Regina caeli [054]

Christophorus Clavius

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RC054 Regina caeli 6 vv

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Regina caeli

Polyphonic ensemble SSATTB

[S I]-C1; [S II]-C1; [A]-C3; [T I]-C4; [T II]-C4; [B]-F4. Chant (App. 3), appropriate to the respective texts, introduces the first three textual phrases, but new material completes phrases, within a primarily imitative, contrapuntal texture. To emphasize the text “quia…portare,” Clavius places a rest between “quia” and what follows; subsequent to the close of the third textual phrases “resurrexit…alleluia,” silence prepares the final phrase “ora…Deus” in longer note values and homorhythmic style. Occasional antiphonal effects between four-voice groupings in the “alleluia” sections contrast with the tutti. Declamatory text setting prevails. Final F, b♭ signature.

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Christophorus Clavius - 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.

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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