Regina caeli [148]

Pierre Moulu

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RC148 Regina caeli 4 vv

Type

Motet

Partitions

Polyphonic ensemble STB

S-C4; T-C4; B-F4. Voci pari. Entire range, F-f’. An embellished segmented chant (App. 3) appears as canon (Quarta pars est in parte superioris in canon) between S and Quarta pars at the unison and distance of two breves within an imitative, contrapuntal texture. The first three textual phrases are parceled into two (“regina caeli…laetare” and resurrexit…sicut dixit”) or three parts (“quia quem…meruisti…portare”) each separated by from one to two breves. Chant influence of the two other voices (e.g., mm. 31-35, B) is minimal. Repetition of the entire texture complements the double melisma of the final “alleluia” (mm. 51-9 equals mm. 60-9). The opening five-note motive (”regina caeli”) in B and T III (mm. 1-6) also appear in B I (mm. 1-5) of De Silva’s Regina caeli (RC061). Final F, b♭ signature.

Description

External link:
CPDL 66095 [Choral Public Domain Library]

Moulu’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.

Personnes associées

Pierre Moulu - Composer

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Textes

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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

[Moulu, 1964]

Moulu, P., 1964, The Works of Pierre Moulu, a Stylistic Analysis, Thèse de doctorat soutenue à , 1964.
(pp. 214-7)

[Smijers, 1934]

Smijers, A. (éd.), 1934, Treize Livres de Motets Parus Chez Pierre Attaingnant En 1534 et 1535, Paris and Monaco.
(n° 5)

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Contributeurs

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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