Salve regina [184]

Jacob Obrecht

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SR184 Vita dulcedo 6 vv ; [2.p.] Ad te suspiramus 6 vv ; [3.p.] Et Jesum 6 vv ; [4.p.] O pia 6 vv

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Motet

Scores

[1] Vita dulcedo

Polyphonic ensemble SSSTTB

[C I]-C1; [C II]-C1; [C III]-C1; [T I]-C3; [T II]-C3; [B]-F4. Alternatim setting. Free use of canon involving chant (App. 4) characterizes partes 1, 3, and 4. In 1.p. T II follows C I at the lower octave and distance of two breves until measure 25; for the remaining five measures T I continues in free counterpoint while C I is silent. To begin 3.p. the “Et Jesum” motive permeates the homophonic texture (mm. 129-39) followed by a canon between T I and C I at the upper octave and distance of two measures. Symmetry defines the second and fourth partes each opening with a three-voice texture of C I, C II, and C III followed by the three lower voices. In addition, a canon in augmentation distinguishes each pars: 2.p., C I/T I, mm. 34-40=40-51; 4.p., C I/T I, mm. 219-22=222-6. Symmetry extends to presence of triple mensuration in outer partes and duple mensuration for inner partes. A melismatic textual setting prevails. Final g (1.p., 2.p., 3.p.); final d, for 4.p. complements the chant where verse 8 concludes on the dominant; b♭ signature.
[2] Ad te suspiramus

Polyphonic ensemble SSSTTB

[3] Et Jesum

Polyphonic ensemble SSSTTB

[4] O pia

Polyphonic ensemble SSSTTB

Description

MS:
- MunBS 34 ff. 43v-49. No. 10
- RegB C98 ff. 81v-90 Anonymous

Editions:
- ObrechtCW Vol. 16. No. 26 [Obrecht, Jacob. Collected Works. Edited by Chris Maas. New Obrecht Edition. Utrecht: Koninklijke Vereniging Voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 1983-99.]
- ObrechtWolf Vol. 6. No. 1 [Obrecht, Jacob. Werken. Edited by Johannes Wolf. Amsterdam: G. Alsbach & Co. and Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1908-21. Reprint, Farnborough: Gregg International Publishers Limited, 1968.]
- CPDL 30575 [Choral Public Domain Library]

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Jacob Obrecht - 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

[Obrecht, 1968, vol. 6]

Obrecht, J., 1968, Werken van Jacob Obrecht, Wolf J. (éd.), Amsterdam.
(n° 1)

[Obrecht, 1983, vol. 16]

Obrecht, J., 1983, Collected works, Utrecht.
(n° 26)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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