Regina caeli [162]

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

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RC162 Regina caeli 4 vv ; [2.p.] Quia quem meruisti 4 vv ; [3.p.] Resurrexit 8 vv

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Motet

Scores

[1] Regina caeli

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

Two equal choirs: C-C1; A-C3; T-C4; B-F3. Entire range, B♭-d’’. Chant (App. 3), corresponding with the four textual phrases, appears as semibreves for the first three phrases and minums with “ora…Deum” in an imitative texture. Paired imitation introduces “quia quem meruisti” (mm. 27-34). The first two textual phrases are, respectively, assigned to Choir I and Choir II. In pars 3 “resurrexit…dixit” is presented in Choir I (mm. 52-9) followed by an overlapping varied statement in Choir II (mm. 58-65). Antiphonal treatment of “alleluia” with increasingly shorter statements, supported by seven repetitions of a four-note motive (B and A, mm. 65-77), culminates in a tutti. The compressed presentation of “ora…Deum” in minums first in Choir I followed by a varied response for Choir II concludes with a lengthy “alleluia” (15 mm.) based on the chant melisma; the final tutti concurs with a change to triple mensuration. Choirs are harmonically independent. Final F, b♭ signature.
[2] Quia quem meruisti

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

[3] Resurrexit

Polyphonic ensemble SSAATTBB

Description

External link:
CPDL 52815 [Choral Public Domain Library]

Associated people

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - 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

[Palestrina, 1987, vol. 34]

Palestrina, G. P. da, 1987, Le opere complete, Casimiri R. (éd.), Rome.
(n° 1)

[Pierluigi da Palestrina's Werke 6]

Palestrina, P. da, 1968, Pierluigi da Palestrina’s Werke, Haberl F. X. et Espagne F. (éd.), Leipzig.
(n° 36)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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