Regina caeli [275]

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RC275 Regina celi 4 vv

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Regina celi

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[C]-G2; A-C3; T-C4; B-F4. In a continuous series of breves with a longa as the penultimate pitch of each textual phrase, chant,[1] pitched a whole step higher than that in standard sources, serves as a cantus firmus in the T; within a full-voiced contrapuntal texture chant casts no melodic influence upon other voices. Music of the first “alleluia” (mm. 14-20) initiates the second “alleluia” (mm. 53-59) and influences the C (mm. 86-89) of the third “alleluia.” Identical music serves both verses of the trope Alle domine nati matris.[2] Text underlay receives little attention in the upper three voices; a text incipit, “Regina,” introduces the B. Final G.

1. The cantus firmus closely follows the version of Regina caeli in Ant. Aug. f. [a4]v. An alternate version of Regina caeli in Antiffanarium [Augustense] per circulum anni edited by Sixtus Haug, Augsburg (E. Ratdolt), 1495, f. [a4]v (EDM 80, p. 70) omits the concluding melisma of “laetare” and the second “portare” melisma, and includes variant readings of the first, second and third “alleluias.”

2. Alle Domine nate matris Deus alme nobis confer praestaque vivere:
O Lord, born of a kindly mother, grant and give us life.

Quam [quoniam] te decet laus honor O Domine qui de morte surgebas rex pie:
Since praise and honor become you, O blessed Lord, who rose a king from the dead:

Fac nos tecum surgere, alleluia.
Let us rise with you, alleluia.

Trope has “fac nos post te surgere” instead of “fac nos tecum surgere.”

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As part of a plenary Mass that qualifies as the oldest polyphonic Mass for Easter (1476), Regina celi and Victimae paschali laudes, two motets appropriate to the feast, join four Ordinary and two Proper items in an ad hoc compilation of movements (Noblitt, 1994, pp. 31-47).

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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

[Noblitt Ed 1993]

Noblitt, T. L. (éd.), 1993, Der Kodex des Magister Nicolaus Leopold: Staatsbibliothek München Mus. ms. 3154, Kassel.
(n° 91)

References

[Noblitt, 1994]

Noblitt, T. L., 1994, The earliest plenary mass for Easter.
(pp. 31-47)

Contributors

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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