Salve regina [200]

Paolo Papini

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SR200 Salve regina 6 vv

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Motet

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Polyphonic ensemble SSATTB

C I-G2; C II-G2; A-C2; T I-C3; T II-C3; B-F3. High clefs. Entire range, B♭-g’’. Equal C (f’-g’’) and T (f-a’) voices. “Salve” motto (App. 4), cast as breves, articulates initial phrase (T II, A, B, T I) within imitative texture (mm. 1-7). Textual phrases are differentiated through texture, antiphonal treatment and expressive harmony. A transparent imitative texture coupled with a variety of voice groupings and contrasting homorhythmic segments characterize the antiphon. For example, a duo (C II/A) introduces verse 5, “Eia ergo” followed by full voice, homorhythmic texture for “advocata nostra” (mm. 30-35). Expressive harmonic progressions (d, c, E♭, D) accompany “Et Jesum” followed by a duo (C I/C II, “benedictum fructum ventris tui,” mm. 41-5) and full-voice texture for “nobis…ostende.” Harmonic progressions express the acclamations “O clemens” (B♭, c, E♭, D) and “O pia” (d, E♭, A, d, c, E♭, D). A polyphonic texture comprised of diatonic stepwise melismas based upon harmonic progressions d and g (“O dulcis virgo Maria”) conclude this well-crafted antiphon. Final g, b♭ signature.

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Paolo Papini - 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

[Lightbourne 1994]

Lightbourne, R. E., 1994, Annibale Stabile, a Man of No Little Repute among the Masters of Music : The Sacred Music, Thèse de doctorat soutenue à , 1994 https://ourarchive.otago.ac.nz/esploro/outputs/doctoral/Annibale-Stabile-a-man-of-no/9926479913001891 (consulté le 13 novembre 2025).
(pp. 594-601)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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