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Jacques Clemens non Papa
(c.1510 - c.1555)
Tota pulchra es, amica mea
(S.A.T.T.B. (or A.T.T.T.B.))
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Tota pulchra es, amica mea
(S.A.T.T.B. (or A.T.T.T.B.))
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Pub. Antwerp, 1555. This edition is offered at original pitch for S.A.T.T.B. or transposed down a fourth for A.T.T.T.B.
This motet is an enigma. The setting is from the Song of Solomon, against which the Quintus part is given an intercession to Saint Margaret (probably either of Antioch, or of Scotland). This intercession is a cantus firmus iterated in the first section, and reversed in the second. The retrograde movement is labelled with a disconcerting quip: "secunda pars supra primam partem vade retro Satanas" which manages not only to prompt associations with the ritual of exorcism but to remind one of the twentieth-century craze, particularly amongst heavy-metal bands, for backmasking.
This motet is an enigma. The setting is from the Song of Solomon, against which the Quintus part is given an intercession to Saint Margaret (probably either of Antioch, or of Scotland). This intercession is a cantus firmus iterated in the first section, and reversed in the second. The retrograde movement is labelled with a disconcerting quip: "secunda pars supra primam partem vade retro Satanas" which manages not only to prompt associations with the ritual of exorcism but to remind one of the twentieth-century craze, particularly amongst heavy-metal bands, for backmasking.
Lyrics: Song of Solomon (adapted)
Tota pulchra es, amica mea, et macula non est in te;
veni sponsa, veni chara, veni coronaberis.
Surge propera amica mea, formosa mea,
columba mea; veni coronaberis.
Sancta Margareta, ora pro nobis.
Thou art fair, my love, and there is no spot in thee;
Come my bride, come my beloved, come and I shall crown thee.
Arise my love, my fair one,
my dove; come and I shall crown thee.
Saint Margaret, intercede on our behalf.
Tota pulchra es, amica mea, et macula non est in te;
veni sponsa, veni chara, veni coronaberis.
Surge propera amica mea, formosa mea,
columba mea; veni coronaberis.
Sancta Margareta, ora pro nobis.
Thou art fair, my love, and there is no spot in thee;
Come my bride, come my beloved, come and I shall crown thee.
Arise my love, my fair one,
my dove; come and I shall crown thee.
Saint Margaret, intercede on our behalf.