I am glad to announce the release of 16 new motets and the complete edition of the Muttetorum quinque vocum by Giovanni Battista Corvo (fl. 1554-5).
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").
This collection includes outstanding works like the six-voice Qui primum terris dedicated to Camillum Mentuatum, the nine-voice polychoral Nunc dimittis and the thrilling eight-voice Cum terris cuperent caelestia dedicated to the cardinal Ippolito II d'Este (1509-1572).
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Giovanni Battista Corvo (fl. 1554-5)
Mutettorum quinque vocum (Venice, 1555)
22 motets 5vv, 6vv, 8vv and 9vv
Muttetorum quinque vocum (Complete) | ||
Surge propera | SATTB | |
Cenantibus illis | SATTB | |
Impetum inimicorum | AATBB | |
In adventu summi regis | SATTB | |
Domum istam | SATTB | |
Regina caeli | SATTB | |
Gabriel Archangelus | SATTB | |
Ecce evangelizo vobis | SATTB | |
Miserere mei Domine | SATTB | |
Haec dies quam fecit Dominus | SATTB | |
Nos autem gloriari | SATTB | |
Asperges me | SATTB | |
Hodie beata virgo | SATTB | |
Janitor caeli | SATTB | |
Hic est vere martyr | SATTB | |
Beati estis | SATTB | |
Gratia Christi requievit | ATBBB | |
Strixerunt corporis membra | SATTB | |
Hic est dies egregius | SAATTB | |
Qui primum terris | SAATTB | |
Cum terris cuperent caelestia | SAATTTBB | |
Nunc dimittis | SSAAATTBB | |
