Maistre Jhan (c. 1485-1538): Vox de caelis (TTTB) [Rusconi Codex]

The so-called Rusconi Codex (I-Bc Q.19), now kept in the Museo Internazionale e Biblioteca della Musica di Bologna, 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). It 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.

Vox de caelis is four-voice motet by the French composer Maistre Jhan (c. 1485-1538). It is scored for four male voices (TTTB) and dedicated to St. Catherine.

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

Sebastiano Festa (c. 1490/5-1524)	Angele Dei	SSTB	Buy
Jean Mouton (c. 1459-1522)	Moriens lux amantissima	SATTB	Buy
Renaldo (Petrus de Renaldis, †1521?)	Paradisi portas	SATB	Buy
Hotinet Barra (fl. 1510-1523)	Peccantem me quotidie	SATB	Buy
Jacquet de Mantua (c. 1483-1559)	Noe, noe, hodie Salvator	SATB	Buy
Jacquet de Mantua (c. 1483-1559)	O vos qui transitis	SATB	Buy
Jacquet de Mantua (c. 1483-1559)	Veni Sancte Spiritus	SATB	Buy
Jean Mouton (c. 1459-1522)	Salva nos Domine	SAATTB	Buy
Renaldo (Petrus de Renaldis, †1521?)	Illuminavit eum Dominus	SATB	Buy
Renaldo (Petrus de Renaldis, †1521?)	Haec dies	SATB	Buy
Jacquet de Mantua (c. 1483-1559)	Ecclesiam tuam	SATB	Buy
Maistre Jhan (c. 1485-1538)	Vox de caelis	TTTB	Buy

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Philippe Verdelot (c. 1480-c. 1530): Beata es virgo Maria (SSATTBB) [I-VEaf 218]

We are glad to announce the forthcoming publication of the complete edition of the I-VEaf 218, a manuscript collection of extraordinary Masses and motets from seven to ten voices, copied around 1534.

Preserved in the Biblioteca dell'Accademia Filarmonica di Verona, I-VEaf 218 contains 24 motets and two masses for seven to ten voices. Additionally, there is a set of double-choir psalms by a second copyist that will be published in a future complete edition of another Italian source. 

Some of the motets and the seven-voice Mass show a connection with Giulio Medici, the Pope Clement VII: that is the case of the Missa tu es pastor ovium by Andreas de Silva (b. c. 1475-1480), Tempus faciendi by Jean Conseil (1489 or 1501-1534) or Vidit Dominus by the otherwise unknown Carlay. 

The works are surprising in scale and uniqueness. Though some pieces from I-VEaf 218 were republished in a printed collection a few decades later (the Thesaurus musicus continens selectissimas octo, septem... in 1564), an important group of motets are unica, including the nine-voice Locutus est Dominus by Jean Lhéritier (c. 1480-1551), the rework for eight voices of Josquin's Ave Maria virgo serena, the outstanding nine-voice Caelorum decus attributed by some to Heinrich Isaac, and the final masterpiece of the collection, the ten-voice Regina caeli by Nicolas Gombert (c. 1495-c. 1560). Some motets are also contrafacta, such as Tu sola es virgo and Sustinuimus pacem by Gombert.

The seven-voice Beata es virgo Maria is among the most beautiful motets by Philippe Verdelot (c. 1480-c. 1530). One of the earliest sources where this masterpiece can be found is the I-VEaf 218. The Cantus 2 sings a cantus firmus taken from Josquin's famous motet Ave Maria... Virgo serena.

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A Musical Treasure for a Medici Pope (I-VEaf 218)

