Regina caeli [063]

Pedro de Escobar

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RC063 Regina caeli 4 vv

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Motet

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Regina caeli

Polyphonic ensemble ATTB

Ti-C2; A-C2; T-C4; B-F4. A Spanish version of the chant,[1] most completely stated in the Ti, permeates the imitative, contrapuntal texture. Escobar’s source for the chant may have been of local origin since it differs in some respects from the cited version. Syllabic text setting occurs at beginning of textual phrases; melismatic style prevails for the remainder of phrases. For the final phrase “ora pro nobis Deum” “rogamus” replaces “Deum.” The “alleluia” sections following the second, third, and fourth textual phrases contrast in triple mensuration. Final d.

1. The Spanish version in mode 1 bears little resemblance to the Roman version. That the melody may have remained relatively unchanged during the sixteenth century is validated by the Liber Processionarius (Seville, 1526) f. 23v reproduced in Freis, 453 and the Antiphonarium de sanctis (Saragossa, 1596) 239-40 in O’Connor, 80.

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Pedro de Escobar - 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

[Cristóbal de Morales and the Spanish motet in the first half of the sixteenth century]

Freis, W., 1992, Cristóbal de Morales and the Spanish motet in the first half of the sixteenth century : an analytical study of selected motets by Morales and competitive settings in SEV-BC 1 and TARAZ-C 2-3 /, Thèse de doctorat soutenue à , 1992.
(pp. 454-7)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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