Salve regina [204]

Peter Philips

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SR204 Salve regina 5 vv ; 2.p. Eja ergo 5 vv

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Motet

Scores

[1] Salve regina

Polyphonic ensemble SATBXX

C-G2; Q-G2; A-C2; T-C3; B-F3; Bc-C3 and F4. A Bc (basso seguente) was added in the 2nd edition (P 1974). High clefs. Entire range, B♭-a’’. “Salve” intonation in Q. Chant underscores specific words particularly at the beginning of each pars: “regina,” Q, A, and T in quasi-parallel motion (mm. 1-3) and C in imitation of Q; “vita dulcedo,” C and Q; “Eia” (mm. 55-61); “Et Jesum” (mm. 74-6); and “nobis,” T and B (mm. 82-7). Textual phrases are differentiated through motivic material, contrast of homophonic, imitative textures and voice groupings. Verses 7 and 8, “O clemens” and “O pia,” consist of three measures each with identical harmonic progressions (d, A, D) and a rearrangement of voices. Minum rests before “suspiramus” and between syllables (suspi-ra-mus) effectively express the text. Two statements of verse 9, “O dulcis virgo Maria,” in triple mensuration precede a concluding statement in duple mensuration. Final d; b♭ signature.
[2] Eja ergo

Polyphonic ensemble SATBXX

Description

External link:
CPDL 07015 [1.p.]; 07021 [2.p.] [Choral Public Domain Library]

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Peter Philips - 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

[Philips Ed 1992]

Philips, P., 1992, Cantiones sacrae quinis vocibus (1612), Dunedin.
(n° 58)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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