Regina caeli [064]

Juan Esquivel Barahona

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RC064 1.p. Regina caeli 4 vv ; [2.p.] Resurrexit 4 vv

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[1] Regina caeli

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

S-C1; A-C3; T-C4; B-F4. A Spanish Regina caeli chant[1] is primarily relegated to S for textual phrases “regina caeli” and “resurrexit…dixit” in breves and semibreves with limited influence upon other voices. For “ora…alleluia” the melodic statement, perhaps a variant of the Spanish chant also presented in long note values, is anticipated by the lower voices within an imitative texture. Esquivel contrasts the mode 1 chant (S) for the initial phrase with chromaticism in the lower voices and the resulting modal ambiguity that emphasizes D and G; chromatic inflections create occasional dissonances (e.g., the simultaneous augmented fifth and fourths in m. 8, beat 3). Final chords for both pars include raised thirds. A declamatory text setting prevails. 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.
[2] Resurrexit

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

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The editor is grateful to Michael O’Connor for sharing his transcription of Esquivel’s Regina caeli.

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Juan Esquivel Barahona - 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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