Salve regina [275]

Gioseffo Zarlino

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SR275 Salve regina 6 vv ; 2.p. Eia ergo 4 vv ; 3.p. Et Jesum 6 vv

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Motet

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[1] Salve regina

Polyphonic ensemble SATBXX

C-C1; Sx-C1; A-C3; Q-C4; T-F3; B-F4. As anticipatory statements of chant motives and the subject of a canon, chant (App. 4) significantly influences the structure of Zarlino’s Salve regina. Anticipatory statements of “salve” motto and motives associated with “eia ergo” and “Et Jesum” permeate the imitative texture. Paraphrased chant (e.g., “ad te clamamus) as well as cantus firmus treatment (e.g., “gementes et flentes,” “ in hac lacrymarum valle” and the three acclamations, verses 7-8) define canon at the upper octave (Sx and T) at distance of six breves (1.p.), canon at the lower octave (Sx and T) after three breves (2.p.), and canon at the lower octave, Sx and T, at the distance of four breves (3.p.). The tripartite structure is emphasized with a contrasting four-voice setting of verse 5, the centerpiece of the antiphon. The word “mater” is omitted in verse 1. Declamatory text setting primarily in syllabic style characterizes the motet. Final d, several b-flats appear in the source but editorial b-flats are necessary.
[2] Eia ergo

Polyphonic ensemble

[3] Et Jesum

Polyphonic ensemble SATBXX

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Gioseffo Zarlino - 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

[Recent researches in the music of the Renaissance 163]

Zarlino, G., 2015, Motets from the 1560s: seventeen motets from Modulationes sex vocum and Motetta D. Cipriani de Rore et aliorum auctorum, Judd C. C. et Schiltz K. (éd.), Middleton, Wisconsin.
(n° 12)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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