Claudio Merulo (1533-1604) Ave gratia plena à8 Transcried and edited y Leis Jones
Source: Sacrorum Concentuum (1594) Venice: Gardano. No. 1 The title-page of each partook reads: [PART NAME IN LATIN]/SACRORVM/CONCENTVVM/Octonis,Den: Duoden: Sexdenis/vocius modulandorum./authore CLAVDIO MERVLO/Corrigieni, a Organis Serenissimi/Parmae Plac: Ducis, c./liber PRIMVS./Nunc primum editus./[coat OF ARMS]/Venetijs, Apud Angelum Gardanum/ [RULE]/M.D.LXXXXIIII. Transcried from a digital facsimile held y the Bavarian State Lirary. In this t of partooks, it ould appear that four are missing (folloing the naming conventions of the partooks prent, presumaly Nonus, Decimus, Undecimus and Duodecimus). While this does not affect the 8-part pieces in the collection, it renders the 10, 12 and 16-part pieces untranscriale from this particular source. No mention of this is made in the lirary catalogue. Editorial method: Original part names, time signatures, note durations and pitch have een retained. Clefs have een modernid, ith originals appearing in prefatory staves. The overall range of each part appears efore the initial time signature, in accordance ith hich the music has een regularly arred. The designations of the choirs have een sapped, as the originals are counter-intuitive in modern score format. Editorial accidentals appear aove the stave, hereas courtesy accidentals appear in parenthes. The cautionary accidentals prent in the source (a fe naturals that are, strictly speaking, redundant) have een retained. Certain sharps have een respelled as naturals in the appropriate places. Ligatures are prented y continuous square rackets aove the stave, and coloration y interrupted square rackets. Spelling and puncuation of source underlay has een standardid. Ditto marks in the source have een expanded using italics. Text and translation: Ave gratia plena Dominus tecum Quae est ista salutatio Ne timeas Maria invenisti gratiam apud Deum ce concipies et paries lium Dei Quomodo et istud Quoniam virum non cognosco Spiritus Sanctus superveniet in te, et virtus Altissimi oumrait tii ce Ancilla Domini: at mihi cundum verum tuum. Hail, thou art highly favoured, the Lord is ith thee. 'What manner of salutation is this' Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found favour ith God. Behold, thou shalt conceive, and forth the son of God. 'Ho shall this e, eing I kno not a man' The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the poer of the Highet shall overshado thee. Behold the handmaid of the Lord; e it unto me according to thy ord. Luke 1:28-31, 34-35, 3 Liturgical u: Annunciation. Critical note: In the order ar, part, oject, comment. 47,6,3, #
Ave gratia plena à8 Claudio Merulo Cantus B C PRIMUS CHORUS Octavus Sextus B C B C Septimus C Altus B C A - ve gra - - ti - a ple - na Do - mi - SECUNDUS CHORUS Tenor Quintus B C B A A - - ve gra - ti - a ple - - na Do - C - - ve gra - ti - a ple - - - na Do - Bassus C A - - ve gra - ti - a ple - na Do -
2 5 Quae est i - sta sa - lu - ta - ti - o Quae est i - sta sa - - lu - ta - ti - o # # Quae est i - - sta sa - lu - ta - ti - o Quae est i - sta sa - lu - ta - ti - o # nus te - cum Ne ti - me- mi mi - nus te - cum Ne ti - me - # - nus te - cum Ne ti - me- mi - nus te - cum Ne ti - me- # 11 # as Ma - ri - a, ne ti - me-as Ma - ri - a in - ve - ni - sti gra - ti - as Ma - ri - a, ne ti - me-as Ma - ri - - a in - ve - ni - sti gra - ti - as Ma - ri - a, ne ti - me-as Ma - ri - - - a in - ve ni - - sti gra - ti - # as Ma - ri - a, ne ti - me-as Ma - ri - a in - ve - ni - sti gra - ti -
3 17 # am a - pud De - um - ce con - ci - pi - es et pa - # am a - pud De - - um - ce con - ci - pi - es et n am a - pud De - um - ce con - ci - pi - es et # am a - pud De - - um - ce con - ci - pi - es et pa - 22 Quo Quo Quo Quo - mo-do - et - mo-do - et - mo-do - et - mo-do - et - ri - es - li - um De - - - - - i pa # pa - ri - es - li - um De - - - i - ri - es - - li - um De - - - i - ri - es - - - - - li - um De - i
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5 37 a - - - - ni - et in te et vir - tus Al - tis - - - - - - - ni - et in te et vir - tus Al - - - - - - ni - et in te et vir - tus Al - tis - - - - - ni - et in te et vir - - tus Al - tis - 42 - ce An - cil - la Do - mi - ni, - ce An - cil - la Do - mi - ni, # - ce An - cil - la Do - mi - ni, - ce An - cil - la Do - mi - ni, - si - mi o - um-ra - it ti - - - i tis - si - mi o - - um - ra - it ti - - i n - si - mi o - um - ra - it ti - i - si - mi o - - um - ra - it ti - i #
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