Regina caeli [114]

Orlande de Lassus

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RC114 Regina caeli laetare 6 vv ; [2.p.] Resurrexit 6 vv

Type

Motet

Scores

[1] Regina caeli laetare

Polyphonic ensemble SSATTB

C I-G2; C II-G2; A-C2; T I-C3; T II-C3; B-F3. High clefs. Entire range, G-a’’. C voices within the range f’-a’’ include imitative (mm. 1-3, 11-13 and 46-7) and parallel (mm. 43-6) passages. Chant (App. 3) transposed a fourth lower, and presented in B as continuous semibreves, replicates pitch content (omitting melismas) and range of the model except for the penultimate pitch in each pars where Lassus inserts G to support a dominant chord with a corona. The cantus firmus is notated in square black chant notation.[1] Within a dense contrapuntal texture brief references to chant occur at the beginning of “quia,” “resurrexit” and “ora.” A declamatory text setting prevails defined by syllabic style with brief melismas. Final C.

1. Lassus’s Salve regina (SR145) treats chant in a similar manner.
[2] Resurrexit

Polyphonic ensemble SSATTB

Description

External link:
CPDL 53325 [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. 13]

Lasso, O. di, 1894, Sämtliche Werke, F. Haberl et A. Sandberger (éd.), Leipzig.
(n° 523-524)

[Lasso, 2002]

Lasso, O. di, 2002, The Complete Motets 19, Bergquist P. (éd.), Madison.
(n° 42)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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