Regina coeli (Mozart)

Regina coeli
Sacred choral music by W. A. Mozart
KeyC major
CatalogueK. 276
TextRegina caeli
LanguageLatin
Composed1779 (1779)
ScoringSATB 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.