia: a complete edition of Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Mus. Ms. 260, Middleton, Wisconsin https://www.areditions.com/sixteenth-century-bicinia-r016-17.html.
(n° 22)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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