Salve regina [059]

Serafino Cantone

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SR059 Salve regina 8 vv

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Motet

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Salve regina

Polyphonic ensemble SSAATTBB

Two equal choirs. C-C1; A-C3; T-C4; B-F4. Entire range, F-e’’. “Salve” motto (App. 4), cast as breves, introduces C and B (Chr. I, mm. 1-7) surrounding a filigree (A & T) of parallel thirds with rhythmic gestures of minums and semiminums. Textual phrases are distinguished through a traditional antiphonal treatment with overlapping phrases but with contrasting rhythmic gestures. Combined choirs introduce verse 5, “Eia ergo…” (mm. 40-1) followed by rhythmic intensity and antiphony associated with “ad nos converte” (mm. 49-56). Following introduction of verse 6, “Et Jesum…” (mm. 58-61) by combined choirs, the words “exilium ostende” are conveyed with agitated rhythmic gestures (dotted semiminums and fusae) and antiphony (mm. 65-8). The antiphon concludes with combined choirs in a polyphonic fabric of independent voices (verse 9, mm. 73-8). Except for melismas associated with “salve” (A & T, mm. 1-6), a syllabic text setting prevails. Final d.

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Serafino Cantone - Composer

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Salve, regina, mater misericordiae;

Vita, dulcedo et spes nostra, salve.

Ad te clamamus exsules filii Hevae.

Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle.

Eia ergo, advocata nostra, illos tuos misericordes oculos ad nos converte.

Et Jesum, benedictum fructum ventris tui, nobis post hoc exsilium ostende.

O clemens,

O pia,

O dulcis virgo Maria.

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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