Regina caeli [051]

Rodrigo de Ceballos

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RC051 Regina caeli 4 vv

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Regina caeli

Polyphonic ensemble ATTB

Ti-C1; A-C3; T-C4; B-F4. A Spanish Regina caeli chant[1] prominently accompanies textual phrases “regina…alleluia” and “resurrexit…alleluia” where it permeates the imitative, contrapuntal texture. Textual phrases are delineated by presence of chant, inclusion of new motivic material (“quia…portare” and “ora…alleluia”) and cadences. A four-note motive attached to “alleluia” (mm. 30-35) forms the core of a descending sequential pattern in B. Declamatory text setting prevails. Final d.

1. The Spanish version in mode 1 bears little resemblance to the Roman version. That the melody may have remained relatively unchanged during the sixteenth century is validated by the Liber Processionarius (Seville, 1526) f. 23v reproduced in Freis, 453 and the Antiphonarium de sanctis (Saragossa, 1596) 239-40 in O’Connor, 80.

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Rodrigo de Ceballos - Composer

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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

[Ceballos, 1995]

Ceballos, R. de, 1995, Obras completas, Snow R. J. (éd.), Granada.
(n° 22)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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