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Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Scoring:
GK
Gezang 229 : for mixed choir / Sem Dresden
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Scoring:
GK
O Heer die daer : for mixed choir / Sem Dresden
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Scoring:
GK
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Scoring:
GK4
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19 Motets (Volume 1) : for 8 voices / Various authors; transcribed and edited by Cees Wagemakers
Other authors:
Daser, Ludwig
(composer)
Lupi, Johannes
(composer)
Mahu, Stephane
(composer)
Mouton, Jean
(composer)
Senfl, Ludwig
(composer)
Vaet, Jacobus
(composer)
Wagemakers, Cees
(editor)
Contains:
Anon.: Date et dabitur - Argentum et aurum (4’45”)
Ludwig Daser: Benedictus Dominus Deus meus (2’30”)
Jean Mouton: Nesciens Mater Virgo (2’45”)
Ludwig Senfl: Veni Sancte Spiritus (3’)
Stephane Mahu: Da pacem, Domine (2’15”)
Jacobus Vaet: O gloriosa Domina - Quod Eva tristis abstulit (3’45”)
Anon.: Lætabundus exsultet fidelis - Cedrus alta Libani (7’15”)
Jacobus Clement or Th. Crecquillon: Pater peccavi - Quanti mercenarii (5’45”)
Johannes Lupi: Salve celeberrima Virgo - Hæc est illa dulcissima (6’)
Ja. Blanchus: Verbum iniquum et dolosum - Ego vero egenus (7’)
Description:
The Bavarian State Library (Bayerische Staats Bibliothek in Munich, Germany) has a unique collection of large folio format choirbooks from the Bavarian court music ensemble, predominantly from the time of Orlando di Lasso serving as court music director. Several splendidly illustrated choir books originally belonged to the personal collection of the Bavarian dukes. The most beautiful one is the collection of motets by Cipriano de Rore for Duke Albrecht V, also available at Donemus (D 16092). Choirbooks have all the parts on two facing pages, in contrast to the separate books for each voice that we see mostly in Renaissance editions. So a page turn had to come at the same moment for all the voices. The Munich manuscript BSB Mus.ms 41 (without title) contains 19 motets for 6-8 voices. Most of them are without attribution, but concordant sources help us with attribution to their composer.
Cees Wagemakers, 2018