Regina caeli [218]

Adrian Willaert

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RC218 Regina celi 3 vv

Type

Motet

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Regina celi

Polyphonic ensemble STB

C-C4; T-C4; B-F3. Entire range, F-f’. Relegated to the T[1] as a cantus firmus, chant (App. 3) including all melismas is stated primarily in semibreves; semibreve rests articulate textual phrases or specific words (“laetare,” “portare” and “resurrexit”). Outer voices (C and B) within defined ranges (C, c-f’ and B, F-b♭) and contrasting rhythmic gestures of minums and semiminums contrapuntally interact with occasional imitative passages but seldom infringe upon the cantus firmus. Declamatory text setting combines melismatic and syllabic styles. Final F, b♭ signature.

1. Though the T is notated once (“Questo canto firmo serve per doi.”) in 1559|25, it is valid for both de Rore’s and Adrian Willaert’s (RC218) three-voice settings of Regina celi. The compositions share a number of similarities: range, length, interaction of voices, mode, as well as lack of chant influence upon C and B.

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Adrian Willaert - 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.

Bibliography

Modern editions

[1994]

1994, Italian Instrumental Music of the Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuries, New York.
(n° 2)

[Willaert et Bossuyt, 1986]

Willaert, A. et Bossuyt, I., 1986, Fantasie recercari contrapunti a tre voci, Peer [Belgium].
(n° 1)

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Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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