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Monday 15 January 2024

Jacobus Vaet (c. 1529-1567): Aspice Domine (SAATTB) [Modulationes quinque et sex vocum, 1562]

The last motet of the Modulationes quinque et sex vocum (Venice, 1562) is the beautiful Aspice Domine (SAATTB).

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Jacobus Vaet (c. 1529-1567)

Modulationes quinque et sex vocum (1562)

Modulationes quinque et sex vocum (Complete)		Buy
Musica Dei donum optimi	SATTB	Buy
Mater digna Dei	SATTB	Buy
Simile est regnum caelorum	SAATB	Buy
Immolabit hedum	SAATB	Buy
Filiae Jerusalem	SATTB	Buy
Stat felix domus Austriae	SAATTB	Buy
Justus germinabit	SAATTB	Buy
Dulces exuviae	SSATTB	Buy
Spiritus Domini	SATTTB	Buy
Continuo lachrimas	SAATTB	Buy
Qui operatus est Petro	SATTTB	Buy
Iste est Joannes	SAATTB	Buy
Angelus ad pastores ait	SAATTB	Buy
Ante me non est formatus Deus	SAATTB	Buy
Aspice Domine	SAATTB	Buy

Wednesday 10 January 2024

Francesco Portinaro (c. 1520 - c. 1577): Preparate corda vestra (SATTB) [Primi frutti de motetti, 1548]

Primi frutti de motetti a cinque voci (Venice, 1548) was the first collection of motets by the Italian composer Francesco Portinaro (c. 1520-c. 1577).

Born in Padua, Portinaro worked for important institutions such as the Accademia dei Costanti of Vicenza, the Accademia degli Elevati of Padua or the Accademia Filarmonica of Verona. According to Maria Archetto "Portinaro's clearly constructed, fluid and reserved polyphonic style was praised during his lifetime".

Preparate corda vestra (SATTB) is the third motet in the Primi frutti de motetti. You can buy this score here. Please consider purchasing our scores for the price you want to support Ars Subtilior Editions!

Primi frutti de motetti a cinque voci (Venice, 1548)

19 motets for 5vv, 6vv and 7vv

Tribularer si nescirem	SATTB	Buy
Absterget Deus	SATTB	Buy
Preparate corda vestra	SATTB	Buy
Sancta et immaculata	SATTB	Soon
Peccavi super numerum	SATTB	Soon
Principes persecuti sunt	SATTB	Soon
Da pacem, Domine	SATTB	Soon
Impetum inimicorum	SATTB	Soon
Domine, quis habitabit	SATTB	Soon
Regina caeli	SATTB	Soon
Vidi speciosam	SAATB	Soon
Aspice Domine	SATBB	Soon
Iste est Johannes	SATTB	Soon
Sicut cedrus	SATBB	Soon
Deus misereatur nostri	SSATTB	Soon
Gaudent in caelis	SATTB	Soon
Quanti mercenarii	SATTBB	Soon
Puer natus est nobis	SATTBB	Soon
Regina caeli	SAATTBB	Soon

Tuesday 9 January 2024

Martin Peudargent (c. 1525/30-d. after 1587): Verbum iniquum (SAATB) [Liber primus sacrarum cantionum, 1555]

A stunning five-voice motet from the Liber primus sacrarum cantionum (Dusseldorf, 1555) by Martin Peudargent in the vein of the penitential motets by Clemens non Papa and Gombert.

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Martin Peudargent (c. 1525/30-d. after 1587)

Liber primus sacrarum cantionum (1555)

12 motets for 5vv and 6vv

Pater noster / Ave Maria	SAATB	Buy
Verbum iniquum	SAATB	Buy
Libertas Christiana	SAATB	Soon
Domine ne in furore	SSATTB	Soon
O Dee cunctiparens	SAATB	Soon
Jubilate Domino	SSATB	Soon
Repleti sunt omnes	SSATB	Soon
Qui peccatum non fecit	SSATB	Soon
Sana me Domine	SSATB	Soon
Fontes aquarum	SAATB	Soon
Vivit Dominus	SAATB	Soon
Laudate Dominum	SAATB	Soon

Monday 8 January 2024

Sebastián de Vivanco (c. 1551-1622): Fratres, hora est jam (SATTB) [Liber Motectorum, 1614]

A five-voice motet for Advent in the Liber motectorum by the Spanish composer Sebastián de Vivanco (c. 1551-1622).

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Motets from Liber motectorum (1614)

Motets for 5vv

Aperi oculos tuos	SAATB	Buy
Ave Maria	SSATB	Buy
Canite tuba	SATTB	Buy
Circumdederunt me	SSATB	Buy
Fratres, hora est jam	SATTB	Buy
Haec est vera fraternitas	SSATB	Buy
Ibant Apostoli gaudentes	SSATB	Buy
O doctor optime	SATTB	Buy
Quae est ista	SSATB	Buy
Stephanus vidit	SSATB	Buy
Virgo benedicta	SAATB	Buy

Thursday 4 January 2024

Ippolito Chamaterò (c. 1535/40-c. 1592): Missa ad Illustrissimum et Eccellentissimum Octavium Farnensem Parmae et Placentiae Ducem (SATTB)

This Mass is the work that starts the collection of four Masses dedicated to the Dukes of Parma and Piacenza, the Missarum cum quinque et septem vocibus, published in Venice in 1569. This collection was thought to be lost by Bernstein, but was recently found in the Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emmanuele III in Naples.

The Missa ad Illustrissimum et Eccellentissimum Octavium Farnensem Parmae et Placentiae Ducem is a five-voice Mass dedicated to Ottavio Farnese (1521-1586), Duke of Parma and Piacenza and grandson of the Pope Paul III. We can find a cantus firmus pervading all the Mass with the text Quam Roma felix Augusto tam Parma gaudet Octavio. Farnesius prudens, fortunatus Octavius. The cantus firmus, which is not related to the technique of the soggetto cavato, appears in various rhythms and pitches: it is presented in syncopated values in the Qui tollis peccata mundi in the Gloria, and it is sung in black notes (hemiola) in the Hosanna in excelsis in the Sanctus while the other voices sing in a triple meter.

We are also publishing the three remaining Masses of the Missarum cum quinque et septem vocibus (Missa Elasmamera and Expurgate vetus fermentum for five voices and the Missa ad Illustrissimam Parmae Ducissam for seven voices).

Ippolito Chamaterò (c. 1535/40-c. 1592)

Missarum cum quinque et septem vocibus (1569)

	Missa ad Illustrissimum Parmae Ducem	SATTB	Buy