Regina coeli | |
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Sacred choral music by W. A. Mozart | |
Key | C major |
Catalogue | K. 276 |
Text | Regina caeli |
Language | Latin |
Composed | 1779 |
Scoring | SATB soloists and choir, orchestra |
Regina coeli (Queen of Heaven), a Marian antiphon, was set by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart three times during his time at the Salzburg Cathedral. The best-known composition of the Latin Regina caeli for Eastertide is K. 276, a setting for four soloists, choir and orchestra, probably written in 1779. He wrote two earlier settings, K. 108 and K 127, both for soprano, choir and orchestra.