Salve regina [142]

Orlande de Lassus

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SR142 Salve regina 5 vv ; 2.p. Et Jesum 5 vv

Type

Motet

Scores

[1] Salve regina

Polyphonic ensemble SSATB

C I-C1; C II-C1; A-C3; T-C4; B-F4. Entire range, D-e’’. “Salve” (“vita”) motto as semibreves and breve appears in T (mm. 1-3 and 7-9) in identical disposition as SR140 and 146; the remainder of the antiphon carries no chant influences. Brief imitative passages introduce “salve” of verse 1 and “fructum ventris” within a texture that combines homophony with occasional contrapuntal activity (e.g., “salve,” “vita,” “O clemens” and “O pia”). The antiphon is full voiced except for two four-voice (C I, C II, A, T) segments (“salve” and “vita”) and a three-voice (C I, C II, A) passage associated with verse 4 (“Ad te suspiramus gementes et flentes”), a total of nine measures. To express the text, “in hac lacrimarum valle,” the B descends to D. Expressive harmonic progressions accompany the three invocations, verses 7-9. Declamatory text setting prevails. Final d.
[2] Et Jesum

Polyphonic ensemble SSATB

Description

External link:
CPDL 26983 [whole tone higher] [Choral Public Domain Library]

Associated people

Orlande de Lassus - 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

[Hübsch, 1955, vol. 8]

Hübsch, H., 1955, Die Marianischen Antiphone von Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Orlando di Lasso, Tomaso Ludovico da Vittoria., Heidelberg.
(n° 8)

[Lasso, 1894, vol. 5]

Lasso, O. di, 1894, Sämtliche Werke, F. Haberl et A. Sandberger (éd.), Leipzig.
(n° 248-249)

[Lasso, 2007]

Lasso, O. di, 2007, The Complete Motets, Crook D. (éd.), Madison.
(n° 4)

[Musica sacra 10]

Commer, F., 1884, Musica sacra. Cantiones XVI, XVII saeculorum praestantissimas quatuor pluribusque vocibus accomodatas, 10, Regensburg, Allemagne.
(n° 33)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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