MCE 07-06 Gaude virgo mater pura
Motet
Text (ed. by Eva Ferro)
Edition |
Translation |
Gaude, virgo mater pura, |
Rejoice, pure virgin mother |
Exaltata es, sancta dei genitrix, super choros angelorum ad caelestia regna; intercede pro nobis. |
You were elevated, holy mother of God, above the choirs of the angels to the celestial reigns; intercede for us. |
[1] quod] per D-Mbs 3154, T
This text was edited according to D-Mbs 3154, ff. 42v–43r. For a commentary on the topic of this motet and an analysis of the second part (‘Exaltata es’) see the General Commentary. At this point we shall only mention the editorial emendation in line 3. Here the manuscript transmits the reading ‘per’ in the Tenor instead of quod, but since this reading is quite mistaken (possibly the copyist skipped a line while copying and referred to line 6 ‘per aeterna saecula’), it was corrected.
Measure | Voice | Source | Category | Comment | Image |
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D-Mbs_3154 | designation of voices | -, Contra[ten]or, Tenor, Contra[ten]or | |||
D-Mbs_3154 | clefs | c1, c3, c3, c4 | |||
1-2 | 4 | D-Mbs_3154 | coloration | Lo and black Sm notated (black Br included in the Lo is intended; the Lo should be half black) | |
13 | 2 | D-Mbs_3154 | pitch and rhythm | the Sb rest is missing | |
17 | 2 | D-Mbs_3154 | pitch and rhythm | both Sm were corrected through erasion (firstly notated as a and b) | |
24-35 | 1 | D-Mbs_3154 | text underlay | gaudia non cessabunt instead of Quod haec tua gaudia non cessabunt | |
29-30 | 2 | D-Mbs_3154 | pitch and rhythm | Br g instead of Br a | |
30 | 3 | D-Mbs_3154 | clefs | additional clef c1 erroneously notated on the second musical staff | |
43-47 | 1 | D-Mbs_3154 | text underlay | sed durabunt instead of sed durabunt et florescent | |
48 | 3 | D-Mbs_3154 | pitch and rhythm | Mi c' instead of Mi b | |
49-56 | 1 | D-Mbs_3154 | text underlay | et florescent per aeterna secula instead of per aeterna saecula | |
49 | 4 | D-Mbs_3154 | pitch and rhythm | Sm c' corrected to Mi c' | |
57-68 | 1 | D-Mbs_3154 | text underlay | saecula Exaltata es sancta dei instead of Exaltata sancta dei genitrix | |
70 | 4 | D-Mbs_3154 | coloration | black Br | |
71-90 | 1 | D-Mbs_3154 | text underlay | genetrix super choros….nobis instead of super choros…nobis | |
88 | 2 | D-Mbs_3154 | coloration | black Br | |
89 | 3 | D-Mbs_3154 | pitch and rhythm | superfluous Br c' | |
90 | 2 | D-Mbs_3154 | other | Lo e' notated as black note (probably to highlight its optional character or just to give it better visibility) |
Text
Edition | Translation |
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Gaude, virgo mater pura, |
Rejoice, pure virgin mother |
Exaltata es, sancta dei genitrix, super choros angelorum ad caelestia regna; intercede pro nobis. |
You were elevated, holy mother of God, above the choirs of the angels to the celestial reigns; intercede for us. |