Salve regina [066]

Jean Conseil

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SR066 Salve regina 5 vv ; [2.p.] Eia ergo 4 vv ; [3.p.] Et Jesum 5 vv

Type

Motet

Scores

[1] Salve regina

Polyphonic ensemble SSTTB

S-C1; C3; T I-C4; T II-C4; B-F4. Chant (App. 4) permeates the imitative, contrapuntal texture wherein it is set apart in long-note values at the beginning of each pars as well as for specific words or phrases, such as “vita dulcedo,” clamamus,” “gementes,” “nobis post hoc exilium” and “O clemens”; on the other hand, chant also embraces other rhythmic gestures (e.g., “in hac lacrimarum”). Specific textual phrases combine chant with freely composed motives treated imitatively (e.g., “illos tuos misericordes,” mm. 100-10). In the ultimate measure of 1.p. and 3.p. the B descends to D. Conseil emphasizes the tripartite structure with a reduced number of voices (Ct, T I, T II, B) for pars 2. Declamatory text setting prevails. Final d, b-flats appear in the original edition but additional editorial b-flats are required.
[2] Eia ergo

Polyphonic ensemble TTBX

[3] Et Jesum

Polyphonic ensemble SSTTB

Description

Conseil’s Salve regina, one of seventeen Marian antiphons included in Pierre Attaingnant’s print of 1535, was intended for use at Salve services in honor of the Virgin. Pierre Attaingnant’s print (1535|4) consists entirely of seventeen settings of three Marian antiphons, (2 Ave regina caelorum, 8 Regina caeli and 7 Salve regina). As its title indicates (“musicales ad virginem christiparam salutationes”), Attaingnant compiled these works for use at Salve services in honor of the Virgin. The seventeen antiphons, attributed to French and Franco-Flemish composers, include the respective chant quotations, often paraphrased, within an imitative, polyphonic texture. Only two of the antiphons had been published prior to Attaingnant’s Lib. Duodecimus: Josquin’s 5-voice Salve regina (SR128) and J. Richafort’s 5-voice Salve regina (SR230). Willaert’s 5-voice Regina caeli (RC222) first appeared in 1535|4, but was also published in subsequent printed editions. The remainder of the antiphons are available only in Attaingnant’s publication: M. Sohier, AC122; M. Georget, AC052; M. Sohier, SR237; M. Sohier, RC199; P. Moulu, RC148; J. Rousée, RC195; Gombert, RC090; P. Vermont, RC209; F. Bourguignon, RC035; A. De Silva, RC061; C. de Sermisy, SR236; J. Conseil, SR066; J. Lhéritier, SR148; and H. Barra, SR034.



External link:
CPDL 69647 [Choral Public Domain Library]

Associated people

Jean Conseil - Composer

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Sung texts

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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

[Smijers, 1934]

Smijers, A. (éd.), 1934, Treize Livres de Motets Parus Chez Pierre Attaingnant En 1534 et 1535, Paris and Monaco.
(n° 14)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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