Salve regina [175]

Cristóbal de Morales

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SR175 Salve regina 5 vv ; 2.p. Eia ergo 3 vv ; 3.p. Et Jesum 5 vv

Type

Motet

Scores

[1] Salve regina

Polyphonic ensemble SAATB

C-G2; A I-C2; A II-C2; T-C3; B-C4. High clefs. Entire range, B♭-g’’. Chant (App. 4), in semibreves (e.g., “salve” and “vita”), breves (e.g., “Et Jesum”), or frequently rhythmically assimilated, pervades the imitative texture at beginning of textual phrases. On the other hand, chant serves as cantus firmus in breves in C (“spes nostra salve,” mm. 25-37) and B (“nobis post hoc exsilium ostende,” mm. 161-9) supported by contrasting motivic material treated imitatively. Morales contrasts various voice groupings with full-voice scoring within a continuum of overlapping phrases in each pars. Declamatory text setting prevails. Final g, b♭ signature; e flats in MS sources, or editorially required.
[2] Eia ergo

Polyphonic ensemble

[3] Et Jesum

Polyphonic ensemble SAATB

Description

Grayson Wagstaff proposed the hypothesis that Josquin’s Salve regina (SR127) influenced Spanish composers to adopt the tripartite structure that allowed greater development of musical materials and expressive interpretation of the text than the typical alternatim setting. That Morales was acquainted with Josquin’s Salve regina is corroborated by Morales’s integration (mm. 26-9) of the ostinato motive (B, mm. 3-6) into his five-voice Salve regina. G. Wagstaff, “Mary’s Own. Josquin’s Five-Part “Salve regina” and Marian Devotions in Spain,” Tijdschrift van de Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, Deel 52, No. 1 (2002), 3-34.

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CPDL 20203 [Choral Public Domain Library]

Associated people

Cristóbal de Morales - 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

[Monumentos de la música española 13]

Morales, C. de, 1984, Opera omnia, Anglès H. (éd.), Roma.
(n° 19)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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