Salve regina [116]

Hymbert de Salinis

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SR116 Salve regina 3 vv ; Virgo mater 2 vv ; O clemens 3 vv ; Virgo clemens 2 vv ; O pia 4 vv ; Gloriosa 2 vv ; O dulcis Maria 4 vv

Type

Motet

Scores

[1] Salve regina

Polyphonic ensemble

C1-C1; C II-C2; T-C4; Ct-C4. “Salve” motto in C (mm. 1-2) is only vestige of chant in the antiphon. Within a contrapuntal texture, C and T form an axis while the angular Ct sharing an identical range (c-e’) with T functions as a “filler” voice. Hubertus’s Salve regina may be the earliest continental setting of the antiphon to include the trope[1] (verses 1, 2, and 4) but with a free interchange of lines 3 and 4 between verses 1 and 2. The three trope verses scored for C I and C II are most likely performed by solo voices; verse 1, “Virgo mater” is labeled “Unus.” Four-part writing (C I and C II in unison, T and Ct) defines the three invocations that are presumably for “chorus.” Salve regina verses 1-6 are in duple mensuration, the trope verses and three invocations (verses 7-9) in compound duple mensuration. Final d.

1. Hubertus included a version of Virgo, mater ecclesias with an interchange of lines in verses 1 and 2, but also variant lines 2 and 4 of verse 4.

Virgo, mater ecclesias / Hubertus

Virgo, mater ecclesias, / Virgo mater ecclesiae,
aeterna porta gloriae, / eternae porta gloriae,
esto nobis refugium / exaudi preces omnium
apud patrem et filium. / ad te pie clamantium.

Virgo clemens, virgo pia, / Virgo clemens, virgo pia,
Virgo dulcis, o Maria, / Virgo dulcis, o Maria
exaudi preces omnium / esto nobis refugium
ad te pie clamantium. / apud patrem et filium.

Gloriosa Dei mater, / Gloriosa Dei mater,
cujus natus est ac pater, / quam elegit summus pater,
ora pro nobis omnibus, / ora pro nobis omnibus,
qui memoriam agimus. / laudem tuam cadentibus.

Glorious mother of God / Glorious mother of God
whose son is the father, / whom the supreme father chose,
pray for us all / pray for us all
who perform your memorial. / as we bow down to your praise.

Translation of verses 1 and 2:

Virgo mater ecclesiae, / Virgin mother of the church
aeterna porta gloriae, / eternal gate to glory,
esto nobis refugium / be a refuge for us
apud Patrem et Filium. / before the Father and the Son,

O clemens! / O gentle one;

Virgo clemens, virgo pia, / Gentle virgin, virgin holy,
virgo dulcis, O Maria, / O sweet virgin Mary,
exaudi preces omnium / hear the prayers of all
ad te pie clamantium. / Who make their dutiful cry to you,

O pia! / O loving one;

Funde preces tuo nato / Pour out your prayers to your Son,
crucifixo, vulnerato, / crucified, wounded,
et pro nobis flagellato / and scourged for our sake,
spinis puncto, felle potato, / pierced with thorns, given gall to drink.

O dulcis Maria, salve. / O sweet Mary, hail!
[2] Virgo mater

Polyphonic ensemble

[3] O clemens

Polyphonic ensemble

[4] Virgo clemens

Polyphonic ensemble

[5] O pia

Polyphonic ensemble SSTX

[6] Gloriosa

Polyphonic ensemble

[7] O dulcis Maria

Polyphonic ensemble SSTX

Associated people

Hymbert de Salinis - 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

[CMM 11]

Gilbert Reaney, 1983, Early Fifteenth-Century Music: Collected Works of NICOLAUS GRENON, HUBERTUS DE SALINIS, and BELTRAME FERAGUT.
(n° 7)

[Schering, 1931]

Schering, A., 1931, Geschichte der Musik in Beispielen, Leipzig.
(n° 31)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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