Salve Regina

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Composer: 
Richard Rice
Date Completed: 
November 2007
Premiere Date: 
May 6, 2006
Premiering Conductor: 
Harold Rosenbaum
Premiering Ensemble: 
The New York Virtuoso Singers
Premiere Venue: 
Park Avenue Methodist Church, New York, NY
Audio Sample: 
audio/mpeg iconSalve Regina - Richard Rice
Duration: 
4'15"
Language: 
Latin
Choral Voicing: 
SATB
Divisi: 
N/A
Solo requirement: 
N/A
Text Source: 
Latin Antiphon
Text: 

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.

English Translation: 

Hail, Holy Queen, Mother of Mercy, our life, our sweetness and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this valley of tears. Turn then, O most gracious advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us, and after this our exile, show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus. O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary!

Significant Seasons or Days: 
Other
Significant Seasons or Days (other): 
Blessed Virgin Mary
Keyboard accompaniment: 
N/A
Instruments: 
N/A
Contact for performance materials: 

G Schirmer Inc; Hal Leonard 50486697

Scoring notation: 
Standard notation
Score Sample: 
application/pdf iconRRice_SalveRegina_excerpt.pdf
Difficulty Level: 
3