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Ave Regina caelorum

Marian antiphon

Marian antiphon

"Ave Regina caelorum" is one of the Marian antiphons said or sung in the Liturgy of the Hours at the close of compline. In the Roman Breviary as revised by Pope Pius V in 1569 it was assigned for this use from compline of 2 February until compline of Wednesday of Holy Week. Since the revision of the Liturgy of the Hours in 1969, the only Marian antiphon for whose use a fixed period is laid down is the Easter season antiphon Regina caeli.

Like the other Marian antiphons, Ave Regina caelorum has been set to polyphonic music by composers such as Leonel Power (d. 1445), Guillaume Du Fay (d. 1474), Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611), Marc-Antoine Charpentier, 3 settings, H.22, H.19, H. 45, Manuel de Sumaya (1678-1755), and Joseph Haydn (1732-1809).

The prayer, whose author is unknown, is found in manuscripts from the twelfth century onward.

Text

The antiphon itself consists of two stanzas, each of four lines:

LatinEnglish 1
{{langlaAve, Regina caelorum,

Compline, as revised in 1969 after the Second Vatican Council, ends with the antiphon alone. In the earlier Roman Breviary the following versicle and the following prayer are added to the antiphon:

LatinEnglish 1English 2
{{langla℣. Dignare me laudare te, Virgo sacrata.

Musical settings

Marc-Antoine Charpentier has composed one Ave Regina coelorum H.19, for 3 voices and bc (1670) and one Ave Regina coelorum H.45 (1690) for soloists, chorus, 2 violins and bc.

Manuel de Sumaya also composed an Ave Regina Caelorum, but instead written for 4 voices (SATB).

References

References

  1. "Finally one of the antiphons of the Blessed Virgin Mary is said. In Eastertide this is always the ''Regina caeli''" ([https://www.liturgyoffice.org.uk/Resources/Rites/GILH.pdf General Instruction of the Liturgy of the Hours, 92]).
  2. [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02149b.htm Hugh Henry, "Ave Regina" in ''Catholic Encyclopedia'' (New York 1907)]
  3. [https://www.encyclopedia.com/religion/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/ave-regina-caelorum Ruth Steiner, "Ave Regina caelorum" in ''New Catholic Encyclopedia'']
  4. [http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2019/02/ave-regina-caelorum.html#.XPF5eI5KjtQ Gregory DiPippo, "Ave Regina Caelorum"]
  5. [https://udayton.edu/imri/mary/a/antiphons.php#anchor3 M. Jean Frisk, "Antiphons" (University of Dayton)]
  6. ''Cori Spezzati: Volume 2: An Anthology of Sacred Polychoral Music'' by Anthony F. Carver 2009 {{ISBN. 0-521-10635-4 page 121
  7. ''Choral Repertoire'' by Dennis Shrock 2009 {{ISBN. 0-19-532778-0 page 585
  8. [https://oxfordsong.org/song/ave-regina-caelorum Weir, Judith. "Ave Regina caelorum", Oxford International song Festival]
  9. [https://books.google.com/books?id=CDpx0tA-5Z4C&dq=Ave+Domina+lunabulle&pg=PT20 Romain Kito, ''Prayers to the Virgin Mary'' (LunaBulle 2013)]
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