This Mass is the work that starts the collection of four Masses dedicated to the Dukes of Parma and Piacenza, the Missarum cum quinque et septem vocibus, published in Venice in 1569. This collection was thought to be lost by Bernstein, but was recently found in the Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emmanuele III in Naples.
The Missa ad Illustrissimum et Eccellentissimum Octavium Farnensem Parmae et Placentiae Ducem is a five-voice Mass dedicated to Ottavio Farnese (1521-1586), Duke of Parma and Piacenza and grandson of the Pope Paul III. We can find a cantus firmus pervading all the Mass with the text Quam Roma felix Augusto tam Parma gaudet Octavio. Farnesius prudens, fortunatus Octavius. The cantus firmus, which is not related to the technique of the soggetto cavato, appears in various rhythms and pitches: it is presented in syncopated values in the Qui tollis peccata mundi in the Gloria, and it is sung in black notes (hemiola) in the Hosanna in excelsis in the Sanctus while the other voices sing in a triple meter.
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We are also publishing the three remaining Masses of the Missarum cum quinque et septem vocibus (Missa Elasmamera and Expurgate vetus fermentum for five voices and the Missa ad Illustrissimam Parmae Ducissam for seven voices).
Ippolito Chamaterò (c.
1535/40-c. 1592)
Missarum cum quinque et
septem vocibus (1569)
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Missa ad Illustrissimum Parmae Ducem |
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