MCE 07-06 Gaude virgo mater pura

Edition

Motet

Text (ed. by Eva Ferro)

Edition	Translation
Gaude, virgo mater pura, Certa manens et secura, Quod^[1] haec tua gaudia Non cessabunt nec decrescent, Sed durabunt et florescent Per aeterna saecula.	Rejoice, pure virgin mother remaining assured that these your delights will not cease nor diminish, but they will last and flourish through the eternal ages.
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.

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Measure	Voice	Source	Category	Comment
		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)

Edition	Translation
Gaude, virgo mater pura, Certa manens et secura, Quod haec tua gaudia Non cessabunt nec decrescent, Sed durabunt et florescent Per aeterna saecula.	Rejoice, pure virgin mother remaining assured that these your delights will not cease nor diminish, but they will last and flourish through the eternal ages.
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.

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