Ave Regina coelorum a 4 (Guillaume Dufay)
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- Editor: Andrew Fysh (submitted 2019-03-17). Score information: A4, 10 pages Copyright: CC BY SA
- Edition notes: Original pitch (for SATB). Original mensuration signs and note values are retained. Transcribed and edited from the Vatican Library source detailed below.
- Editor: Sabine Cassola (submitted 2008-05-27). Score information: A4, 7 pages, 163 kB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: File Sizes: PDF: 163 KB, MIDI: 15 KB, Finale 2004: 51 KB.
General Information
Title: Ave Regina coelorum a 4 (one of 3 settings)
Composer: Guillaume Dufay
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet, Votive antiphon
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: c. 1465
2nd published: 1474 or 1475 in Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, MS S. Pietro B.80 [Rome]
Description: This setting is often referred to as "Ave Regina caelorum III". Dufay famously requested in his will that it be performed at his bedside at the point of his death, a request that was unable to be fulfilled in time.
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Original text and translations
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Original text and translations may be found at Ave Regina caelorum #Other versions.