Regina caeli [163]

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

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RC163 Regina coeli 4 vv ; [2.p.] Quia quem meruisti 4 vv ; [3.p.] Resurrexit 8 vv

Type

Motet

Partitions

[1] Regina coeli

Polyphonic ensemble SSAB

Two contrasting choirs. Choir I: [C I]-C1; [C II]-C1; [A]-C3; [B]-F4; Range, c-d’’. Choir II: [A]-C3; [T I]-C4, [T II]-; [B]-F4. Range, F-g’. Chant (App. 3), usually presented in semibreves and breves, permeates the predominantly imitative contrapuntal texture. Structurally comparable to RC163, the first two textual phrases are respectively assigned to Chr. I and Chr. II. Antiphonal treatment of the two remaining phrases involves alternating statements of textual phrases and varied repetition of “alleluia,” the latter in homorhythmic style. “Alleluia” sections conclude with tutti statements. Palestrina substantially extends treatment of “ora…Deum” first by an antiphonal setting that includes chant in an imitative texture (mm. 67-76) and later a homorhythmic setting devoid of chant (mm. 91-6); thus, this portion of the antiphon constitutes more than a third of the composition. Choirs are harmonically independent. Final F, b♭ signature.
[2] Quia quem meruisti

Polyphonic ensemble ATTB

[3] Resurrexit

Polyphonic ensemble SSAATTBB

Personnes associées

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - 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

[Palestrina, 1987, vol. 34]

Palestrina, G. P. da, 1987, Le opere complete, Casimiri R. (éd.), Rome.
(n° 2)

[Pierluigi da Palestrina's Werke 6]

Palestrina, P. da, 1968, Pierluigi da Palestrina’s Werke, Haberl F. X. et Espagne F. (éd.), Leipzig.
(n° 13)

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Contributeurs

Harry Elzinga - Project manager ; Scientific editor

Ailin Arjmand - Collaborative work

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