"Aut propter devotionem, aut propter sonorositatem": Compositional Design of Late Fifteenth-Century Elevation Motets in Perspective

Title	"Aut propter devotionem, aut propter sonorositatem": Compositional Design of Late Fifteenth-Century Elevation Motets in Perspective
Publication Type	Journal Article
Year of Publication	2017
Authors	Diergarten, Felix
Journal	Journal of the Alamire Foundation
Volume	9
Issue	1
Pagination	61-86
Notes	'Vortitel: American institute of musicology\n - dvfilippi'

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DIERGARTEN 2017

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Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 84v-93r

Cycle rubric:

listed under "Motetti missales consequentes" as "Salve mater salvatoris gaffori | cum tota missa" (I-Mfd 1, index)

Identified as a cycle based on:

index of I-Mfd 1 (see Cycle rubric); consensus in the "motetti missales" literature

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c4c4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Modern editions:

AMMM 5, 75-104; MCE 4; MM 1 (see the records of the individual motets)

Further notes:

All the component motets are in more than one pars. Second/third partes are not listed in I-Mfd 1, index (except for the 3a pars of Imperatrix gloriosa), do not have separate attributions, and are linked with “verte folium” and/or “custodes”.

Content (motets):

M012 M014 M015 M016

C06 Salve mater salvatoris

Gaffurius, Franchinus

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 126v-134r

Cycle rubric:

listed under "Motetti missales consequentes" (I-Mfd 1, index)

Identified as a cycle based on:

index of I-Mfd 1 (see Cycle rubric); consensus in the "motetti missales" literature

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c4f4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Modern editions:

AMMM 11, 13-43; CMM 106.3; MCE 5

Further notes:

See also information on this cycle as part of the Gaspar van Weerbeke Project.

Content (motets):

M031 M032 M033 M034 M035 M036 M037 M038

C12a Ave mundi domina

Weerbeke, Gaspar van

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 134v-143r

Cycle rubric:

listed under "Motetti missales consequentes" (I-Mfd 1, index)

Identified as a cycle based on:

index of I-Mfd 1 (see Cycle rubric); consensus in the "motetti missales" literature

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

g2c2c3c4

g2c2c4c4/g2c2c3c4

Final:

G/G/G/G/D/G/G/G

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Modern editions:

AMMM 11, 44-75; CMM 106.3; MCE 6

Further notes:

See also the shorter cognate cycles C13b and C13c.

See also information on this cycle as part of the Gaspar van Weerbeke Project.

Content (motets):

M039 M040 M041 M042 M043 M044 M045 M046

C13a Quam pulchra es (8 motets)

Weerbeke, Gaspar van

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 3, ff. 125v-135r

Cycle rubric:

"Galeazescha" (I-Mfd 3)

Identified as a cycle based on:

presence of a cycle rubric and of "loco" rubrics; consensus in the "motetti missales" literature

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c4c4c4f4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Modern editions:

AMMM 13, 75-112; CMM 15.2; MCE 3

Discography:

Compère: Missa Galeazescha: Music for the Duke of Milan. Odhecaton, Paolo Da Col, Arcana-Outhere, 2017.

Further notes:

See also the cognate shorter cycle C14a.

GASSER 2001, 304-305, considers the cycle to consist of seven motets, instead of eight: see the notes to M075 and M076.

The version of M074 in I-Mfd 3 is longer than the one in I-Mfd 1.

Content (motets):

M071 M072 M073 M074 M075 M076 M077 M078

C14b Ave virgo gloriosa caeli iubar / ‹Missa› Galeazescha

[Compère, Loyset]

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 162v-170r

Cycle rubric:

listed under "Motetti missales consequentes" as "Ave domine Iesu christe | cum reliquis totius misse" (I-Mfd 1, index)

Identified as a cycle based on:

index of I-Mfd 1 (see Cycle rubric); presence of “loco” rubrics; consensus in the "motetti missales" literature

Number of voices:

4/4/4/5/4/4/4/5

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c4c4f4

c1c4c4c4f4

c1c3c4f4

c1c4c4f4

c1c4c4c4f4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

Christ, the Blessed Sacrament, BVM, St. Augustine

Modern editions:

AMMM 13, 12-43; CMM 15.2; MCE 2

Further notes:

Two of the motets (M054 and M058) have 5 voices.

