Regina coeli, KV 276 - Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

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"1= <b>Notes:</b> The sunny C-major ''Regina Coeli'', K. 276, is the last of three settings Mozart made of this antiphon in praise of the Virgin. Its autograph score is lost so its date of composition is conjectural. Scholars believe that its stylistic similarities to the precisely dated Dominican Vespers place it as a work from 1779. Among its many felicities is the thrice-repeated "Alleluia" whose rhythm immediately recalls in the listener a somewhat familiar chorus by Handel, though it is thought unlikely that Mozart knew Messiah in 1779. That he indeed later knew and admired Messiah is evidenced by his elegant re-orchestration of it in 1789. :Copyright (c) 1997 by John W. Ehrlich. See [http://www.spectrumsingers.org/archives/1996-97/may97_notes.html The Spectrum Singers] for complete program notes.|dis=No"

⌛ Period → Classical ◈ Genre / Form → Motets

♯ Key C major

⁄ Time Signature 4/4

♬ Voicing → SATB

◆ Difficulty

Expert (Grade 6-8)

↕ Range G1 – E6

¶ Language → Latin

Measures 157

Texture mixed texture

Parts 6

Instruments SATB, Piano

Pages 16

CPDL # 286

Editor John Henry Fowler

Posted 1999-09-29

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Soprano

C4 – G5

Alto

A3 – C5

Tenor

B2 – F4

Bass

G2 – D4

Piano

G1 – G-4