Salve radix (The Rose Canon) (Anonymous)

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Editor: Edward Tambling (submitted 2011-10-22).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 57 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes: At original pitch for ATTB

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Title: Salve radix
Composer: Anonymous

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: ATTB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: 1516/1517 in the Royal 11 E. xi manuscript.

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Original text and translations

Latin text

Salve radix varios producens germine ramos
quos inter ramus supereminet altior unus,
cuius et ex summo purpura rosa micat,
qua stant unanimes pax et Iustitia septe,
claudunturque foras dissona corda senum.

English translation by Edward Tambling

Hail, Root, bringing forth varying branches from the bud,
Among which one branch rises above,
From whose top the purple rose gleams;
By which Peace and Justice stand enclosed and united;
And the dissonant hearts of old men are closed outside.