No. 11 of Modulationes quinque et sex vocum (Venice, 1562). This six-voice motet by Jacobus Vaet has a clear symbolic meaning. There is canon indicated in the Sextus (Tenor 3) which says "Iratus Petrus, Paulo contrarius exit, sed Paulus Petri clavem, tandem obtinet ense" ("The wrathful Peter runs counter to Paul, but in the end Paul obtains, through the sword, the key of Peter"). A key and a sword, the attributes of Peter and Paul, are placed in the beginning and the end of the canon. The Quintus (Tenor 2) sings the same melody in retrograde motion. As Willem Elders points out in his book Symbolic Scores: "Finally, through the sword, that is, through beheading, Paul obtained Peter's key and could enter the kingdom of heaven".
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Jacobus Vaet (c. 1529-1567)
Modulationes quinque et sex vocum (1562)
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Musica Dei donum optimi |
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Mater digna Dei |
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Simile est regnum caelorum |
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Immolabit hedum |
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Filiae Jerusalem |
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Stat felix domus Austriae |
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Justus germinabit |
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Dulces exuviae |
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Spiritus Domini |
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Continuo lachrimas |
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Qui operatus est Petro |
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