Regina caeli [196]

Henri Schaffen

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RC196 Regina caeli 5 vv ; 2.p. Resurrexit 5 vv

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[1] Regina caeli

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C-C1; A-C2; T-C4; Q-F3; B-F4. Four lower voices span range, F-f’
(A, f-f’; T, F-f’; Q, F-d’; and B, F-b♭) with considerable voice crossing. Chant (App. 3), cast as semibreves, introduces each of the four textual phrases and permeates the texture: “regina caeli” (mm. 1-12); “quia quem” (mm. 23-9); “resurrexit” (mm. 61-6); and “ora pro nobis” (mm. 78-96). The final plainsong quotation associated with “ora…nobis” serves as a cantus firmus (mm. 90-6). Chant also emphasizes specific words. Initial plainsong pitches concurrent with “laetare” introduce each voice and continue with simultanious melismas (mm. 12-8). Chant also underscores “merusiti” (A & T, mm. 33-5) and “portare” (all voices, mm. 35-44). Except for initial measures of each pars, a full-voice, imitative, polyphonic texture prevails. The four melismatic “alleluia” sections (mm. 17-27, 46-60, 71-9 and 96-111), primarily comprised of minums and semiminums, constitute almost half of the antiphon. Final F, b♭ signature.
[2] Resurrexit

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Henri Schaffen - Composer

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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.

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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