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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 motet cycle Ave, virgo gloriosa by Loyset Compère (ca. 1450-1518), consisting of eight five-voice motets on assorted Marian texts, is preserved in full in Librone 3 of the Milanese Libroni (Gaffurius Codices), with three motets also transmitted in Librone 1. The cycle appears with the title or rubric "Galeazescha" in Librone 3, raising the possibility of a connection to the court of Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444-76). All eight motets bear loco rubrics indicating their placement in the mass liturgy." -- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Ave, virgo gloriosa
• Ave, salus infirmorum
• Ave, decus virginale
• Ave, sponsa verbi summi
• O Maria, in supremo sita poli
• Adoramus te, Christe
• Virgo mitis
• Salve, mater Salvatoris
• Virginis Mariae laudes.

Author/Creator:

Compère, Loyset, approximately 1445-1518 , composer

Contributors:

Filippi, Daniele V. , editor

Languages:

Latin
English

Language Notes:

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

Main Work:

Ave, Virgo gloriosa (Galeazescha): a motetti missales cycle from the Milanese Libroni [by Compère, L.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Ave, Virgo gloriosa (Galeazescha) [by Compère, L.] (Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., ©[2024] — OCLC Number 1417640385; ISBN 9781987208795)

Related Series:

Recent researches in the music of the Renaissance; [volume] 187

Motetti missales edition

Recent researches in music online

Subjects:

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint — Songs and music

Motets — Scores

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied — Scores

Sacred vocal quintets — Scores

Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint

Motets

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied

Sacred vocal quintets

Genres:

Motets

Sacred music

Scores

Chamber music

Songs and music

Performance Medium:

1 ensemble: mixed chorus [SATTB]
5 performers: soprano voice; alto voice; tenor voice (2); bass voice
1 ensemble: mixed chorus
5 performers: soprano voice; alto voice; tenor voice (2); bass voice

General Notes:

Introduction and critical report in English.
Includes bibliographical references.
Description based on: Online resource (A-R editions, viewed March 23, 2024).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 score (xxix pages)) : facsimiles, 4 unnumbered pages of plates, 58 pages.
Milan (Italy)

Call Numbers:

M2092.C66 A94 2024eb

ISBNs:

9781987208801 (online)
1987208803
9781987208795 (print) [Invalid]

Other Standard Numbers:

Digital Object Identifier: 10.31022/R187
Publisher Number, A-R Editions, Inc.: R187 (score)

OCLC Numbers:

1427697537