Regina caeli 4-Part - Sheet Music

SKU: C5.5274

There are four traditional seasonal Marian antiphons, generally sung after Compline [Night Prayer] in the Divine Office: 1. Alma Redemptoris Mater during Advent and Christmastide, through February 2 / 2. Ave Regina caelorum from February 3 through Lent / 3. Regina coeli laetare during Easteride 4. Salve Regina during Ordinary Time [after Pentecost until Advent]. The shortest of these, and the most structurally concise, is Regina coeli, for use during Eastertide. It has four short phrases, each ending with Alleluia: "Regina coeli laetare, alleluia! Quia quem merusiti portare, alleluia! Resurrexit sicut dixit, alleluia! Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia!" Tranlsation: "Queen of heaven, rejoice, alleluia! For He whom you merited to bear, alleluia! Has risen from the dead, alleluia! Pray for us to God, alleluia!" Adam Taylor uses that structure in a rondo-form motet. Each choral phrase ends with the same contrapuntal section of multiple Alleluias. This triumphant Easter antiphon was appropriately written for the Easter Vigil, in honor of a friend's Reception into Full Communion with the Catholic Church.