Thursday 18 April 2024

Martin Peudargent (c. 1525/30-d. after 1587): O Dee cunctiparens (SATBB) [Liber primus sacrarum cantionum, 1555]

Martin Peudargent (c. 1525/30-d. after 1587) was a Flemish composer in the service of the Duke of Kleve as Kapellmeister. In his first work, the Liber primus sacrarum cantionum, published in Dusseldorf in 1555, he referred to himself as ‘musicus’ in the court of Duke Wilhelm V of Jülich-Kleve-Berg in Düsseldorf.

O Dee cunctiparens is a brilliant and unusual motet based on a part of the Hamartigenia ("The Origin of Sin") by Aurelius Prudentius Clemens (348-c. 406), one of the great Christian Latin writers of late antiquity. 

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Martin Peudargent (c. 1525/30-d. after 1587)

Liber primus sacrarum cantionum (1555)

12 motets for 5vv and 6vv

 

Pater noster / Ave Maria

SAATB

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Verbum iniquum

SAATB

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Libertas Christiana

SAATB

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Domine ne in furore

SSATTB

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O Dee cunctiparens

SAATB

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Jubilate Domino

SSATB

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Repleti sunt omnes

SSATB

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Qui peccatum non fecit

SSATB

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Sana me Domine

SSATB

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Fontes aquarum

SAATB

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Vivit Dominus

SAATB

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Laudate Dominum

SAATB

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©2024 Jorge Martín

Tuesday 16 April 2024

Maistre Jhan (c. 1485-1538): Hunc ego te, Euryale? (SAATB) [Treviso Cathedral Codice 36] (2024 Edition)

A masterpiece by Maistre Jhan (c. 1485-1538) in the Treviso Cathedral Codice 36 (I-TVd 36) based on a fragment of the Aeneid by Vergil (Book IX, 481-498). This text narrates the lament of Euryalus's mother when she discovers that he and his lover Nisus have died in the battlefield: “Is this you, Euryalus, that I see? You who were the last solace of my age, could you bring yourself to leave me alone, cruel one?"

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Monday 15 April 2024

Jean Mouton (c. 1459-1522): Salva nos Domine (SAATTB) [Rusconi Codex]

Now kept in the Museo Internazionale e Biblioteca della Musica di Bologna, the Rusconi Codex, probably copied c. 1518 for the Cathedral of Padua, contains 95 works, mostly motets and a few masses (some of them unica) and, according to Robert Nosow, was copied by one of its most represented composers, a certain Renaldo (probably Petrus de Renaldis, died in 1521). The Rusconi Codex is one of the most important music manuscripts in northern Italy in the first third of the 16th century. We are publishing a selection of over 60 works by Italian and French composers such as Jean Mouton, Renaldo, Jacquet de Mantua, Costanzo Festa, Lupus, Pierre Moulu, Maistre Jhan and others. 

Salva nos Domine is an outstanding six-voice motet by Jean Mouton (c. 1459-1522) from the Rusconi Codex. You can buy this score here. Please consider purchasing our scores for the price you want to support Ars Subtilior Editions!

Music from the Rusconi Codex (I-Bc Q.19)

Sebastiano Festa (c. 1490/5-1524)

Angele Dei

SSTB

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Jean Mouton (c. 1459-1522)

Moriens lux amantissima

SATTB

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Renaldo (Petrus de Renaldis, †1521?)

Paradisi portas

SATB

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Hotinet Barra (fl. 1510-1523)

Peccantem me quotidie

SATB

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Jacquet de Mantua (c. 1483-1559)

Noe, noe, hodie Salvator

SATB

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Jacquet de Mantua (c. 1483-1559)

O vos qui transitis

SATB

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Jacquet de Mantua (c. 1483-1559)

Veni Sancte Spiritus

SATB

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Jean Mouton (c. 1459-1522)

Salva nos Domine

SAATTB

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©2024 Jorge Martín

Thursday 11 April 2024

Cristóbal de Morales (c. 1500-1553): Hoc est praeceptum meum (SSATB) [Santiago Codex]

The Santiago Codex of Valladolid is one of the most significant manuscript sources of Renaissance Spanish music in the beginning of the 17th century. Preserved in the Parroquia de Santiago in Valladolid (Spain), it was copied by Diego Sánchez and other unknown copyists. It contains seventy-five works, including three Masses, one Requiem Mass and sixty-three motets: some of them are unique, as they are only found in this manuscript or have some important differences with the other known sources. The significance of the Santiago Codex also lies in its composers: we can find unique works by Cristóbal de Morales, Francisco Guerrero, Juan Navarro and Francisco Guerrero among others.

