Regina caeli [161]

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

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RC161 Regina coeli 4 vv ; [2.p.] Resurrexit 4 vv

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[1] Regina coeli

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

C-C1; A-C3; T-C4; B-F4. Chant (App. 3) appears in C for text “regina…laetare” and in B for “ora pro nobis” both within a homorhythmic texture; chant permeates the imitative fabric for “quia quem” and “resurrexit…dixit.” Imitation defines the technique applied to “alleluia” sections; paired imitation (mm. 34-9) distinguishes the “alleluia” that follows “resurrexit…dixit.” Textual phrases are clearly defined. A declamatory style prevails. Final F, b♭ signature.

[2] Resurrexit

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

Description

Attributed to Palestrina in I-Rc Mss. 2852, an early nineteenth-century source; listed as a doubtful work in MGG, vol. 13, p. 26, but NG II assigns the antiphon to Palestrina.

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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - 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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