Salve regina [265]

Tomás Luis de Victoria

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SR265 Vita, dulcedo 5 vv ; 2.p. Ad te suspiramus 5 vv ; 3.p. Et Jesum 4 vv ; 4.p. O pia 5 vv

Type

Motet

Scores

[1] Vita, dulcedo

Polyphonic ensemble SATTB

S-G2; A-C2; T I-C3; T II-C3; B-F3. High clefs. Entire range, B♭-g’’. Alternatim setting. The respective chant (App. 4) introduces textual phrases in breves and semibreves (e.g., “vita,” S, mm. 2-4 and “ad te,” S, mm. 25-7) or in the rhythmic character of other voices (e.g., “Et Jesum” A/B, mm. 61-4 and “O pia,” S/T, mm. 91-6); chant pervades the imitative texture. “Salve” motto, but with text “ad te su[spiramus]” appears in T I of 2.p. To represent the text “lacrimarum valle,” Victoria created a descending stepwise melody that encompasses an octave (S and T) or a fifth (all voices) that concludes pars 2. Declamatory style defines text setting. Final g (1.p., 2.p., 3.p.) d (4.p.)
[2] Ad te suspiramus

Polyphonic ensemble SATTB

[3] Et Jesum

Polyphonic ensemble

[4] O pia

Polyphonic ensemble SATTB

Description

External link:
CPDL 08192 [Choral Public Domain Library]

Associated people

Tomás Luis de Victoria - 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

[Thomae Ludovici Victoria Abulensis]

Victoria, T. L. de, 1911, Thomae Ludovici Victoria Abulensis :  opera omnia, Pedrell F. (éd.), Lipsiae.
(pp. 104-7)

[Victoria, 1965, vol. 31]

Victoria, T. L. de, 1965, Opera omnia (Victoria, Tomás Luis de), Anglès H. (éd.), Roma.
(n° 34)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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