Thursday 20 April 2023

Jacobus Vaet (c. 1529-1567): Qui operatus est Petro (SATTTB)

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)

 

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

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Filiae Jerusalem

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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

SATTTB

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Continuo lachrimas

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Qui operatus est Petro

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Tuesday 18 April 2023

Bernardino de Ribera (c. 1520-c.1580): Rex autem David (AATTB)

One of the most fascinating motets from the Spanish Renaissance. Bernardino de Ribera (master of Tomás Luis de Victoria and Sebastián de Vivanco) follows the tradition of mourning motets of David and his son Absalon, like Absalon fili mi by Josquin or Pierre de La Rue (and the anonymous Mass based on it, available here) or Lugebat David Absalon by Gombert. The placement of some sharps in the source suggest an unusual and surprising chromatic reading of the work in the word Absalon. An extraordinary masterpiece that, in the words of Bruno Turner, is "weeping in sharps and flats".

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Tuesday 28 March 2023

Sebastián de Vivanco (c. 1551-1622): Missa Sexti toni (SATB)

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Sebastián de Vivanco (c. 1551-1622)

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Missa Doctor bonus

SATB

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Missa In festo Beatae Mariae Virginis

SATB

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Missa Super octo tonos

SATB

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Missa O quam suavis est

SATB

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Missa Tu es vas electionis

SATB

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Missa Quarti toni

SATB

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Missa Crux fidelis

SSATTB

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Missa In manus tuas

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Missa Sexti toni

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Thursday 23 March 2023

Innocenzo Alberti (c. 1535-1615): Motteti a sei voci (1594) (Complete Edition)

We are glad to announce the release of the complete edition of the Motteti a sei voci by the Italian composer Innocenzo (or Innocentio) Alberti (c. 1535-1615). Printed in Ferrara in 1594, this is the only extant collection of motets by Alberti, which contains eighteen motets for six voices. It was dedicated to Margherita Gonzaga, Duchess of Ferrara and wife of Alfonso II d'Este.

The motets are beautifully composed with a conservative and interesting style (with no chromaticism or homophony), and some highlights include the works with a cantus firmus: Ave Maria is surprisingly combined with the plainchant Ecce ancilla Domini; the outstanding Adeste, castae virgines contains the melody Omnis spiritus laudet Dominum, and the motet dedicated to Saint Margaret (a quite rare saint to appear in Renaissance motets) Hic es dies egregius, with the plainchant Sancta Margareta, ora pro nobis, is without doubt a homage to Margherita Gonzaga.

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Innocenzo Alberti (c. 1535-1615)

Motteti a sei voci (Ferrara, 1594)

18 motets for 6vv       

Motetti a sei voci (Complete)

 

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Ave Maria

SAATTB

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Apparuit benignitas

SAATTB

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Ecce virgo concipiet

SATTBB

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Hodie Christus natus est

SAATBB

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Domine Rex Deus Abraham

SAATTB

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Ad te levavi oculos meos

SAATTB

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Hic est dies egregius

SAATTB

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Alme pater Maureli

SSAATB

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Vado ad eum

SSAATB

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Regina caeli

SATTBB

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Puer qui natus est

SAATTB

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O beate Antoni

SAATTB

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Ave virgo mater

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O pretiosum convivium

SAATTB

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Suscipe verbum

SATTBB

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Venite gentes

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Adeste castae virgines

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Lucis creator optime

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Monday 20 March 2023

Francesco Corteccia (1502-1571): In manus tuas (SATTBB)

No. 12 of Canticorum liber primus cum sex vocibus (Venice, 1571). You can buy or download this score here. You can purchase our scores for the price you want to support Ars Subtilior Editions!

Francesco Corteccia (1502-1571)

Canticorum Liber primus cum sex vocibus (Venice, 1571)

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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

SAATBB

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O Paule Ursine

SSATTB

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Sancti tui Domine

SATTBB

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O Doctor optime

SAATBB

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Exaltabo te Deus

SAATTB

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In manus tuas

SATTBB

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Tuesday 14 March 2023

Jacobus Vaet (c. 1529-1567): Continuo lachrimas (SAATTB)

No. 10 of Modulationes quinque et sex vocum (Venice, 1562). Jacobus Vaet was a great admirer of Jacobus Clemens non Papa: this beautiful motet is an In memoriam motet dedicated to him, as the Quintus (Tenor 2) sings the plainchant of the Introitus of the Missa pro defunctis: Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine, et lux perpetua luceat eis.

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Jacobus Vaet (c. 1529-1567)

Modulationes quinque et sex vocum (1562)

 

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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Dulces exuviae

SSATTB

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Spiritus Domini

SATTTB

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Continuo lachrimas

SAATTB

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Francesco Corteccia (1502-1571): Exaltabo te Deus (SAATTB)

No. 11 of Canticorum liber primus cum sex vocibus (Venice, 1571). You can buy or download this score here. You can purchase our scores for the price you want to support Ars Subtilior Editions!

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

SAATBB

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O Paule Ursine

SSATTB

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Sancti tui Domine

SATTBB

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O Doctor optime

SAATBB

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Exaltabo te Deus

SAATTB

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Monday 13 March 2023

Guglielmo Gonzaga (1538-1587): De spinis velut orta (SATTB)

Guglielmo Gonzaga (1538-1587), Duke of Mantua, published his Sacrae cantiones quinque vocum in Venice in 1583. De spinis velut orta (SATTB) is the first motet of the collection, dedicated to the feast of Saint Barbara (In festo S. Barbare 4 Decembris).

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Bernardino de Ribera: Conserva me, Domine (SAATTB) [2023 Edition]

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