Monday 27 February 2023

Jacobus Vaet (c. 1529-1567): Spiritus Domini (SATTTB)

No. 9 of Modulationes quinque et sex vocum (Venice, 1562). One of the best works in the collection: this six-voice motet has a Cantus firmus in the Sextus with the words Spiritus Domini replevit orbem terrarum. Alleluia.

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Jacobus Vaet (c. 1529-1567)

Modulationes quinque et sex vocum (1562)

 

Musica Dei donum optimi

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Mater digna Dei

SATTB

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Simile est regnum caelorum

SAATB

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Immolabit hedum

SAATB

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Filiae Jerusalem

SATTB

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Stat felix domus Austriae

SAATTB

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Justus germinabit

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Dulces exuviae

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Spiritus Domini

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©2023 Jorge Martín


Wednesday 8 February 2023

Anonymous: Beata es virgo Maria / Salve regina / Ave Maria (SSATTB)

Beata es virgo Maria / Salve regina / Ave Maria is an amazing six-voice motet copied in a manuscript choirbook (Ms. 8) in the Tarazona Cathedral (Spain). It has three different texts and two cantus firmus ostinato: while four voices sing the text Beata es virgo Maria Dei genitrix, the Supranus 1 sings the first notes of the Salve regina (Salve regina misericordiae) and the Tenor 2 the beginning of the Ave Maria plainchant (Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum).

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Monday 6 February 2023

Jacobus Clemens non Papa (c. 1510/15 - 1555/6): Salve crux sancta (SAATTB)

A six-voice motet with a number symbolism in plain sight: the Tenor I sings a five-voice ostinato fourteen times, the number of the Stations of the Cross.

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Thursday 2 February 2023

Pedro Rimonte (1565-1627): Missa Tota pulchra es (SSATTB)

An outstanding Mass in the Missae sex (1604) by the Spanish composer Pedro Rimonte (1565-1627) based on the six-voice motet by Francisco Guerrero (1528-1599). The Agnus Dei is scored for eight voices.

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Tuesday 31 January 2023

Francesco Corteccia (1502-1571): O doctor optime (SAATBB)

No. 10 of Canticorum liber primus cum sex vocibus (Venice, 1571), a six-voice motet dedicated to Saint Ambrose.

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Francesco Corteccia (1502-1571)

Canticorum Liber primus cum sex vocibus (Venice, 1571)

18 motets for 6vv

Omnipotens et misericors Deus

SATTTB

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Usque modo non petistis

SATTTB

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In adventu summi regis

SAATTB

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Descendit Spiritus Sanctus

SSATBB

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Propter lignum

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Formosam juveni

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Esto mihi in Deum

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O Paule Ursine

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Sancti tui Domine

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O Doctor optime

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Jacobus Vaet (c. 1529-1567): Dulces exuviae (SSATTB)

No. 8 of Modulationes quinque et sex vocum (Venice, 1562). A six-voice motet on the Aeneid by Virgil.

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Jacobus Vaet (c. 1529-1567)

Modulationes quinque et sex vocum (1562)

21 motets for 5vv and 6vv

 

Musica Dei donum optimi

SATTB

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Mater digna Dei

SATTB

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Simile est regnum caelorum

SAATB

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Immolabit hedum

SAATB

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Filiae Jerusalem

SATTB

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Stat felix domus Austriae

SAATTB

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Justus germinabit

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Dulces exuviae

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Monday 30 January 2023

Melchor Robledo (c. 1510-1586): Missa voces musicales (SSATB)

The Missa voces musicales (also known as Missa Fa re ut fa sol la) by the Spanish Renaissance composer Melchor Robledo (c. 1510-1586)  is a Mass based on an ostinato of the six notes (F D C F G A) (like Stefano Felis' Missa La sol fa mi re ut). While the Gloria and Credo are set in a surprisingly simple and homophonic style, the rest of the parts (Kyrie, Sanctus and Agnus Dei) are beautifully composed, specially the Agnus Dei, which is scored for seven voices, including a canon in two voices with the ostinato melody in long values. This is a sort of urtext edition, as it has been prepared by carefully comparing three incomplete sources of the Mass, two in Spain (Tarazona and Silos) and one in Italy (Vatican Library).

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Wednesday 25 January 2023

Francesco Corteccia (1502-1571): Sancti tui Domine (SATTBB)

The ninth motet in Canticorum liber primus cum sex vocibus (Venice, 1571) by Francesco Corteccia has a double text: while five voices sing Sancti tui Domine florebunt sicut lilium... the Quinta pars (Tenor 2) has a cantus firmus ostinato with the words Omnes Sancti et Sancte Dei orate pro nobis.

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Francesco Corteccia (1502-1571)

Canticorum Liber primus cum sex vocibus (Venice, 1571)

18 motets for 6vv

Omnipotens et misericors Deus

SATTTB

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Usque modo non petistis

SATTTB

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In adventu summi regis

SAATTB

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Descendit Spiritus Sanctus

SSATBB

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Propter lignum

SSATTB

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Formosam juveni

SAATTB

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Esto mihi in Deum

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O Paule Ursine

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Sancti tui Domine

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©2023 Jorge Martín



Tuesday 24 January 2023

Jacobus Vaet (c. 1529-1567): Justus germinabit (SAATTB)

No. 7 of Modulationes quinque et sex vocum (Venice, 1562). You can buy or download this score here. Remember, you can purchase our scores for the price you want to support Ars Subtilior Editions!


Jacobus Vaet (c. 1529-1567)

Modulationes quinque et sex vocum, nº 1 (1562)

21 motets for 5vv and 6vv

 

Musica Dei donum optimi

SATTB

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Mater digna Dei

SATTB

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Simile est regnum caelorum

SAATB

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Immolabit hedum

SAATB

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Filiae Jerusalem

SATTB

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Stat felix domus Austriae

SAATTB

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Justus germinabit

SAATTB

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Monday 23 January 2023

Duarte Lobo (c. 1565-1646): Missa Valde honorandus est (SATB)

A Mass by the Portuguese composer Duarte Lobo (c. 1565-1646) based on the four-voice motet by Palestrina. The most fascinating moment occurs in the Agnus Dei: Duarte Lobo points to a single note of the Cantus with an enigmatic canon with this single indication: Cantus secundus. Sic eum volo manere. The words have a symbolic meaning and have a close relation with the original motet, dedicated to St. John the Apostle: in John 21:22-23 Jesus says Si sic eum volo manere donec veniam, quid ad te? Tu me sequere ("If I will that he remain till I come, what is that to you? You follow me."). This means that the Cantus secundus must remain on that single note (that is, that voice must repeat one single note on the whole Agnus Dei).

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Friday 6 January 2023

Pierre de Manchicourt (c. 1510-1564): Missa Reges terrae (SSATTB)

A six-voice Mass for Epiphany based on Manchicourt's own motet (the edition of the motet can also be found here). 

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©2023 Jorge Martín