Rex Christe omnes (Michael Praetorius)

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Editor: Ross Jallo (submitted 2013-04-19).   Score information: Letter, 13 pages, 169 kB   Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Transposed up a whole step; note values halved in proportio tripla sections; editorial accidentals and slurs added. Praetorius included several versions of the text, suitable for Eastertide, Ascensiontide, Pentecost, and general use. I have used the Easter text; other versions are available upon request.

General Information

Title: Rex Christe omnes
Composer: Michael Praetorius
Lyricist: Lucas Lossius^{create page}

Number of voices: 6vv   Voicing: SSATBB

Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: a cappella
Published: Eulogodia Sionia (Wolfenbüttel, 1611)

Description: This antiphon for Compline is a Lutheran contrafactum of Regina caeli. It is the fifty-eighth selection in the composer's collection Eulogodia Sionia.

Original text and translations

Latin text Rex Christe omnes in te laetamur: Halleluja. Quia quam pertulisti pro nobis mortem: Halleluja. Resurgendo devicisti, Halleluja. Serva nos a peccatis. Ave Domine Fili Dei unigenite, qui natus es de virgine. Quoniam te decet laus et honor, Rex Christe, qui caput es Ecclesiae. Fac nos tecum resurgere: Halleluja.

English translation King Christ, all rejoice in thee: alleluia. For thou hast suffered death for us: alleluia. In rising, thou hast conquered, alleluia. Save us from our sins. Hail, Lord, only-begotten Son of God, who art born of a virgin. For laud and honor befit thee, King Christ, who art the Church's head. Make us to rise with thee: alleluia.