Regina caeli [221]

Adrian Willaert

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RC221 Regina celi 4 vv ; [2.p.] Resurrexit 4 vv

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[1] Regina celi

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

C-C4; A-C4; T-C4; B-F4. Voci pari. Entire range, F-f’. Considerable voice crossing of two voices. “Regina celi,” an introduction (mm. 1-6) in homorhythmic style, includes chant (App. 3) as a cantus firmus (T). For the remainder of the motet, chant and associated textual phrases, but particularly specific words (e.g., “laetare” and “portare”), are significantly emphasized. The first eight pitches of chant concurrent with “laetare” appear in overlapping statements (B, T, B; mm. 6-16) primarily set apart in semibreves with a contrasting motive consisting of minums and semiminums in upper voices; in a similar manner, the first “portare” melisma is presented in successive statements (mm. 33-44). Chant distinguishes textual phrases “quia…meruisti,” “resurrexit…dixit” and “ora…nobis.” Declamatory text setting prevails. Final F, b♭ signature.

[2] Resurrexit

Polyphonic ensemble SATB

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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.

Bibliographie

Éditions modernes

[Monuments of Renaissance music ... 3-5, The Medici Codex of 1518]

1968, Monuments of Renaissance Music, London.
(n° 15)

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Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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