A Musical Treasure for a Medici Pope

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. 

Preparing this complete edition has been unusually challenging as the manuscript is plagued with errors of copy. All these errors have been clearly indicated and corrected. 

We are starting our complete edition this week with one of the most beautiful seven-voice Masses of the Renaissance, the Missa Tu es pastor ovium by Andreas de Silva. The cantus firmus of the Mass clearly alludes to St. Peter and thus the figure of the Pope (Tu es pastor ovium, Princeps Apostolorum, tibi traditae sunt claves regni caelorum). Another copy of this Mass exists only in a Vatican source (V-CVbav MS Capp. Sist. 55).

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	Soon
Pierre Moulu (c. 1484-c. 1550)	Salve regina Barbara	SSATTBB	Soon
Jean Conseil (1489 or 1501-1534)	Tempus faciendi	STTTTBB	Soon
Philippe Verdelot (c. 1480-c. 1530)	Beata es virgo Maria	SSATTBB	Soon
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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Jacquet de Mantua (c. 1483-1559): Ecclesiam tuam (SATB) [Rusconi Codex]

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.

Ecclesiam tuam is a four-voice motet by Jacquet de Mantua (c. 1483-1559) dedicated to St. Anthony.

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	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

©2024 Jorge Martín

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	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

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Jacquet de Mantua (c. 1483-1559): O vos qui transitis (SATB) [Rusconi Codex]

An expressive three-part motet by Jacquet de Mantua in 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	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

©2023 Jorge Martín

Jacquet de Mantua (1483-1559): Noe, noe, hodie salvator (SATB) [Rusconi Codex]

A four-voice motet for Christmas by Jacquet de Mantua (1483-1559) in the Rusconi Codex.

You can buy or download 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	Buy/Download
Jean Mouton (c. 1459-1522)	Moriens lux amantissima	SATTB	Buy/Download
Renaldo (Petrus de Renaldis, †1521?)	Paradisi portas	SATB	Buy/Download
Hotinet Barra (fl. 1510-1523)	Peccantem me quotidie	SATB	Buy/Download
Jacquet de Mantua (c. 1483-1559)	Noe, noe, hodie Salvator	SATB	Buy/Download

©2023 Jorge Martín

Music from the Rusconi Codex (Museo Internazionale e Biblioteca della Musica di Bologna, I-Bc Q.19)

We are proud to announce the forthcoming release of an extensive selection of works from the so-called Rusconi Codex (I-Bc Q.19). Now kept in the Museo Internazionale e Biblioteca della Musica di Bologna, this small choirbook, 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.

© 2023 Jorge Martín