Salve regina [079]

Guillaume Du Fay

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SR079 [Salve] regina 4 vv ; [2.p.] Eia ergo 4 vv ; [3.p.] Et Jesum 4 vv ; [4.p.] O clemens 4 vv ; [5.p.] O pia 4 vv ; [6.p.] O dulcis virgo Maria 4 vv

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Motet

Scores

[1] [Salve] regina

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[S]-C3; Ct-C4; T-C4; B-F3. “Salve” intonation (S). Paraphrased chant (App 4) is presented in S except for text “illos tuos” where it is in the Ct while S is silent (mm. 84-90); chant in long-note values appears as a cantus firmus in “O clemens” and “O pia.” Considerable voice crossing occurs between three lower voices, particularly the Ct and T that share the same range. Triple mensuration defines the 1.p. and 4.p., whereas the remaining partes are in duple mensuration. Text underlay of minimal concern to scribe. For example, the B is textless for the 1.p. except for a text incipit, “regina misericordie”; the Ct includes the text incipit “ad te clamamus” to introduce verse 3 and joins S and T to conclude verse 4 (“in hac lacrimarum valle”). Final d, a (4.p., 5.p.).
[2] Eia ergo

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[3] Et Jesum

Polyphonic ensemble STBX

[4] O clemens

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[5] O pia

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[6] O dulcis virgo Maria

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Description

Ascribed to Du Fay in Trent 89; authorship has been questioned by Karl Dèzes (1927, pp. 327-62). However, Fallows and Strohm doubt the conclusions of Dèzes(Fallows, 1982 p. 299), and (Strohm, 1993, p. 438).


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CPDL 26552 [Choral Public Domain Library]

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Guillaume Du Fay - 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

[Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich 14-15]

Adler, G., Koller, O. et Ficker, R. (éd.), 1900, Sechs Trienter Codices, Graz.
(pp. 178-83)

[Migliavacca, 1961]

Migliavacca, L. (éd.), 1961, Anonimi mottetti, Milano.
(pp. 26-37)

[Noblitt Ed 1993]

Noblitt, T. L. (éd.), 1993, Der Kodex des Magister Nicolaus Leopold: Staatsbibliothek München Mus. ms. 3154, Kassel.
(n° 60)

References

[Dèzes 1927]

Dèzes, K., 1927, Das Dufay zugeschriebene Salve Regina eine deutsche Komposition. Stilkritische Studie, Zeitschrift für Musikwissenschaft, 10, p. 327-.
(pp. 327-62)

[Fallows 1982]

Fallows, D., 1982, Dufay, London http://www.sudoc.fr/045408580.
(p. 229)

[Strohm 1993]

Strohm, R., 1993, The Rise of European Music, 1380-1500, Cambridge.
(p. 438)

Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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