Salve regina [067]

Giovanni Contino

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SR067 Salve regina 6 vv ; 2.p. Eia ergo 4 vv ; 3.p. Et Jesum 6 vv

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[1] Salve regina

Polyphonic ensemble SATBXX

C-G2; Sx-G2; A-C2; T-C3; Q-C3; B-F3. High clefs. Entire range, G-g’’. Two equal C voices (C & Sx); range, e’-g’’. Two equal T voices (T & Q); range, f-a’. Chant (App. 4) accompanies each textual phrase either to underscore the text with long note values (breves and/or semibreves) or assimilate paraphrased chant into the imitative, polyphonic texture including a combination of both techniques (e.g., “salve regina,” mm. 1-22). The chant motive associated with “et Jesum” is embedded within the texture, first in B followed by a 5th above in T (mm. 157-9); on the other hand, plainsong concurrent with the three acclamations (verses 7-9) is defined in C (“O clemens,” mm. 194-203), Sx (“O pia,” mm. 204-10) and C (“O dulcis,” 210-14). Integration and development of plainsong motives constitute prime characteristics of the antiphon. A large scale tripartite structure defines the antiphon (1.p., 109 mm.; 1.p. 47 mm.; and 3.p. 67 mm.); “Eya ergo…,” the textual centerpiece (2.p.) contrasts with a reduced number of voices (C, Sx, A, Q), chant quotation primarily in Sx with brief references in other voices and a full-voice texture of independent voices. Contrasting voice groups (e.g., “benedictum” (Sx, T, B, mm. 168-171); “fructum ventris tui” (C, A Q, mm. 171-4); and “fructum ventris tui” (T, Q, B, mm. 173-6) emphasize the transparent texture and spatial elements. Brief full-voice texture segments appear in 1.p. and 3.p.: “Salve regina” (mm. 16-20); “gementes” (mm. 84-7); “lacrimarum valle” (mm. 106-9; “Et Jesum” (157-61); and “O dulcis virgo Maria” (mm. 220-4). Descending stepwise motion (A, T, Q, B) depicts the final textual phrase of 1.p.: “lacrimarum valle.” Final g, b♭ signature.
[2] Eia ergo

Polyphonic ensemble SAXX

[3] Et Jesum

Polyphonic ensemble SATBXX

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Giovanni Contino - 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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