composer
Josquin Desprez (c. 1450-1521) is often called the most important composer of the Renaissance period. His name is derived from the Flemish ‘Josken’ (Little Joseph). Very little is known about ...
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Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Scoring:
GK
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Scoring:
GK
Bruchstücke eines alten Textes : für Chor a cappella, 1990 / Robert Heppener
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Scoring:
GK8
O Kerstnacht : Version for mixed choir / Sem Dresden; words by Joost van den Vondel
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Scoring:
GK
Hodie Christus natus est : gemengd koor a cappella (orgel ad libitum), 1980 / Andries de Braal
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir; Mixed choir and organ
Scoring:
GK4 (org ad lib.)
composition
Collectio Canticorum : 50 sacred songs for 4-6 voices (Volume 2) / Various composers, assembled by Joannes Otto; transcribed and edited by Cees Wagemakers
Other authors:
Wagemakers, Cees
(editor)
Senfl, Ludwig
(composer)
Contains:
Nicolas Gombert: Vias tuas - Trahe nos ad portum (5’30”)
Lupus Hellinck: In te Domine speravi - Quoniam fortitudo mea (6’15”)
Philippe Verdelot: Si bona suscepimus (4’15”)
Costanzo Festa: Ierusalem, Ierusalem (3’45”)
Ludwig Senfl: Vita in ligno - Qui prophetice prompsisti - Qui expansis (6’)
Ludwig Senfl: Nisi Dominus - Cum dederit (6’)
Ludwig Senfl: Ave rosa sine spinis - Dominus tecum (6’45”)
Ludwig Senfl: Domine, non est exaltatum - Sicut ablactus est (5’30”)
Ludwig Senfl: O sacrum convivium (3’30”)
Ludwig Senfl: Attendite, universi populi (3’15”)
Ludwig Senfl: Ecce Dominus veniet (2’30”)
Leonhard Paminger: Si Deus pro nobis - Quis igitur (6’45”)
Ludwig Senfl: De profundis clamavi - A custodia matutina (6’30”)
Johann Heugel: Laudate pueri Dominum - Quis sicut Dominus (7’)
Matthias Eckel: Cantate Domino à 5 (2’)
Description:
The Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Jena (University Library of Jena, Germany), ThULB, contains a treasure of printed music from the Renaissance. There are 58 different collections, all printed between 1526 and 1544, in Nuremberg, Wittenberg, Strassburg, Rome, Venice, Paris. Even in Italy or France a number of editions like this is not easy to be found. These 58 collections, bound together in 13 Portions (so-called Konvolute) contain nearly 2000 vocal works of all kinds: Masses, Motets, Hymns, Madrigals, Psalms, Magnificat, Lieder etc. Some of the authors are forgotten.
The collection was founded by Friedrich III, der Weise (Frederick the Wise, 1463-1525) who started a private collection in Wittenberg. The collection was expanded by his successors. In 1548 the collections was transferred to Jena. One of the contributors was Georg Rhau, the cantor of the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, who founded a printing company in Wittenberg later on. "Novum et insigne opus musicum sex, quinque et quatuor vocum, cuius in
Germania hactenus nihil simile usquam est editum, Norimb. 1537" is the subject of this transcription.
Cees Wagemakers