Regina caeli [070]

Costanzo Festa

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RC070 Regina caeli 4 vv

Type

Motet

Scores

Regina caeli

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

C-C4; A-C4; T-C4; B-F4.[1] Voci pari. Range, E♭-d’. Chant (App. 3) defines C with either specific quotations in long note values (e.g., “regina,” breves and longae, mm. 1-8) or paraphrased plainsong (e.g., “ora…deum,” mm. 52-8). Plainsong associated with initial text of lines 2-4 (“quia quem…,” “resurrexit” and “ora…”), specific words (“laetare,” “portare” and “sicut dixit”), as well as “alleluia” sections permeates the imitative, polyphonic texture. The final “alleluia” (mm. 58-86) comprises more than a third of the antiphon. Text setting combines syllabic and melismatic (“coeli,” A, T, B, mm. 4-9; “portare,” A, T, B, mm. 28-32; and “Deum,” C, T, mm. 54-7) styles Final F, b♭ signature.

1. Voice designations (C, A, T, B) represent respective part books; clefs suggest range of voices.

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Costanzo Festa - 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

[CMM 25 - III]

Festa, C., 1977, COSTANZO FESTA Opera Omnia, Seay A. (éd.).
(n° 12)

[CMM 6 - X]

Gombert, N., 1975, Nicolas Gombert, Opera Omnia, Görg J. S. (éd.).
(n° 12)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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