Salve regina [168]

Johannes Martini

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SR168 Salve regina 4 vv ; [2.p.] Ad te clamamus 4 vv ; [3.p.] Ad te suspiramus 4 vv ; [4.p.] Eya ergo 3 vv ; [5.p.] Advocata 4 vv ; [6.p.] Et Jesum 4 vv ; [7.p.] Benedictum 4 vv ; [8.p.] O clemens 4 vv ; [9.p.] O dulcis maria 4 vv

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Scores

[1] Salve regina

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

S-C1; A-C3; T-C3; B-F4. Chant (App. 4) at times paraphrased (verses 1, 2, 3, and 9), but usually cast as a cantus firmus in long-note values, assumes a principal role in one of the longest Salve regina settings (334 mm.). In partes 4 and 6 the motives, respectively attached to “Eia ergo” and “Et Jesum,” migrate through all voices. In verse 3 the cantus firmus is assigned to A, whereas in the remaining partes (5.p., 7.p., 9.p.) it appears in T. In addition, six complete or partial chants with their texts complement specific Salve regina verses (see below). Though unrelated to the BVM, the six foreign chants plus Salve regina could symbolically suggest the seven sorrows of the BVM. All chant melodies are transposed a fourth higher or a fifth lower. Chant associated with the word “nobis” introduces the hymn Gloria, laus et honor in 7.p.; the A carries only the initial words of the hymn before returning to the Salve regina text (“Benedictum…”). The word “mater” in verse 1 and “virgo” in verse 9 are omitted. Final g, b♭ signature; b♭ and e♭ signature in A for verse 8.

1. LU 1867-8.
1.p. T Da pacem Domine antiphon for peace
Da pacem Domine in diebus nostris; quia non est alius, qui pugnet pro nobis, nisi tu, Deus, noster.
Give us peace, O Lord, in our time; for there is no one else who would fight for us, except you, Lord.

2. LU 575-6.
2.p. B O crux, ave, spes unica first half of v. 6 of hymn Vexilla Regis at
Vespers, first Sunday of Passion
O crux, ave, spes unica, hos Passionis tempore.
Hail, O cross, our only hope in this time of the Passion.

3. LU 1111-2.
3.p. B Auge piis second half of v.6 of hymn Vexilla Regis
Auge piis justitiam reisque dona veniam.
Grant justice to the holy and pardon to the guilty.

4. LU 586.
5.p. A Vos amici mei estis antiphon for First Vespers, Common of
Apostles and of Evangelists
Vos amici mei estis si feceritis, que precipio vobis, dicit Dominus.
You will be my friends if you do what I command you, says the Lord.

5. LU 586.
Gloria, laus et honor tibi sit, Rex Christe Redemptor: Cui puerile decus prompsit hosanna pium.
Glory, praise and honor to you, redeemer, king, to whom the lips of children made sweet Hosannas ring.

7.p. A/B Gloria, laus et honor hymn to Christ the King

6. LU 880-1,
9.p. B Da tuis fidelibus v. 9 of sequence Veni sancta spiritus,
Whit Sunday
Da tuis fidelibus in te condifentibus sacrum septenarium.
Give your faithful, trusting in you, the seven sacraments.
[2] Ad te clamamus

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

[3] Ad te suspiramus

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

[4] Eya ergo

Polyphonic ensemble

[5] Advocata

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

[6] Et Jesum

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

[7] Benedictum

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

[8] O clemens

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

[9] O dulcis maria

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

Description

Murray Steib doubts the attribution to J. Martini based upon a revised reading of the attribution in MunBS 3154; six other pieces are attributed to “Jo. Martini” in the manuscript, whereas Salve regina is attributed to “Jo. M.” or perhaps “Jo. A.” Steib suggests that “from a stylistic standpoint, it could have been composed by any one of a number of composers active between 1460-80.” (Martini et al., 2009, p. xv).


External link:
CPDL 35520 [major third higher] [Choral Public Domain Library]

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Johannes Martini - 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

[Chorwerk 46]

Martini, J., 1937, Drei geistliche Gesänge zu 4 Stimmen, Gerber R. (éd.), Wolfenbüttel.
(pp. 1-13)

[Noblitt Ed 1993]

Noblitt, T. L. (éd.), 1993, Der Kodex des Magister Nicolaus Leopold: Staatsbibliothek München Mus. ms. 3154, Kassel.
(n° 61)

[Recent Research in the Music of the Middle Ages and Early Renaissance 39]

Martini, J., Brebis, J. et Steib, M., 2009, Sacred Music. Part 1, Middleton, Wi.
(n° 31)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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