Content (motets):

M051 M052 M053 M054 M055 M056 M057 M058

C16 Ave domine Iesu Christe

[Compère, Loyset]

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 171v-179r

Cycle rubric:

listed under "Motetti missales consequentes" (I-Mfd 1, index)

Identified as a cycle based on:

index of I-Mfd 1 (see Cycle rubric); presence of “loco” rubrics; consensus in the "motetti missales" literature

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c4f4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

Christ, BVM, Incarnation

Christmas, Christmastide

Modern editions:

AMMM 13, 45-73; CMM 15.2; MCE 1

Discography:

Loyset Compère: Mass, Motets, Songs. Orlando Consort, Metronome 1002

Content (motets):

M059 M060 M061 M062 M063 M064 M065 M066

C17 Hodie nobis de virgine

Compère, Loyset

Cycle details

Reference source:

D-Mbs 3154, No. 29, ff. 38v-43r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

presence of “loco” rubrics; consensus in the "motetti missales" literature

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c3c4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Modern editions:

EdM 80-83, vol. 1, No. 31, 135-151; MCE 7

Further notes:

The title Missa in Assumptione Beate Marie Virginis included in EdM 80-83 is editorial.

Content (motets):

M241 M242 M243 M244 M245 M247

C55 Gaude flore virginali

Anonymous

Cycle details

Reference source:

D-Mbs 3154, No. 30, ff. 43v-48v

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

presence of “loco” rubrics; consensus in the "motetti missales" literature

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c3f3

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

Christ, Passion, Holy Cross

Modern editions:

EdM 80-83, vol. 1, No. 32, 151-168; MCE 8

Further notes:

The title Missa de Passione Domini Nostri Jesu Christi included in EdM 80-83 is editorial.

Content (motets):

M249 M250 M251 M252 M253 M254 M255 M256

C56 Natus sapientia

Anonymous

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C06 Salve mater salvatoris

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 87v-90r

Mensuration:



Number of voices:

Length:

217

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c4c4

Final:

D / D / G

Music incipit:

gagcbga.

gfedcdef

.gagcbga

.gfgbagf

Modern editions:

AMMM 5, 83-93; MCE 4.3; MM 200-212

Further notes:

The third pars of this motet includes an Elevation passage.

Text reference:

T015 Tu thronus es Salomonis

M015 Tu thronus es salomonis : Salve mater pietatis : Lux eclipsim nesciens

Gaffurius, Franchinus

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C11 Christi mater ave

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 115v-116r

Mensuration:



Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti):

This motet possibly quotes pre-existing material, but it can not be linked to any Cantus prius factus with a corresponding text.

Number of voices:

Discography:

Compère: Missa Galeazescha: Music for the Duke of Milan. Odhecaton, Paolo Da Col, Arcana-Outhere, 2017.

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c4f4

Final:

Music incipit:

agcbag..

eecgeebc

abadcb.g

aefgaeee

Modern editions:

CMM 106.4; AMMM 11,4-7; DRAKE 1972

Further notes:

Additional concordances in mss. that do not transmit motet cycles: I-Pc MS A.17, ff. 156v-157r; I-VEcap MS DCCLVIII, No. 9, ff. 19v-20r; ZA-Csa 3.b.12 (“Codex Grey”), No. 67, ff. 107v-108r.

See also the Gaspar van Weerbeke Project.

Text reference:

T029 Mater digna dei

M029 Mater digna dei

Weerbeke, Gaspar van

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C12a Ave mundi domina

C12b ‹Ave regina caelorum› ave domina angelorum

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 130v-131r

Mensuration:



Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti):

The secular melody Begirlich in dem hertzen min is quoted in the T (passage "O salutaris hostia ... ostium"):

1--h--ij--h--g--l--k--j--h--h--j--h--g--k--j--h--g--4

"Begirlich in dem Hertzen min mit rechter lieb in stetigkeit" (DIERGARTEN 2017, 79-83)

Number of voices:

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c4f4

Final:

G / G

Music incipit:

.....gdd

gddgffgb

......gd

.gddgffg

Modern editions:

AMMM 11, 28-31; CMM 106.3; MCE 5.5

Further notes:

Elevation motet (2a pars).

The versions in I-Mfd 1 and I-Mfd 2 correspond, but for the text incipit (I-Mfd 2 skips the first line of the Marian antiphon and repeats “Ave domina angelorum” instead).