We are thrilled to announce that we are publishing a selection of works from the Santiago Codex, starting with Hoc est praeceptum meum by Cristóbal de Morales (c. 1500-1553). This motet is a re-texted version of the first part of Andreas Christi famulus (the second part is copied separately without text in the Santiago Codex). The part of the ostinato has been changed from the original Sancte Andreas, ora pro nobis to Sancte N, ora pro nobis (where N. can be any Apostle's name, as this motet is indicated for the Feasts for all the Apostles, in festis omnibus Apostolorum).

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Tuesday 9 April 2024

Filipe de Magalhães (c. 1571-1652): Missa Non turbetur cor vestrum (SSATB)

The fifth Mass of the Missarum liber cum antiphonis (Lisbon, 1636) by the Portuguese composer Filipe de Magalhães (c. 1571-1652) is based on an unknown motet. The Missa Non turbetur cor vestrum could even be a nod to the own composer's name, as Philip the Apostle is mentioned in several motets with the Non turbetur cor vestrum textPhilippe, qui videt me, videt et Patrem meum. 

This Mass is the most complex in the Missarum liber cum antiphonis, as it ends with a spectacular Agnus Dei for seven voices with a canon 4 in 1 and the Sanctus has two canons in the Superius 2 with the indications Gradatim ascendit ("Ascended gradually") and Vado, venio et redio (something like "I go, I come back and I go again").

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Filipe de Magalhães (c. 1571-1652)

Missarum liber cum antiphonis (Lisbon, 1636)

Missa de Beata Virgine Maria

SATB

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Missa Veni Domine

SATB

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Missa Si ignoras te

SATB

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Missa Vere Dominus est

SATB

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Missa Non turbetur cor vestrum

SSATB

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©2024 Jorge Martín

Monday 8 April 2024

Martin Peudargent (c. 1525/30-d. after 1587): Domine ne in furore (SSATTB) [Liber primus sacrarum cantionum, 1555]

Martin Peudargent (c. 1525/30-d. after 1587) was a Flemish composer in the service of the Duke of Kleve as Kapellmeister. In his first work, the Liber primus sacrarum cantionum, published in Dusseldorf in 1555, he referred to himself as ‘musicus’ in the court of Duke Wilhelm V of Jülich-Kleve-Berg in Düsseldorf. 

Domine ne in furore tuo is a colossal six-voice motet (310 bars long!) in six parts with the complete text of the Psalm 6. This masterpiece even includes a nod to the ostinato of the famous Miserere mei by Josquin.

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Martin Peudargent (c. 1525/30-d. after 1587)

Liber primus sacrarum cantionum (1555)

12 motets for 5vv and 6vv

 

Pater noster / Ave Maria

SAATB

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Verbum iniquum

SAATB

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Libertas Christiana

SAATB

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Domine ne in furore

SSATTB

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O Dee cunctiparens

SAATB

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Jubilate Domino

SSATB

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Repleti sunt omnes

SSATB

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Qui peccatum non fecit

SSATB

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Sana me Domine

SSATB

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Fontes aquarum

SAATB

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Vivit Dominus

SAATB

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Laudate Dominum

SAATB

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©2024 Jorge Martín


Tuesday 12 March 2024

Giovanni Battista Corvo (fl. 1554-5): Impetum inimicorum (AATBB) [Mutettorum quinque vocum, 1555]

We know very little about the life of Giovanni Battista Corvo (fl. 1554-5). His Liber primus mutettorum quinque vocum was published by Antonio Gardano in Venice, in 1555. He was probably from Como and dedicated the collection to Alessandro Farnese. Some of Corvo's motets are rather uncommon, as they are designated to unusual Saints like St. Julian, St. Severin and St Provino di Como ("Beati Provini Episcop Comensis").