A collection of Masses & Motets for 7vv, 8vv, 9vv and 10vv

Andreas de Silva (b. c. 1475-1480)	Missa Tu es pastor ovium	SSATTBB	Buy
Pierre Moulu (c. 1484-c. 1550)	Salve regina Barbara	SSATTBB	Buy
Jean Conseil (1489 or 1501-1534)	Tempus faciendi	STTTTBB	Buy
Philippe Verdelot (c. 1480-c. 1530)	Beata es virgo Maria	SSATTBB	Buy
Philip Van Wilder (c. 1500-1554)	Homo quidam fecit	SAATTBB	Soon
Carlay	Vidit Dominus	SAAATTB	Soon
Philippe Verdelot (c. 1480-c. 1530)	Gaudent in caelis	SSAATTBB	Soon
Anonymous	Canite tuba	SSAATTBB	Soon
Josquin Desprez? (c. 1450/5-1521)	Ave Maria	SSAATTBB	Soon
Anonymous	Ave virgo virginum	SSAATTBB	Soon
Jean Mouton (c. 1459-1522)	Fulgebunt justi	SSAATTBB	Soon
Jean Mouton (c. 1459-1522)	Verbum bonum	SSAATTBB	Soon
Jacquet de Mantua (c. 1483-1559)	Sancta Trinitas	SSAATTBB	Soon
Philippe Verdelot? (c. 1480-c. 1530)	Inviolata	SSAATTBB	Soon
Anonymous	Exortum in tenebris	SAATTTTB	Soon
Jean Mouton (c. 1459-1522)	Nesciens mater	SSAAATBB	Soon
Nicolas Gombert (c. 1495-c. 1560)	Tu sola es virgo	SSAATTBB	Soon
Jean Lhéritier (c. 1480-1551)	Locutus est Dominus	SSAATTBBB	Soon
Heinrich Isaac? (c. 1445-1517)	Caelorum decus	SSTTTTTBB	Soon
Philippe Verdelot (c. 1480-c. 1530)	Laudate Dominum	SAAAATTTB	Soon
Passet	Nigra sum	SSAATTBB	Soon
Nicolas Gombert (c. 1495-c. 1560)	Sustinuimus pacem	SSAATTBB	Soon
Nicolle des Celliers de Hesdin (†1538)	Laetabundus exultet	SSAATTBB	Soon
Claudin de Sermisy (c. 1490-1562)	Inclina Domine	SATB+SATB	Soon
Nicolas Gombert (c. 1495-c. 1560)	Regina caeli	SSAATTTTBB	Soon
Ruffino Bartolucci da Assisi (1475?-1541)	Missa Verbum bonum	SATB+SATB	Soon

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Maistre Jhan (c. 1485-1538): Si dereliqui te Domine (SATTB) [Treviso Cathedral Codice 36] (2024 Edition)

A one-of-a-kind motet by Maistre Jhan (c. 1485-1538) in the Treviso Cathedral Codice 36 (I-TVd 36). This work could be considered almost as a polytextual motet: from measure 63 to the end of the prima pars the text of each voice is taken from a different part from the verses 8-9 of Psalm 8.

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Treviso Cathedral Codice 36 (I-TVd 36) (2024 Edition)

29 motets and a Mass by Maistre Jhan, Adrian Willaert, Jacquet de Mantua, Jean Lhéritier, Magister Symon and anonymous (c. 1530)

Maistre Jhan (c. 1485-1538)	Pater noster/Ave Maria	SATTB	Buy
Maistre Jhan (c. 1485-1538)	Ave Maria, alta stirps	SATTB	Buy
Maistre Jhan (c. 1485-1538)	Fratres, jam non estis	SATTB	Buy
Maistre Jhan (c. 1485-1538)	Omnia qui fecisti nobis	SATTB	Buy
Maistre Jhan (c. 1485-1538)	Hunc ego te, Euryale	STTTB	Buy
Maistre Jhan (c. 1485-1538)	Si dereliqui te Domine	SATTB	Buy

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Leonardo Barré (fl. 1537-after 1555): Pater noster / Ave Maria (SAATTB)

A fascinating double motet by the French composer Leonardo Barré (fl. 1537-after 1555). This musical gem has an extraordinary symbolical meaning in the canon in the Tenor 1 with the indication Ut discantur septem peccata mortalia dic septies Pater noster et Ave Maria ("To learn the Seven Deadly Sins say seven times Pater noster and Ave Maria"): therefore, the Altus 1 must sing (transposed up a fifth) seven times an ostinato of the first notes of the Tenor 1 in both parts of the motet.

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Jean Mouton (c. 1459-1522): Moriens lux amantissima (SATTB) [Rusconi Codex]

This motet for five voices by Jean Mouton in the Rusconi Codex has a seven-note ostinato plainchant with the words Tibi soli peccavi.

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

Sebastiano Festa (c. 1490/5-1524)	Angele Dei	SSTB	Buy/Download
Jean Mouton (c. 1459-1522)	Moriens lux amantissima	SATTB	Buy/Download

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Pierre Colin (fl. 1538-1572): Pastores dicite (SATB)

A four-voice motet for Christmas (de nativitate Domini) by the French composer Pierre Colin (fl. 1538-1572).

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Pierre Certon (c. 1515-1572): Pater noster / Ave Maria (SAATTB)

A wonderful six voice-motet by Pierre Certon (c. 1515-1572) that combines the melodies of Pater noster with the Cantus firmus of the Ave Maria in the Quintus and Sextus (Altus 1 and Tenor 2, with a canon at the fourth).

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