Regina caeli [125]

Pierre de Manchicourt

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RC125 Regina caeli 6 vv ; 2.p. Resurrexit 6 vv

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Motet

Scores

[1] Regina caeli

Polyphonic ensemble SSBX

S I-C1; S II-C1; Ct-C3, T-C4; B II-F4, B I-F3. Chant (App. 3), slightly embellished, serves as the subject of a canon between S I and S II. The enigmatic canonic directive “Sans souspirer ne chanter poinctz” (“Do not sing without breathing”) implies “Delete the minum rests and do not recognize dots.” Although the dux in S I starts two breves ahead of the comes (S II) at the lower fourth, the latter overtakes the dux in m. 23 since all minum rests and dots have been dismissed. For the 2.p. S II carries the dux followed by the comes (S I) at the distance of two and the interval of the upper fourth and again overtakes the comes in m. 55.[1] Chant permeates the lower voices at the beginning of textual phrases. For the most part rhythmic gestures of the canonic voices parallel those in the lower voices except for the text “ora pro nobis Deum” where the canon has longer note values. Final F, b♭ signature.

1. Manchicourt, Pierre de, Opera omnia, edited by John D. Wicks, CMM 55, (Neuhausen-Stuttgart: AIM, 1971) XVI.
[2] Resurrexit

Polyphonic ensemble SSBX

Description

External link:
CPDL 52327 [1.p. only] [Choral Public Domain Library]

Associated people

Pierre de Manchicourt - 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 55]

Manchicourt, P. de, 1971, Pierre de Manchicourt, Opera Omnia, Wicks J. D. et Wagner L. (éd.).
(n° 6)

[Smijers, 1934]

Smijers, A. (éd.), 1934, Treize Livres de Motets Parus Chez Pierre Attaingnant En 1534 et 1535, Paris and Monaco.
(n° 2)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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