Salve regina [216]

Michael Praetorius

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SR216 Salve regina 4 vv ; [2.p.] Ad te suspiramus 4 vv ; [3.p.] Eia ergo 4 vv ; [4.p.] Et Jesum 4 vv ; [5.p.] O clemens 4 vv

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Motet

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[1] Salve regina

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

C-G2; A-C2; T-C3; B-F3. High clefs. Entire range, B♭-g’’. Chant (App. 4), pitched on d’’ and cast in semibreves and minums, serves as cantus firmus (C), supported by three independent voices within a full voice texture. Salve regina verses are structurally distinguished through partes, or silence of a minum preceding verses 2 and 3. To complement the plainsong, the complete texture associated with “salve…miserecordiae” is restated for verse 2, “vita…salve.”[1] The word “mater” appears in verses 1 (“mater misericordiae”) and 9 (“dulcis mater Maria”). Notably, the phrase “unigenitum Filium tuum” (your only-begotten Son”) replaces “benedictum fructum ventris tui” in verse 6, “Et Jesum, benedictum…”. Final g, b♭ signature; e-flats included in printed source. A raised third occurs with each cadence on G.

1. Salve regina settings by Arcadelt, SR021, Beausseron, SR037, Josquin, SR127, Misonne, SR172, Palestrina, SR195, Reiner, SR225, Richafort, SR230, Sermisy, SR236, and anonymous settings SR339, SR349, SR358, SR376, SR382, SR393, SR395 and SR476 follow the same procedure.
[2] Ad te suspiramus

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

[3] Eia ergo

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

[4] Et Jesum

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

[5] O clemens

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

Description

External link:
CPDL 44053 [Choral Public Domain Library]

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Michael Praetorius - 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

[Praetorius, 1929, vol. 13]

Praetorius, M., 1929, Gesamtausgabe der musikalischen Werke von Michael Praetorius Bd 13, Eulogodia Sionia (1611), Birtner H. (éd.), Wolfenbüttel-Berlin.
(n° 59)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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