Ave regina caelorum [130]

Orfeo Vecchi

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AC130 Ave regina coelorum 5 vv

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Ave regina coelorum

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[S]-C1; [A]-C3; [T I]-C4; [T II]-C4; [B]-F4. No evidence of chant. Vecchi clarifies the structure in this short piece (25 mm.) through contrasting melodic and rhythmic materials and antiphonal effects; the final section constitutes a varied repetition of the previous 6 mm. (“vale…exora”). “Ave…angelorum” and “vale…decora” exhibit alternation between high and low voices with rhythmic gestures involving minums, semiminums and fusae, whereas “salve…orta” and “et pro…decora” are for tutti in homorhythmic texture with longer note values (primarily semibreves and minums).[1] Only “gaude gloriosa” exhibits imitative and melismatic styles. A declamatory setting of the Pre-Tridentine text is primarily in syllabic style. Final F, b♭ signature.

1. Similar stylistic features appear in an anonymous setting of Alma redemptoris mater, AR117.

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Orfeo Vecchi - 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.

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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