Impetum inimicorum (AATBB) is the third motet from Liber primus mutettorum quinque vocum. It is dedicated to an unsual Saint: St. Julian.

Giovanni Battista Corvo (fl. 1554-5)

Mutettorum quinque vocum (Venice, 1555)

22 motets 5vv, 6vv, 8vv and 9vv  

Surge propera

SATTB

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Cenantibus illis

SATTB

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Impetum inimicorum

AATBB

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Nunc dimittis

SSAAATTBB

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Monday 26 February 2024

Jacquet de Mantua (c. 1483-1559): Veni Sancte Spiritus (SATB) [Rusconi Codex]

Now kept in the Museo Internazionale e Biblioteca della Musica di Bologna, the Rusconi Codex, probably copied c. 1518 for the Cathedral of Padua, contains 95 works, mostly motets and a few masses (some of them unica) and, according to Robert Nosow, was copied by one of its most represented composers, a certain Renaldo (probably Petrus de Renaldis, died in 1521). The Rusconi Codex is one of the most important music manuscripts in northern Italy in the first third of the 16th century. We are publishing a selection of over 60 works by Italian and French composers such as Jean Mouton, Renaldo, Jacquet de Mantua, Costanzo Festa, Lupus, Pierre Moulu, Maistre Jhan and others.

Veni Sancte Spiritus is a short motet by Jacquet de Mantua (c. 1483-1559) from the Rusconi Codex. You can buy this score here. Please consider purchasing our scores for the price you want to support Ars Subtilior Editions!

Music from the Rusconi Codex (I-Bc Q.19)

Sebastiano Festa (c. 1490/5-1524)

Angele Dei

SSTB

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Jean Mouton (c. 1459-1522)

Moriens lux amantissima

SATTB

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Renaldo (Petrus de Renaldis, †1521?)

Paradisi portas

SATB

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Hotinet Barra (fl. 1510-1523)

Peccantem me quotidie

SATB

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Jacquet de Mantua (c. 1483-1559)

Noe, noe, hodie Salvator

SATB

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Jacquet de Mantua (c. 1483-1559)

O vos qui transitis

SATB

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Jacquet de Mantua (c. 1483-1559)

Veni Sancte Spiritus

SATB

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© 2024 Jorge Martín


Thursday 22 February 2024

Francesco Portinaro (c. 1520 - c. 1577): Sancta et immaculata (SATTB) [Primi frutti de motetti, 1548]

Primi frutti de motetti a cinque voci (Venice, 1548) was the first collection of motets by the Italian composer Francesco Portinaro (c. 1520-c. 1577). Born in Padua, Portinaro worked for important institutions such as the Accademia dei Costanti of Vicenza, the Accademia degli Elevati of Padua or the Accademia Filarmonica of Verona. According to Maria Archetto "Portinaro's clearly constructed, fluid and reserved polyphonic style was praised during his lifetime".

The beautiful Sancta et immaculata (SATTB) is the fourth motet in the Primi frutti de motetti. You can buy this score here. Please consider purchasing our scores for the price you want to support Ars Subtilior Editions! 

Francesco Portinaro (c. 1520 - c. 1577)

Primi frutti de motetti a cinque voci (Venice, 1548)

19 motets for 5vv, 6vv and 7vv

Tribularer si nescirem

SATTB

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Absterget Deus

SATTB

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Preparate corda vestra

SATTB

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Sancta et immaculata

SATTB

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Peccavi super numerum

SATTB

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Principes persecuti sunt

SATTB

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Da pacem, Domine

SATTB

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Impetum inimicorum

SATTB

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Domine, quis habitabit

SATTB

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Regina caeli

SATTB

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Vidi speciosam

SAATB

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Aspice Domine

SATBB

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Iste est Johannes

SATTB

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Sicut cedrus

SATBB

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Deus misereatur nostri

SSATTB

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Gaudent in caelis

SATTB

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Quanti mercenarii

SATTBB

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Puer natus est nobis

SATTBB

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Regina caeli

SAATTBB

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©2024 Jorge Martín