Regina caeli [199]

Mathieu Sohier

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RC199 Regina caeli 5 vv ; 2.p. Resurrexit 5 vv

Type

Motet

Scores

[1] Regina caeli

Polyphonic ensemble STX

S-C1; Ct-C3-T I-C4; T II-C4, B-F4. Initial chant (App. 3) pitches associated with the four textual phrases appear as semibreves within an imitative, contrapuntal texture. A countersubject to “regina caeli” motive enters in m. 3 (B) and gains increasing importance in four subsequent appearances: T (m. 6), B (m. 8), T (m. 10) and Ct (m. 13). In the lengthy final “alleluia” section that constitutes a third of the antiphon motivic repetition plays a significant developmental role. Following a passage in paired imitation (mm. 83-88) between B/T I and Ct/S, a new motive presented in the T is restated seven times in various voices prior to a final chant-based motive in T II and S (mm. 95-101) concludes the antiphon. Declamatory text setting prevails. Final F, b♭ signature.
[2] Resurrexit

Polyphonic ensemble STX

Description

Prints:
- 1535|4 No. 4[1]

Editions:
- TPA Smijers Vol. 12. No. 4 [ de motets parus chez Pierre Attaingnant en 1534 et 1535. Edited by A. Smijers. Paris and Monaco: L’Oiseau Lyre, 1934-62.]

1. Sohier’s Regina caeli, one of seventeen Marian antiphons included in Pierre Attaingnant’s print of 1535, was intended for use at Salve services in honor of the Virgin. Pierre Attaingnant’s print (1535|4) consists entirely of seventeen settings of three Marian antiphons, (2 Ave regina caelorum, 8 Regina caeli and 7 Salve regina). As its title indicates (“musicales ad virginem christiparam salutationes”), Attaingnant compiled these works for use at Salve services in honor of the Virgin. The seventeen antiphons, attributed to French and Franco-Flemish composers, include the respective chant quotations, often paraphrased, within an imitative, polyphonic texture. Only two of the antiphons had been published prior to Attaingnant’s Lib. Duodecimus: Josquin’s 5-voice Salve regina (SR128) and J. Richafort’s 5-voice Salve regina (SR230). Willaert’s 5-voice Regina caeli (RC222) first appeared in 1535|4, but was also published in subsequent printed editions. The remainder of the antiphons are available only in Attaingnant’s publication: M. Sohier, AC122; M. Georget, AC052; M. Sohier, SR237; M. Sohier, RC199; P. Moulu, RC148; J. Rousée, RC195; Gombert, RC090; P. Vermont, RC209; F. Bourguignon, RC035; A. De Silva, RC061; C. de Sermisy, SR236; J. Conseil, SR066; J. Lhéritier, SR148; and H. Barra, SR034.

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Mathieu Sohier - 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

[Smijers, 1934]

Smijers, A. (éd.), 1934, Treize Livres de Motets Parus Chez Pierre Attaingnant En 1534 et 1535, Paris and Monaco.
(n° 4)

References

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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