Additional concordance in a ms. that does not transmit motet cycles: B-Br MS IV.922 (“Occo Codex”), f. 4r (only the section O salutaris hostia). In B-Br MS IV.922 there are only four fermatas in C and T and three fermatas in S and B (http://depot.lias.be/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE7950914). According to DIERGARTEN 2017, 82-83, "it suggests that the presence or absence of fermatas in note-against-note settings is a question of notational preference, unstable in the transmission process, and not a question of style". At m. 55 (CMM 106.3, p. 11) the Contratenor is different in the three sources (I-Mfd 1, I-Mfd 2 and B-Br MS IV.922). See also CMME: http://www.cmme.org/database/pieces/110 (edition and commentary of the piece).

See also the Gaspar van Weerbeke Project.

Text reference:

T035 Ave regina caelorum ave domina angelorum

M035 Ave regina caelorum ave domina angelorum : O salutaris hostia

Weerbeke, Gaspar van

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C13a Quam pulchra es (8 motets)

C13b Quam pulchra es (3 motets)

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 138v-139r

Mensuration:



Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti):

The passage "Ave corpus domini ... mundo dixit vale" possibly quotes pre-existing material, but it can not be linked to any Cantus prius factus with a corresponding text.

Number of voices:

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

g2c2c3c4

Final:

G / D

Music incipit:

...gabce

.defgfdc

..gabcde

defgabgc

Modern editions:

AMMM 11, 58-63; CMM 106.3; MCE 6.5

Further notes:

Elevation motet (2a pars).

“Verte folium” (I-Mfd 1) or “verte folium” and “custodes” (I-Mfd 2) to next motet (O Maria clausus hortus); consequently GASSER 2001, 285-286 considers them as one long motet consisting of three partes.

See also the Gaspar van Weerbeke Project.

Text reference:

T043 Ave regina caelorum mater

M043 Ave regina caelorum mater : Ave corpus domini

Weerbeke, Gaspar van

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C16 Ave domine Iesu Christe

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 167v-168r

Mensuration:





Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti):

This motet possibly quotes pre-existing material, but it can not be linked to any Cantus prius factus with a corresponding text.

Number of voices:

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c4c4f4

Final:

Music incipit:

fddcefea

affegfga

cbbgcbcc

fbbccdcf

Modern editions:

AMMM 13, 33-35; CMM 15.2; MCE 2.6

Further notes:

Elevation motet.

Text reference:

T056 Adoramus te Christe

M056 Adoramus te Christe

[Compère, Loyset]

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C17 Hodie nobis de virgine

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 175v-176r

Mensuration:

 

Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti):

This motet possibly quotes pre-existing material, but it can not be linked to any Cantus prius factus with a corresponding text.

Number of voices:

Discography:

Loyset Compère: Mass, Motets, Songs, Orlando Consort, Metronome 1002

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c4f4

Final:

D / G

Music incipit:

.....gfg

....ddef

.gabcdcb

gabcdefg

Modern editions:

AMMM 13, 60-62; CMM 15.2; MCE 1.5

Further notes:

Elevation motet (2a pars).

This motet is connected to the following (Memento salutis auctor) with a “Verte folium”.

Text reference:

T063 Sanctus : Verbum caro factum est

M063 Sanctus : Verbum caro factum est

Compère, Loyset

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C60 Sanctus + Ave virgo gloriosa Maria mater gratiae

Reference source:

I-Mfd 2, ff. 35v-36r

Mensuration:



Number of voices:

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

g2c2c3c4

Final:

D/D

Music incipit:

gabcbbab

deffgfge

gbcdedbc

gfedcgfg

Modern editions:

AMMM 6, 12-16

Further notes:

The first part (Sanctus) has also been copied In I-Mfd [4], ff. 66v-67r, where a G has been added at the end of each voice, except in the Altus. Consequently, the final in I-Mfd [4] (G) differs from the final in I-Mfd 2 (D).

For the attribution of this piece to Compère and its possible belonging to a cycle, see WARD 1986, 499, 506, and 508-515. The attribution was proposed by STAEHELIN 1973, 82, based on the probable identification of this Sanctus with the isolated one attributed to “Loyset” in I-Mfd [4] according to BERWIN-HIRSCHFELD 1892, 91. Ludwig Finscher (s.v. “Compère, Loyset”, in MGG Online) strongly questioned the attribution on stylistic grounds. See also C29. Due to the complex issues of authorship and rewriting and the web of partial and reworked concordances regarding the entire cycle as proposed by WARD 1986, the problem awaits further investigation.

Text reference:

T281 Sanctus : O sapientia

M281 Sanctus : O sapientia

[Compère, Loyset (?)]

"Aut propter devotionem, aut propter sonorositatem": Compositional Design of Late Fifteenth-Century Elevation Motets in Perspective

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