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Summary:

"The motet cycles known as motetti missales are among the most intriguing repertoires of late-fifteenth-century polyphony. This series features a new critical edition of the six cycles by Loyset Compère, Gaspar van Weerbeke, and Franchinus Gaffurius included in the Milanese Libroni and of the two anonymous cycles transmitted in the Leopold Codex (Munich MS 3154). For the first time this corpus is presented with uniform editorial criteria, facilitating the comparison of mensural choices and other compositional strategies. Furthermore, the introduction of each volume thematizes the peculiar characteristics of each cycle, in terms of textual choices, use of preexisting material, and musical design, allowing for a new assessment of the motetti missales that goes beyond the homogenizing stereotypes of earlier literature and accounts for the individual contributions of the various composers. The editors' insight in this repertoire is the result of two interdisciplinary research projects financed by the Swiss National Fund and carried out at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in 2014-21. The cycle Quam pulchra es by Gaspar van Weerbeke (ca. 1452-1517) consists of eight four-voice motets on centonate Marian texts. Among the motetti missales cycles, it boasts not only the most concordances within the Milanese Libroni but is also the only one whose motets were copied in Librone [4], the latest of these codices. So far, none of the motets of this cycle has been found in other contemporaneous sources, suggesting a particular connection between this cycle and Milan." -- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Quam pulchra es
• Alma redemptoris mater
• Salve, virgo salutata
• O pulcherrima mulierum
• Ave, regina caelorum mater
• O Maria, clausus hortus
• Mater Patris filia
• Tota pulchra es.

Author/Creator:

Weerbeke, Gaspar van, approximately 1445- , composer

Contributors:

Cassia, Cristina , editor

Languages:

Latin
English

Language Notes:

Latin words; also printed as text with English translation (pages xvii-xix).
Staff notation.

Main Work:

Quam pulchra es (Motet cycle) [by Weerbeke, G.v.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Quam pulchra es [by Weerbeke, G.v.] (Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., ©2023 — OCLC Number 1398569180; ISBN 9781987208634)

Related Series:

Recent researches in the music of the Renaissance; v. 179

Recent researches in the music of the Renaissance; [volume] 179

Motetti missales edition

Subjects:

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint — Songs and music

Motets — Scores

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied — Scores

Sacred vocal quartets, Unaccompanied — Scores

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint

Motets

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied

Sacred vocal quartets, Unaccompanied

Genres:

Motets

Sacred music

Scores

Songs and music

Performance Medium:

1 ensemble: mixed chorus
4 performers: singer (4)
1 ensemble: mixed chorus
4 performers: voice (4)

General Notes:

Edited primarily from Milan, Archivio della Veneranda Fabbrica del Duomo di Milano, Sez. Musicale, Librone 1 (olim MS 2269).
Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on: Online resource (A-R editions, viewed October 8, 2023).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 score (xix, 43 pages)) : facsimiles, 4 pages of plates.

Call Numbers:

M2092.W44 Q36 2023eb

ISBNs:

9781987208641 (online)
1987208641
9781987208634 (print) [Invalid]

Other Standard Numbers:

Digital Object Identifier: 10.31022/R179
Publisher Number, A-R Editions, Inc.: R179 (score)

OCLC Numbers:

1403359881