Manuel Cardoso (1566-1650): Missa Veni sponsa Christi (SATB)

The four-voice Missa Veni sponsa Christi is the sixth Mass in the Missae quaternis, quinis et sex vocibus (1625) by the Portuguese composer Manuel Cardoso (1566-1650). 

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Manuel Cardoso (1566-1650)

Missae quaternis, quinis et sex vocibus. Liber primus (1625)

Missa Miserere mihi Domine	SSATTB	Buy
Missa Tradent enim vos	SAATB	Buy
Missa Puer qui natus est	SATTB	Buy
Missa Hic est discipulus ille	SSATB	Buy
Missa Tui sunt caeli	SATB	Buy
Missa Veni sponsa Christi	SATB	Buy

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Manuel Cardoso (1566-1650): Missa Tui sunt caeli (SATB)

The fifth Mass in the Missae quaternis, quinis et sex vocibus (1625) by the Portuguese composer Manuel Cardoso (1566-1650) is based on the five-voice motet Tui sunt caeli by Palestrina. The short Agnus Dei has the original model represented in the form of an unexpected cantus firmus in long values in the Tenor.

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Manuel Cardoso (1566-1650): Missa Hic est discipulus ille (SSATB)

The fourth Mass in the Missae quaternis, quinis et sex vocibus (1625) is based on the five-voice motet by Palestrina.

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Manuel Cardoso (1566-1650)

Missae quaternis, quinis et sex vocibus. Liber primus (1625)

Missa Miserere mihi Domine	SSATTB	Buy/Download
Missa Tradent enim vos	SAATB	Buy/Download
Missa Puer qui natus est	SATTB	Buy/Download
Missa Hic est discipulus ille	SSATB	Buy/Download

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Manuel Cardoso (1566-1650): Missa Puer qui natus est (SATTB)

The third Mass of the Missae quaternis, quinis et sex vocibus (1625) is based on the five-voice motet Puer qui natus est by Palestrina.

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Manuel Cardoso (1566-1650): Missa Tradent enim vos (SAATB)

A Mass on the homonym motet by Palestrina. The final six-voice Agnus Dei closes with an impressive Trinitas in unitate canon with the riddle Qui sequitur me via recta non ambulat in tenebris.

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Manuel Cardoso (1566-1650): Missa Miserere mihi Domine (SSATTB)

We are proud to release our first edition from our series dedicated to the so-called Golden Age of Portuguese Renaissance Music. 

The six-voice Missa Miserere mihi Domine by Manuel Cardoso (1566-1650), included in his first printed book of Masses (Missae quaternis, quinis, et sex vocibus. Liber primus, Lisbon, 1625), is a Mass with a Cantus firmus (a very old-fashioned style in 1625) that is usually placed on the Superius I, but also on the Altus, Tenor and even the Bassus in the Christe.

The Agnus Dei ends with an enigmatic and virtuosistic canon typical of Cardoso. The indication Tenor II in dyapason, Altus in dyatesaron bis dicens Cantum Gregorianum is given to us, placed in the Superius I, which means that while the Tenor II sings strictly the same melody of the Superius I at the octave lower, the Altus has to sing only the Breves at the fourth, which together form exactly the melody of the Cantus firmus Miserere mihi Domine.

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MIDI (Agnus Dei)

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