E15

Robert Wylkynson, Salve regina a 9

Openings: f4-f6 (ff. 26v-29r)

Voices: nine, corresponding to the angelic orders:

Quatruplex-Seraphyn Triplex-Cherubyn Medius-Troni
Primus Contratenor-Dominaciones Secundus Contratenor-Principatus Tenor-Potestates
Inferior Contratenor-Virtutes Secundus Bassus-Archangeli Primus Bassus-Angeli

Compass: 23 notes

Cantus firmus: Assumpta est maria: first psalm antiphon, Lauds, Assumption (15 August)

Text: see Texts: has tropes 1, 2 and 3

Edition: Musica Britannica 10, 90–100


Recordings: 1968b, 1977a, 1977b, 1981, 1992b, 2012b, 2013