Salve regina [226]

Gilles Reyngot

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SR226 Salve regina 4 vv ; [2.p.] Ad te suspiramus 4 vv ; [3.p.] Et Jesum 4 vv

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[1] Salve regina

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[D]-C1; Ct-C3; T-C4; B-F4. Paired imitation with “salve” motto (in longae) in S and T supported by contrasting thematic material in minums and semiminums. Tenor frequently carries chant (App. 4)[1] as a cantus firmus. Whereas “Et Jesum” motive is often cast within a homophonic texture, it is treated imitatively (T, S, B, A). A large segment of verse 6 (“benedictum…ventris,” mm. 116-44) comprises paired imitation (S/Ct, T/B and S/Ct). The usual tripartite structure places verse 5 in a central position surrounded by verses 1-4 and 6-9; however, Reingot’s format combines verses 4 and 5 in pars 2 encompassed by verses 1-3 and 6-9. The antiphon concludes with a dense, imitative fabric accompanying verses 7-9. Little regard for text underlay. Final d.

1. The source for the chant is most likely Cambrai, Médiathèque Municipale, XVI C 4 (ca. 1508-18), ff. 227v-8, or an antiphonary with a similar disposition of the plainsong.
[2] Ad te suspiramus

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[3] Et Jesum

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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.

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Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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