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) SSA Trent codex 89 SATB 4-part hymn in G Major SATB (M. Labat) Trent codex 91 SAT Alexander Agricola SATB Gregor Aichinger a 3 SST a 4 SATB Felice Anerio SATB Philippe Basiron STB Giuseppe Antonio Bernabei SATB Johannes Brahms SSAA & SA solo Johannes Brassart SAA with trope Alle Domine nate matris Deus Franz Bühler SATB & orchestra Antoine Busnois SATB William Byrd SAT Francesca Caccini S & bc Francesco Cavalli ATB & bc Rodrigo de Ceballo ATTB or SATB Marc-Antoine Charpentier H 31 T solo, 2 recorders & bc H 32 SS soli & bc H 46 SATB, 2 violins & bc Cibulka SATB & orchestra Adrian Cuello SATB Pedro de Cristo SATB Giovanni Croce SATB.SATB Christoph Dalitz SSATB Josquin des Prez (?) SATTBB L. B. Est SAB & organ Stefano Felis SSATTB Carlotta Ferrari SS & organ. Robert Führer SATB & orchestra Giovanni Gabrieli ATbbbarB.ATbbbB Baldassare Galuppi S solo & orchestra Mariano Garau SATB

Charles Gounod CG 106 2 equal vv & organ 7 Motetten SAB Ciro Grassi SSA Francisco Guerrero a 4 SATB a 8 SSAATTBB Johann Michael Haydn SB & orchestra Oliver Hayes SATB Ondřej Horník SATB & orchestra Heinrich Isaac Laudes Salvatori STTB, SATB or ATTB Regina caeli laetare SSATB Karl Kempter SAB & organ W. Kosminski SATB & organ Hubertus Krämer SATB M. Labat SATB Ferdinand di Lasso SSATTB Orlando di Lasso a 4 SATB a 5 SATBB a 5 SATTB a 6 SSATBB a 7 SSAATTB João Baptista Lehman SAB & organ Charlemagne Loisel SATB & organ Antonio Lotti SATB Jean-Baptiste Lully SSA & bc Pierre de Manchicourt SATTBB Pietro Mascagni SSAATTBB & orchestra Andrea Mattioli B & orchestra Cristóbal de Morales a 4 SATB a 6 SATB Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, all with orchestra KV 108 SATB & S solo KV 127 SATB & S solo KV 276 SATB tutti & soli José Maurício Nunes Garcia I, in D SATB & organ II, 2nd version of same SATB & organ

Diego Ortiz SATB Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina a 8, Capella Giulia SATB.SATB a 8, dubious attribution (Opera XXX.13) SATB.SATB a 4, dubious attribution (Opera XXXII.5) SA(T)B or AT(T)B (one part reconstructed) Pascal Picard SATBB Josef J. Pihert SATB & orchestra Costanzo Porta TTBB Ramiro Real SSAA Ignaz Reimann SATB & orchestra Giovanni Battista Riccio a 3 AAB & bc Alto & bc Giovanni Antonio Rigatti S solo and continuo Georg Valentin Röder (from Vespers) SATB & orchestra Philippe Rogier SSAT.SATB Cipriano de Rore TTB Giovanni Rovetta SB + Bc Juan García de Salazar SATB Ferdinand Schubert SATB & orchestra Johannes Nepomuk Skraup SATB, organ & more? Francesco Soriano SATB Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck SATTB with SAT section. José de Torres S, SATB & bc Pierre Vermont SATTB Tomás Luis de Victoria a 5 SATTB a 8 SSAT.SATB Antonio de Villalar SATB Samuel Webbe SATB with SA soli & organ Adrian Willaert ((disambiguation page) a 3 TTB a 4 SATB or ATTB Franz Xaver Witt SATB Robert White TTTBB

Other settings possibly not included in the manual list above

• Giovanni Francesco Anerio — Regina caeli
• Philippe Basiron — Regina caeli a 3 (anonymous?)
• Jacques-Louis Battmann — Regina caeli
• Luigi Cherubini — Regina Coeli
• Bernard Hellebusch — Regina caeli No. 2
• Bernard Hellebusch — Regina caeli No. 3
• Bernard Hellebusch — Regina caeli No. 5
• David Leroy McIntyre III — Come, my sweet
• Jean-Baptiste Labat — Regina coeli
• Melchiorre Mauro-Cottone — Regina coeli
• Andreas Michot — Regina caeli
• Richard Mower — Regina Caeli
• Loyset Piéton — Regina caeli
• Eustachius de Monte Regali — Regina caeli

Text and 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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