Salve regina [062]

Rodrigo de Ceballos

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SR062 Vita, dulcedo 4 vv ; [2.p.] Ad te suspiramus 4 vv ; [3.p.] Et Jesum 4 vv ; [4.p.] O clemens 4 vv

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Motet

Scores

[1] Vita, dulcedo

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

Tp-C1; A-C3; T-C4; B-F4. Alternatim setting. Verse 6, “Et Jesum…” is divided into two parts, the first set polyphonically and the second beginning with “nobis…” in chant. A Spanish version of the chant[1] usually realized in breves and semibreves pervades the imitative, contrapuntal texture at the beginning of 1.p. and with text “benedictum fructum” of verse 6. In other parts of the antiphon the presence of chant predominates in Tp and T, an obvious element in the paired imitative passages (Tp/A and T/B) that introduces 2.p. (mm. 24-31) and 4.p. (mm. 77-85). Of particular interest is the inclusion of the hidden “salve” motto in A (mm. 16-18) paired with the concluding word of verse 2. Verse 9 reads “O dulcis virgo semper Maria.” A declamatory text setting prevails. Final d.

1. Breve Instrucción de canto llano ordenada por Luys de Villafranca, (Seville: Sebastián Trujillo, 1565). For transcription of Salve regina chant, see MRM 9, pp. 70-2.
[2] Ad te suspiramus

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

[3] Et Jesum

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

[4] O clemens

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

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Rodrigo de Ceballos - 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.

Bibliography

Modern editions

[Ceballos, 1995]

Ceballos, R. de, 1995, Obras completas, Snow R. J. (éd.), Granada.
(n° 23)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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