Salve regina [331]

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SR331 Vita dulcedo 4 vv ; [2.p.] Ad te suspiramus 4 vv ; [3.p.] Et Jesum 4 vv ; [4.p.] O pia 4 vv

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[1] Vita dulcedo

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[D]-C1; Ct-C3; T-C4; B-F4. Alternatim setting. Initial pitches of chant (App. 4) in semibreves and breves introduce textual phrases (1.p., “vita,” B and Ct; 2.p., “Ad te,” T, “in hac,” T; 3.p., “Et Jesum,” Ct, “benedictum” and “fructum,” B and “nobis,” T); chant serves as cantus firmus (Ct) in pars 4. ). An equally significant unifying device involves the Dutch liedeken, O werde mund[2] that serves as a cantus firmus in D; Salve regina and liedeken melodies share mode 1 and principal pitches a and d. The A section is stated in pars 1, the B section in pars 2 (mm. 26-47) with a repeat of the final phrase (mm. 48-58), the entire melody in pars 3 and the first phrase of O werde mund in “O pia” (4.p.). The author of the text describes the physical features of his beloved and urges her to keep her promise to marry him. Limited concern for text underlay. Final d.

1. The same Dutch liedeken serves as a cantus firmus in D II of J. Molinet’s Salve regina; Commentary regarding sources of melody, text and translation:

K. Vellekoop, en H. Wagenaar-Nolthenius, Het Antwerps Liedboek: 87 melodieën op teksten uit “Een Schoon Liedekens-Boeck van 1544, 2 vols., (Amsterdam: Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 1975). The transcription of O werde mont, No. 63, consists of quarter-notes and eighth-notes (the latter for melismas) without a mensuration symbol. On the other hand, the melodic and rhythmic content of O werde mont, as well as its disposition in SR173 complements the anonymous Salve regina setting, SR331. A four-voice Ough waarder mount in LonBM 31922 includes the Dutch liedeken in the upper voice with remarkably similar melodic and rhythmic content of the two Salve reginas. Music at the Court of Henry VIII, Edited by John Stevens, MB 18, (London: Stainer and Bell Ltd., 1962), No. 42.

O werde mont / O dear mouth
Ghi maect ghesont / You make the bottom
Mijns herten gront / Of my heart healthy
Tot alder stont. / In every hour.
Als ick bi u mach wesen, / If I may be with you,
So ben ick al genesen. / I am already feeling better.

Mer tscheyden quaet / But taking leave
Van tfier gelaet / Of your proud face
Maect me disperaet; / Make me desperate;
Ten baet gheenen raet; / I do not know what to do;
Wilt si mi nu begheven, / If you you come to me now,
Van vruechden moet ic sneven. / I will faint from joy.

Haer schoon ghelu hayr, / Her beautiful yellow hair,
Haer oochskens clear / Her clear eyes
Brenghen mi in vaer, / Make me fear
Nu hier, nu daer, / Here and now
Dat ic sesoude verliesen, / That I would lose [her],
Oft si een ander soude kiesen. / Or she would choose an other.

Haer lippekens root, / Her red lips
Haer borstkens bloot, / Her bare breasts
Al sonder ghenoot, / Without a lover
Maken mi vroecht groot. / Make me wanting more
Al sic bi haer mach rusten / If I may rest with her
Boete ic mijns herten lusten. / It will still my heart’s demands.

Schoon life, doet wel / Beautiful lover, be good,
Enbe kiest neimant el, / And choose no one else
In narst, in spel! / In earnest, in play.
Doet mijn bevel / That is my order
Ende hout gelofte in trouwen / Hold your promise in marriage
Het en sal u niet berouwen. / And you will not regret.

Translation by Nathalie Vanbellenberghe
[2] Ad te suspiramus

Polyphonic ensemble STBX

[3] Et Jesum

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[4] O pia

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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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