Ave regina caelorum [086]

Cristóbal de Morales

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AC086 Ave regina caelorum 5 vv

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Ave regina caelorum

Polyphonic ensemble SAATB

C-C1; A I-C3; AII-C3; T-C4; B-F4. Chant (App. 2) is relegated to various voices where it is often set apart in semibreves (C: “ave…angelorum” and “salve…sancta”; T: “gaude gloriosa” and “vale…decora”) within an imitative, contrapuntal fabric comprised of overlapping textual phrases. The Pre-Tridentine text is primarily cast in a declamatory style with occasional melismas. Final F, b♭ signature.

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External link:
CPDL 20174 [Choral Public Domain Library]

Associated people

Cristóbal de Morales - Composer

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Sung texts

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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

[Monumentos de la música española 13]

Morales, C. de, 1984, Opera omnia, Anglès H. (éd.), Roma.
(n° 18)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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