Regina caeli [038]

Estêvão de Brito

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RC038 Regina caeli 4 vv

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Motet

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Regina caeli

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

[C]-C1; [A]-C3; [T]-C3; [B]-F4. Chant (App. 3), placed in the T in long note values (breves and semibreves) for initial pitches of first textual phrase “regina caeli” contrasts with new material consisting of minums and semiminums within an imitative, contrapuntal texture. For subsequent textual phrases (“quia quem meruisti,” “resurrexit” and “ora pro nobis”) the initial pitches of the respective phrases permeate the imitative texture; the “alleluia” sections allude to chant influence. Declamatory style setting prevails. Final F, b♭ signature.

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Estêvão de Brito - Composer

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Sung texts

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Regina caeli laetare, alleluia;
Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia,
Resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia,
Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia.

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The Trope:

Alle Domine nate matris Deus alme nobis confer praestaque vivere:
Quam [quoniam] te decet laus honor O Domine qui de morte surgebas rex pie:
Fac nos tecum surgere, alleluia.

Bibliography

Modern editions

[Brito, 1976, vol. 30]

Brito, E. de, 1976, Obras diversas, Querol Gavaldà M. (éd.), Lisboa.
(pp. 87-89)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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