Regina caeli [101]

Heinrich Isaac

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RC101 Regina caeli 5 vv ; [2.p.] Quia quem meruisti 5 vv ; [3.p.] Resurrexit 5 vv ; [4.p.] Ora pro nobis 5 vv

Type

Motet

Scores

[1] Regina caeli

Polyphonic ensemble SSATB

DI-G2; D II-G2; A-C2; T-C3; B-C4. High clefs. Entire range, B♭-g’’. Chant (App. 3), transposed up a fourth, is relegated to the T for the first textual phrase “regina…laetare” and the third phrase “resurrexit…dixit,” but to the A for “quia…meruisti,” the 2.p. A lengthy point of imitation based upon chant defines the fourth textual phrase “ora…Deum. “Alleluia” sections consist of new material. Isaac arranges his work within a spatial imitative, contrapuntal context that emphasizes the higher register (two discant voices, f’-g’’ and A, f-c’’) with varying voice groups. For the 2.p. three upper voices (D I and II, A) initiate the text “quia meruisti” (mm. 31-42) after which the B and T, respectively, restate the A and D I (mm. 42-52); to conclude the phrase Isaac adds the two discantus voices (mm. 50-53), a repetition of mm. 42-45. Declamatory style prevails. Final C.
[2] Quia quem meruisti

Polyphonic ensemble SSATB

[3] Resurrexit

Polyphonic ensemble SSATB

[4] Ora pro nobis

Polyphonic ensemble SSATB

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CPDL 22385 [Choral Public Domain Library]

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Heinrich Isaac - 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

[CMM 65-X]

Isaac, H., 2011, Heinrich Isaac Opera omnia, Lerner E. R. (éd.).
(n° 36)

[Vier Marienmotetten]

Isaac, H., 1965, Vier Marienmotetten: zu 4 und 5 Stimmen, Just M. (éd.), Wolfenbüttel.
(n° 4)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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