Regina caeli [112]

Orlande de Lassus

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RC112 Regina caeli 5 vv ; [2.p.] Resurrexit 5 vv

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Motet

Scores

[1] Regina caeli

Polyphonic ensemble SATTB

C-C1; A-C3; T I-C4; T II-C4; B-F4. Chant, primarily disposed in semibreves in T I, permeates the imitative, contrapuntal texture, but possesses limited similarities with the Passau antiphonary.[1] Additionally, RC111 and RC112 exhibit intervallically identical opening phrases for “regina caeli” (mm. 1-4). A declamatory setting combines a predominantly syllabic style with brief melismas. Final F, b♭ signature.

1. Antiphonale Pataviense (Wien 1519). Faksimile, edited by Karlheinz Schlager, Vol. 88, EDM, (Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1985), 62v.

[2] Resurrexit

Polyphonic ensemble SATTB

Description

External link:
CPDL 33034 [Choral Public Domain Library]

Associated people

Orlande de Lassus - 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

[Lasso, 1894, vol. 5]

Lasso, O. di, 1894, Sämtliche Werke, F. Haberl et A. Sandberger (éd.), Leipzig.
(n° 244-245)

[Lasso, 2001]

Lasso, O. di, 2001, The Complete Motets, Bergquist P. (éd.), Madison.
(n° 25)

[Musica sacra 10]

Commer, F., 1884, Musica sacra. Cantiones XVI, XVII saeculorum praestantissimas quatuor pluribusque vocibus accomodatas, 10, Regensburg, Allemagne.
(n° 32)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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