Salve regina [148]

Jean Lhéritier

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SR148 Salve regina 6 vv ; 2.p. Eya ergo 6 vv

Type

Motet

Scores

[1] Salve regina

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S-G2; Ct-C2; T I-C3; T II-C3; B-F3. High clefs. Entire range, B♭-g’’. Chant (App. 4) most notably introduces verses 1 (“salve regina”), 2 (“vita”) and 9 (“O dulcis”) as semibreves within an imitative, contrapuntal texture of overlapping textual phrases. Plainsong primarily appears in S and T II (e.g., “salve”) and occasionally in Ct and B (“O dulcis,” mm. 186-9), but is treated with considerable freedom after initial entries. A canon at the unison derived from T I at the distance of two breves in 1.p. and three in 2.p. supplies the basic structure for the antiphon; except for a quote of the “vita” motive (mm. 23-5) the canon is freely composed. Text setting combines syllabic and melismatic styles. Final g, b♭ signature.
[2] Eya ergo

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Description

Lhéritier’s Salve regina, one of seventeen Marian antiphons included in Pierre Attaingnant’s print of 1535, was intended for use at Salve services in honor of the Virgin. Pierre Attaingnant’s print (1535|4) consists entirely of seventeen settings of three Marian antiphons, (2 Ave regina caelorum, 8 Regina caeli and 7 Salve regina). As its title indicates (“musicales ad virginem christiparam salutationes”), Attaingnant compiled these works for use at Salve services in honor of the Virgin. The seventeen antiphons, attributed to French and Franco-Flemish composers, include the respective chant quotations, often paraphrased, within an imitative, polyphonic texture. Only two of the antiphons had been published prior to Attaingnant’s Lib. Duodecimus: Josquin’s 5-voice Salve regina (SR128) and J. Richafort’s 5-voice Salve regina (SR230). Willaert’s 5-voice Regina caeli (RC222) first appeared in 1535|4, but was also published in subsequent printed editions. The remainder of the antiphons are available only in Attaingnant’s publication: M. Sohier, AC122; M. Georget, AC052; M. Sohier, SR237; M. Sohier, RC199; P. Moulu, RC148; J. Rousée, RC195; Gombert, RC090; P. Vermont, RC209; F. Bourguignon, RC035; A. De Silva, RC061; C. de Sermisy, SR236; J. Conseil, SR066; J. Lhéritier, SR148; and H. Barra, SR034.

Associated people

Jean Lhéritier - 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 48]

Lhéritier, J., 1969, Jean Lhéritier, Opera Omnia, Leeman Perkins (éd.).
(n° 32)

[Smijers, 1934]

Smijers, A. (éd.), 1934, Treize Livres de Motets Parus Chez Pierre Attaingnant En 1534 et 1535, Paris and Monaco.
(n° 15)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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