Salve regina [154]

Johannes Mangon

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SR154 Vita dulcedo 4 vv ; [2.p.] Ad te suspiramus 3 vv “Altus tacet” ; [3.p.] Et Jesum 4 vv ; [4.p.] O pia 4 vv

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Motet

Scores

[1] Vita dulcedo

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

D-G2; A-C2; T-C4; B-F4. Eleven alternatim Salve regina settings (SR154-SR165) attributed to J. Mangon share similar structural and stylistic features. The length of 1.p. ranges between 12 and 21 mm. (median, 15 mm.); 2.p., 13-34 mm. (median, 21) and 4.p., 8-11 mm. (median, 9.5). Pars 3 begins with a “prelude” between 3½ and 8 mm. in length, the final chord (D; only SR158 cadences on G) capped with a corona; the entire 3.p. extends from 18-28 mm. (median, 21.5). Plainsong is relegated to odd-numbered verses.[1] Chant quotations (App. 4) introduce each pars within an imitative, polyphonic texture; the chant motive concurrent with “Et Jesum” serves as a cantus firmus (D, A, or T)[2] in several settings. In settings of verse 8, “O pia,” plainsong most frequently appears in D. In some settings specific words (e.g., “nobis,” of 3.p.) receive emphasis through chant quotation or musical treatment to interpret the text (e.g., “gementes et flentes in hac lacrimarum valle”). To complement chant, “O pia” (4.p.) concludes on D. Paired imitation initiates 1.p. with “Salve” motto[3] in D/T. Final g, b♭ signature.

1. The editor has included chant from the Liber Usualis rather than a 16th-century antiphonary (App. 4).

2. In Salve regina settings of the late 15th and early 16th-c the “Et Jesum” motive was often presented in the lowest voice or an inner voice.

3. The slightly paraphrased motto (d, c, b♭, c, d, g = dotted semibreve, 2 semiminums, 2 minums, minum) recurs in SR155, SR158 and SR163.
[2] Ad te suspiramus

Polyphonic ensemble STB

“Altus tacet”
[3] Et Jesum

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

[4] O pia

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

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Johannes Mangon - 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

[Chorbuch III]

Mangon, J., 2000, Chorbuch III: Antiphonen, Cantica, Hymnen, Varia, Pohl R. (éd.), Aachen.
(n° 11)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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