Salve regina [381]

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SR381 Salve regina 4 vv ; [2.p.] Ad te clamamus 4 vv ; [3.p.] Eya ergo---benedictum 4 vv ; [4.p.] O clemens 4 vv

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[1] Salve regina

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

[C]-C2; [A]-C4; [T]-C4; [B]-F4. Entire range, F-b♭’. Considerable overlapping of voices due to the low tessitura of C and similar ranges of A and T. Chant (App. 4) introduces partes 1 (“salve regina” mm. 1-5), 3 (“eya ergo” mm. 76-9) & 4 (“O clemens” mm. 138-42), and highlights specific words (“nobis post” mm. 123-7 and “O dulcis” mm. 152-7) cast as semibreves that permeate the imitative, polyphonic texture. Paraphrased plainsong prevails in C of the first two partes and T of partes 3 & 4. Structural features differ from most Salve regina settings; partes 1, 2 & 3 each include two textual verses whereas pars 4 is devoted to the three acclamations (verses 7-9). Pars 3 consists of two independent sections, the first concluding with “Et Jesum,” a phrase normally treated as the beginning of verse 6. Invertible counterpoint based in chant (A/C and T/B, mm. 109-15) introduces section 2, “benedictum…ostende,” followed by an imitative segment associated with “fructum” (C, A, T, B, mm. 114-19). Final d, no signature; except for a few b-flats included in MS, editorial accidentals required.
[2] Ad te clamamus

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

[3] Eya ergo---benedictum

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

[4] O clemens

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

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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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