Regina caeli [053]

Antonio Cifra

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RC053 Regina caeli 8 vv

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Motet

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Regina caeli

Polyphonic ensemble SSAATTBB

Two equal choirs. C-C1; A-C3; T-C4; B-F4, Bc-F4. Bc is basically a basso seguente and not essential to the performance of the music. Chant quotations (App. 3) in semibreves permeate the imitative texture of lines 1 (“regina caeli,” mm. 1-7), 2 (“quia quem,” mm. 13-17) and 4 (“ora pro nobis Deum,” mm. 54-65); the beginning of “quia quem” involves paired imitation (C/A & T/B with plainsong in the upper voices. Textual phrases and specific words (e.g., “alleluia”) are delineated through antiphonal techniques, contrasting texture, rhythmic gestures and mensuration. Antiphonal procedures include overlapping varied responses (e.g., “quia quem…,” mm. 13-28), interjections (“regina caeli,” Chr. II mm. 6-8), as well as alternating statements of “alleluia” (mm. 45-50. Full voice texture only characterizes the concluding “alleluia” statements (mm. 75-80). Triple mensuration concurrent with a homorhythmic texture and primarily syllabic text setting defines “Resurrexit…alleluia” (mm. 35-53), and the final “alleluia” (mm. 65-80). Each choir is harmonically independent. Final F, b♭ signature.

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CPDL 64806 [Choral Public Domain Library]

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Antonio Cifra - 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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