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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. Although most known motetti missales cycles appear within the Milanese Libroni, two unique anonymous cycles appear together in Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Mus. Ms. 3154 (the Leopold Codex), a source evidently compiled in Innsbruck. The cycle Natus sapientia, like the Milanese motetti missales cycles, consists of eight motets, but with texts focusing on the crucifixion of Jesus rather than Marian themes. This edition improves upon previously published versions by providing full text underlay for all voices and correcting apparent mistakes while retaining the unusual dissonances that characterize this cycle." -- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Natus sapientia
• Cito derelictus
• Hora prima
• Crucifige clamitant
• Iugo est crucis conclavatus
• Iesus Dominus exspiravit
• Fortitudo latuit
• Datur sepulturae.

Contributors:

Cassia, Cristina , editor

Languages:

Latin
English

Language Notes:

Latin words, also printed separately as text with English translations.
Staff notation.

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Natus sapientia (Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., ©[2023] — OCLC Number 1408714061; ISBN 9781987208719)

Related Series:

Recent researches in music online

Recent researches in the music of the Renaissance; v. 184

Motetti missales edition

Subjects:

Passion music

Jesus Christ

Motets — Scores

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices, 4 parts), Unaccompanied — Scores

Sacred vocal quartets, Unaccompanied — Scores

Crucifixion of Jesus Christ

Motets

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices, 4 parts), Unaccompanied

Sacred vocal quartets, Unaccompanied

Genres:

Chamber music

Motets

Sacred music

Scores

Songs and music

Performance Medium:

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

General Notes:

For unaccompanied mixed chorus (cantus, contra altus, tenor, and contratenor) (second and third works); mixed chorus (cantus, contra altus, tenor, and contratenor (bassus)) (eighth work); and mixed chorus (cantus, contratenor (altus), tenor, and contratenor (bassus)) (other works).
Introduction and critical report in English.
Edited from the "Leopold Codex", Mus. M. 3154, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich.
Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on: Online resource (A-R editions, viewed November 28, 2023).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 score (xx pages)) : facsimiles, 3 pages of plates, 29 pages.
Munich (Germany)

Call Numbers:

M2092 N38 2023eb

ISBNs:

9781987208726 (online)
1987208722
9781987208719 (print) [Invalid]

Other Standard Numbers:

Digital Object Identifier: 10.31022/R184
Publisher Number, A-R Editions, Inc.: R184 (score)

OCLC Numbers:

1412749191