Regina caeli [214]

Andrés de Villalar

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RC214 Regina caeli 4 vv

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Motet

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Polyphonic ensemble SATB

C-C1; A-C2; T-C3; B-F3. Initial chant (App. 3) pitches associated with “regina caeli laetare” permeate the imitative, contrapuntal fabric; thereafter, chant, as semibreves, appears in the C (“quia…meruisti”) or is primarily omitted. A descending stepwise motive distinguishes “resurrexit…alleluia” and a similar motive in semibreves (b♭’, a’, g’, f’, mm. 45-7) defines “ora…Deus.” The chant motive allied with “ora” is concealed in T (m. 40) and B (m. 50) as minums within the contrapuntal texture. Declamatory text setting prevails. Final F, b♭ signature.

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Andrés de Villalar - 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

[Antología musical ; siglo de oro de la música litúrgica de España]

Elústiza, J. B. de et Castrillo Hernández, G. (éd.), 1933, Antología musical ; siglo de oro de la música litúrgica de España: polifonía vocal siglos XV y XVI, Barcelona http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb42975715x (consulté le 12 novembre 2025).
(n° 29)

[Rubio, 1956, vol. 2]

Rubio, S. (éd.), 1956, Antología polifónica sacra, Madrid.
(n° 25)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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