Salve regina [093]

Hernando Franco

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SR093 Vita dulcedo 5 vv ; [2.p.] Ad te suspiramus 5 vv ; [3.p.] Et Jesum 4 vv ; [4.p.] Et Jesum 3 vv ; [5.p.] Et Jesum 4 vv ; [6.p.] O dulcis virgo semper Maria 5 vv

Type

Motet

Scores

[1] Vita dulcedo

Polyphonic ensemble SSATB

[Tp I]-C1; Tp II-C1; [A]-C3; [T]-C4; B-F4. Alternatim setting. Three versions of verse 6, “Et Jesum…,” each with a specific voice grouping (3.p., Tp I, Tp II, A, T; 4.p., A, T, B; 5.p., Tp, A, T, B) offer options. A Spanish version[1] of the chant introduces initial textual phrases of the first five partes; more important is the presence of a cantus firmus cast as breves or semibreves in a significant portion of each pars. In 1.p. plainsong congruent with “spes nostra salve” first appears in T at pitch (mm. 14-20), then in Tp an octave higher (mm. 25-31), and finally in B pitched on G (mm. 31-37). Though chant has limited influence upon the other voices, a motive consisting of three minums followed by two semibreves (a, a, a, b♭, a) pervades the texture. A similar treatment of the cantus firmus occurs in 6.p. where chant associated with “virgo semper Maria” is stated on d’ in Tp II (mm. 225-31) and immediately followed by a statement a fifth higher (mm. 231-37); thereafter both statements are repeated (mm. 237-51) again with a texture replete with motivic material. Except for initial imitative entries for each pars a full-voiced texture prevails accompanied by a declamatory text setting. Final d, with b♭ included in text.

1. Franco most likely used the Psalterium, An[t]iphonarium Sanctorale (Mexico City: Pedro Ochate, 1584) or a closely related source; however, chant associated with “virgo semper Maria” reflects a Spanish chant version in Passionarium Toletanum (Alcalà de Henares: Arnoldo Guillén de Brocar, 1515). On the other hand, chant concurrent with textual phrases “gementes et flentes” and “O dulcis” may reflect a local practice. For transcription of Salve regina chant, see MRM 9, pp. 70-2.
[2] Ad te suspiramus

Polyphonic ensemble SSATB

[3] Et Jesum

Polyphonic ensemble

[4] Et Jesum

Polyphonic ensemble

[5] Et Jesum

Polyphonic ensemble

[6] O dulcis virgo semper Maria

Polyphonic ensemble SSATB

Description

MS:
- GuatC 4 ff. 180v-188
- PueblaC 1 ff. 24v-29

Editions:
- MRM 9 No. 42 [A New-World Collection of Polyphony for Holy Week and the Salve Service Guatemala City, Cathedral Archive, Music MS 4. Edited by Robert J. Snow. Monuments of Renaissance Music 9. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1996.]

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Hernando Franco - 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

[Monuments of Renaissance music 9]

Snow, R. J., 1996, A New-world collection of polyphony for holy week and the salve service, Chicago & London http://ark.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb39972996f.
(n° 42)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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