Скачать или смотреть Ludwig Senfl: Ave rosa sine spinis (c.1535) with Synthesizer V

Although Ludwig Senfl became a follower of Martin Luther’s Reformist Movement in his later years, much of his musical inspiration came from the Catholic, Franco-Flemish composers of the late 15th and early 16th centuries. The imitative polyphony with its rising and falling modal scales, long melismata and richly textured polyphony, meters alternating between 2 and 3 were derived from the works of the likes of Jean Mouton and Josquin.

The initial word of each verse in "Ave rosa sine spinis" can be strung together to reconstitute the Marian prayer "AVE MARIA GRATIA PLENA." (see the full text below). As in many works of this period, the cantus firmus in "Ave rose" with its very long notes in the 2nd alto line constitutes a pedal point that seamlessly continues even as all the other voices briefly drop out.

This recording was created using the Solaria (boy soprano) and Kevin (all other male voices) in Synthesizer V. Reverb, echo and noise filters was added using Audacity. The original MIDI file was created by Allen Garvin and can be found at CPDL.org . I applied a slight Southern German accent to the Latin text as suggested in Timothy McGee's "Singing Early Music." (1996). For example, I changed the hard initial "v" to "f."

Text and translation

1 AVE rosa sine spinis, (Hail [you] rose without thorns)
Te quam Pater in divinis (in whom the Divine Father)
Majestate sublimavit, (elevated to majesty)
Et ab omni vae servavit. (and shielded from all woe)

2 MARIA stella dicta maris, (Mary called star of the sea)
Tu a Nato illustraris (You shine at the birth of your Son)
Luce clara deitatis, (the clear light of God)
Qua praefulges cunctis datis. (which is granted to all creatures)

3 GRATIA PLENA: te perfecit (Full of grace)
Spiritus Sanctus dum te fecit (The Holy Spirit thus made you)
Vas divinae bonitatis (a vessel of divine good)
Et totius pietatis. (and total piety)

4 DOMINUS TECUM: miro pacto (Lord with you, a miraculous pact)
Verbo in te carne facto (the Word made flesh in you)
Opere trini conditoris: (The work of the Trinity)
o quam dulce vas amoris. (How sweet is the vessel of love)

5 BENEDICTA IN MULIERIBUS: (Blessed among women)
Hoc testatur omnis tribus; (this, all peoples witness)
Coeli dicunt te beatam (the Heaven called you blessed)
Et super omnes exaltatam. (and above all exaltation.)

6 ET BENEDICTUS FRUCTUS VENTRIS TUI, (And blessed is the fruit of your womb)
Quo nos semper dona frui (through whom we always receive gift)
Per praegustum hic aeternum (as a foretaste here)
Et post mortem in aeternum: (and after death in eternity)

AMEN.

Description of the photos:

1. "Ave rosa sine spinis," Diskantus (Cantus) part, Ludwig Senfl, 1537
2. A chorus of singers with instrumental accompaniment, Hans Burgkmair, c1517 (colors added in 1765); the two seated members at the left are likely Ludwig Senfl (foreground) and his mentor Heinrich Isaac (background).
3. Concert of angels, Gaudenzio Ferrari, c1535
4. Sacra Conversazione, Palma Il Vecchio, c1520
5. Assumption of the Virgin, Titian, c1518
6. God at the center of a concert of angels, Gaudenzio Ferrari, c1535
7. Madonna di San Salvatore, Antonio Begarelli, Modena, c1535
8. Angel Gabriel with the sign Ave Gratia Plena, detail from the polyptych of the Resurrection of Christ, Titian, 1522
9. The Annuciation, Domenico Beccafumi, c1545
10. A church choir, detail from a Susato partbook, c1546
11. Virgin and child, Lorenzo Ghiberti, c1490
12. Madonna of the Magnificat, Sandro Botticelli, c1481
13. Adoration of the Shepherds, Jean de Gourmont, c1525
14. Concert of angels, Tielman Riemenschneider, c1500
15. The Madonna in the church, Jan van Eyck, c1438