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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 anonymous motet cycle Ave, Domine Iesu Christe, transmitted uniquely in Librone 1 of the Milanese Libroni, consists of eight motets for four and five voices on Christological texts; the first four, each of which begins with the words "Ave, Domine Iesu Christe," take their text from a prayer to Christ popular in contemporary prayer books. Despite the anonymous transmission, several notable stylistic features of the cycle--including use of the technique of "split tenors"--suggest a possible attribution to Loyset Compère (ca. 1450-1518). All eight motets bear loco rubrics indicating their placement in the mass liturgy." -- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Ave, Domine Iesu Christe, Verbum Patris
• Ave, Domine Iesu Christe, laus angelorum
• Ave, Domine Iesu Christe, lumen caeli
• Ave, Domine Iesu Christe, vita dulcis
• Salve, Salvator mundi
• Adoramus te, Christe
• Parce, Domine
• Da pacem, Domine.

Contributors:

Compère, Loyset, approximately 1445-1518 , composer, attributed name

Filippi, Daniele V. , editor

Languages:

Latin
English

Language Notes:

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

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Ave, Domine Iesu Christe (Middleton, Wisconsin : A-R Editions, Inc., ©[2024] — OCLC Number 1417640476; ISBN 9781987208757)

Related Series:

Recent researches in the music of the Renaissance; v. 186

Motetti missales edition

Recent researches in the music of the Renaissance; [volume] 186

Subjects:

Motets — Scores

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied — Scores

Sacred vocal quartets, Unaccompanied — Scores

Sacred vocal quintets — Scores

Motets

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied

Sacred vocal quartets, Unaccompanied

Sacred vocal quintets

Genres:

Motets

Sacred music

Scores

Chamber music

Performance Medium:

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

General Notes:

The authorship of Ave, Domine Iesu Christe is uncertain.
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 (xxv pages)) : facsimiles, 4 unnumbered pages of plates, 41 pages.
Milan (Italy)

Call Numbers:

M2092 .A94 2024eb

ISBNs:

9781987208764 (online)
1987208765
9781987208757 (print) [Invalid]

Other Standard Numbers:

Digital Object Identifier: 10.31022/R186
Publisher Number, A-R Editions, Inc.: R186 (score)

OCLC Numbers:

1427697824