Salve regina [130]

Jacobus de Kerle

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SR130 Salve regina 5 vv ; [2.p.] Vita dulcedo 5 vv ; [3.p.] Ad te clamamus 4 vv ; [4.p.] Ad te suspiramus 5 vv ; [5.p.] Eya ergo 3 vv ; [6.p.] Et Jesum 4 vv ; [7.p.] O clemens 2 vv ; [8.p.] O pia 5 vv ; [9.p.] O dulcis virgo Maria 5 vv

Type

Motet

Scores

[1] Salve regina

Polyphonic ensemble SSAATB

C I-C1; C II-C1; A I-C3; A II-C3; T-C4; B-F4. Initial pitches of chant (App. 4) in long-note values introduce respective text verses in one or two voices (e.g., C I and C II of 1.p.; T and C II of 3.p.; and C I of 7.p. and 8.p.). Paraphrased chant permeates the texture of 4.p. (mm. 51-6). The opening measures of each pars involves imitation of chant or contrasting contrapuntal motives; a full-voice texture continues for the remainder of each pars. Symmetry of structure and contrast of voice groupings distinguish Kerle’s antiphon. Three groups each of three partes consist of a similar number of measures or demonstrate symmetry (7.p., 8.p., and 9.p.)

1.p.15 mm.C IC IIATB
2.p.17 mm.C IC IIATB
3.p.18 mm.C IIATB
4.p.24 mm.C IC IIATB
5.p.25 mm.ATB
6.p.26 mm.C IC IIATB
7.p.13 mm.C IA
8.p.8 mm.C IC IIATB
9.p.14 mm.C IC IIATB

A descending stepwise motive in each voice accompanies the text, “in hac lachrimarum valle.” The word “mater” is omitted from verse 1. Declamatory style defines text setting. To complement the chant, both 7.p. and 8.p. conclude on the dominant, a. Final d, several b-flats included in source.
[2] Vita dulcedo

Polyphonic ensemble SSAATB

[3] Ad te clamamus

Polyphonic ensemble

[4] Ad te suspiramus

Polyphonic ensemble SSAATB

[5] Eya ergo

Polyphonic ensemble

[6] Et Jesum

Polyphonic ensemble

[7] O clemens

Polyphonic ensemble

[8] O pia

Polyphonic ensemble SSAATB

[9] O dulcis virgo Maria

Polyphonic ensemble SSAATB

Associated people

Jacobus de Kerle - 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.

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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