Regina caeli

General Information

A medieval antiphon to the Virgin Mary (author unknown).

Liturgical use: It was one of four Marian antiphons appointed to be sung at the end of Compline during various seasons of the Church year, "Regina caeli" being sung during the Easter season.

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Settings by composers

Anonymous Regina caeli (Gregorian chant) (ferial tone) Regina caeli (solemn tone) (Gregorian chant) (solemn tone) Trent codex 89 SATB 4-part hymn in G Major SATB (M. Labat) Gregor Aichinger a 3 SST a 4 SATB Felice Anerio SATB Philippe Basiron STB Johannes Brahms SSAA & SA solo Johannes Brassart SAA with trope Alle Domine nate matris Deus Antoine Busnois SATB William Byrd SAT Francesco Cavalli ATB & bc Cibulka SATB Adrian Cuello SATB Pedro de Cristo SATB Giovanni Croce SATB.SATB Christoph Dalitz SSATB L. B. Est SAB Robert Führer SATB Mariano Garau SATB José Maurício Nunes Garcia SATB Ondrej Hornik SATB Heinrich Isaac SSATB Karl Kempter SAB M. Labat SATB Ferdinand di Lasso SSATTB Orlando di Lasso a 4 SATB a 6 SSATBB João Baptista Lehman SAB & organ

Charlemagne Loisel SATB Antonio Lotti SATB Cristóbal de Morales SATB Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart KV 276 SATB & SATB soli KV 127 SATB & S solo KV 108 SATB & s solo Diego Ortiz SATB Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (one part reconstructed) SATB or ATTB Pascal Picard SATBB Costanzo Porta TTBB Ignaz Reimann SATB Giovanni Battista Riccio a 3 AAB & bc Alto Giovanni Antonio Rigatti S solo and continuo Georg Valentin Röder (from Vespers) SATB Cipriano de Rore TTB Juan García de Salazar SATB Ferdinand Schubert SATB Francesco Soriano SATB Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck SATTB with SAT section. José de Torres SSATB Tomás Luis de Victoria a 5 SATTB a 8 SSAT.SATB Antonio de Villalar SATB Samuel Webbe SATB with SA soli Adrian Willaert ((disambiguation page) a 3 TTB a 4 SATB or ATTB Franz Xaver Witt SATB Robert White TTTBB

Original text & translations

Latin text Regina coeli laetare, Alleluia. Quia quem meruisti portare, Alleluia. [Iam] Resurrexit sicut dixit, Alleluia. Ora pro nobis Deum. Alleluia. (variant last line:) Ora pro nobis rogamus, alleluia. Additional text (found in Ferdinand Schubert's setting): Gaude et lætare, Virgo Maria, Alleluia; Quia surrexit Dominus vere, Alleluia.Oremus: Deus, qui per resurrectionem Filii tui, Domini nostri Iesu Christi, mundum lætificare dignatus es: præsta, quæsumus; ut, per eius Genetricem Virginem Mariam, perpetuæ capiamus gaudia vitæ. Per eundem Christum Dominum nostrum. Amen. German translation Freu dich, du Himmelskönigin, Halleluja. Denn der, den du zu tragen würdig warst, Halleluja, ist auferstanden, wie er gesagt hat, Halleluja. Bitt Gott für uns, Halleluja. Dutch translation Koningin des hemels, verheug u, alleluja. Omdat Hij, die gij waardig geweest zijt te dragen,alleluja. Verrezen is, zoals Hij gezegd heeft, alleluja. Bid God voor ons, alleluja.

English translation Queen of Heaven, rejoice, alleluia. For He whom you were worthy to bear, alleluia. [Now] has risen, as He said, alleluia. Pray for us to God, alleluia. (variant last line:) We ask that you pray for us, alleluia. Translation of additional text: Rejoice and be glad, O Virgin Mary, Alleluia! For the Lord is truly risen. Alleluia. Let us pray: O God, who gave joy to the world through the resurrection of Thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ, grant, we beseech thee, that through the intercession of the Virgin Mary, his Mother, we may obtain the joys of everlasting life: Through the same Christ our Lord. Amen. Variant translation O Queen of Heaven, rejoice: alleluia; For the child whom you so nobly bore: alleluia; Rose from the dead, as he foretold: alleluia; Pray for us now, we ask of you: alleluia.

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