C53b Ora pro nobis virgo

Cycle criteria:

Standardised composer:

Josquin des Prez

Attribution notes:

Shorter version of C53a Vultum tuum, attributed to "Josquin de pres" in MotettiLQ. Compare also C53c.

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

WARD 1986, 500-501; GASSER 2001, 332

Reference source:

I-Mfd [4], ff. 103v-107r

Other sources:

(for partial concordances, see the records of the individual motets)

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

g2<c3>c4c5

g2c3c4c5

g2c3c3c5

g2c3c3c4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Description:

This cycle consisting of four motets is a reordered subset of C53a Vultum tuum.

Modern editions:

NJE 25 (No. 14)

Literature:

WARD 1986

, 500-501

GASSER 2001

, 332

RIFKIN 2019

, 251-269

Discography:

Further notes:

See information on this cycle as part of The Josquin Research Project.

Motets in this cycle

Displaying 1 - 4 of 4

I-Mfd [4]
Source	Motet incipit	Attribution	Rubric	Cycle / Text
I-Mfd [4] 103v-104r	Ora pro nobis ID: M231	- Josquin des Prez	-	C53b Ora pro nobis virgo T231 Ora pro nobis
I-Mfd [4] 104v-105r	Intemerata virgo ID: M228	- Josquin des Prez	-	C53b Ora pro nobis virgo T228 Intemerata virgo
I-Mfd [4] 105v-106r	O Maria nullam ID: M229	- Josquin des Prez	-	C53b Ora pro nobis virgo T229 O Maria nullam
I-Mfd [4] 106v-107r	Mente tota ID: M230	- Josquin des Prez	-	C53b Ora pro nobis virgo T230 Mente tota

Component motets preview

Displaying 1 - 4 of 4

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C53a Vultum tuum

C53b Ora pro nobis virgo

C53c Sancta dei genitrix

Reference source:

MotettiLQ, ff. 27v (S), 91r (A), 58r (T), 123r (B)

Mensuration:





Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti):

The antiphon Intemerata virgo (Cantus ID 003360) displays strong similarities with the melodic lines of C and T (passage from "quae redemptorem ... permansisti"):

1--d--e--f--g--g--gedf---e--d--e--f--g--g--g--g--f--h--h--g--g-4

"Intemerata virgo quae redemptorem Israel peperisti"

1--g--d--e--f--gf--efg--gf--de--e--e--g--g--g--fe--d--f---g--h--g--e--gg--e-4

"et post partum virgo permansisti dei genetrix intercede pro nobis" (http://cantusindex.org/id/003360)

Number of voices:

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c4f3

Final:

Music incipit:

.dddcdba

gggfgedd

....dddc

...gggfg

Modern editions:

NJE 25 (No. 14)

Further notes:

Additional concordances in mss. that do not transmit motet cycles: E-SE, Ms. s.s. (“Segovia Codex; Cancionero musical de Segovia; Cancionero del Alcázar”), No. 18, ff. 85v-87r; F-CA MS 125-128, No. 93, ff. 86v-87r; E-Bbc M 454 (“Cancionero musical de Barcelona”), No. 59, ff. 128v-129r; I-Pc MS A.17, No. 2, ff. 4v-5r.

See also The Josquin Research Project.

Text reference:

T228 Intemerata virgo

M228 Intemerata virgo

Josquin des Prez

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C53a Vultum tuum

C53b Ora pro nobis virgo

C53c Sancta dei genitrix

Reference source:

MotettiLQ, ff. 28r (S), 91r-91v (A), 58v (T), 123v (B)

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:

c1c3c3f3

Final:

Music incipit:

.dcdd..d

gfgg..dd

.defd..d

gabg..gg

Modern editions:

NJE 25 (No. 14)

Further notes:

Additional concordances in mss. that do not transmit motet cycles: E-Bbc M 454 (“Cancionero musical de Barcelona”), No. 59, ff. 129v-130r; E-SE Ms. s.s. (“Segovia Codex; Cancionero musical de Segovia; Cancionero del Alcázar”), ff. 86v-87r; F-CA MS 125-128, ff. 86v-87r.

See also The Josquin Research Project.

Text reference:

T229 O Maria nullam

M229 O Maria nullam

Josquin des Prez

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C53a Vultum tuum

C53b Ora pro nobis virgo

C53c Sancta dei genitrix

Reference source:

MotettiLQ, ff. 28r-28v (S), 90v (A), 58v (T), 123v-124r (B)

Mensuration:





Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti):

A typical melodic formula commonly used for litanies is quoted in C (call) and T (response) in the passage "Sancta Maria ... intercede pro nobis"

1--k--k--k--l--j-----j--h--j--k--k---4
"Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis." (LU 836)

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

Number of voices:

Length:

100

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c2c3f3

Final:

Music incipit:

..ddcdde

ggfggaba

...ddcdd

.ggfggab

Modern editions:

NJE 25 (No. 14)

Further notes:

Additional concordances in mss. that do not transmit motet cycles: RISM 1539/2, No. 11; RISM 1559/2, No. 11; CH-SGs MS 463 (“Tschudi Liederbuch”); D-B MS Mus. 40021, No. 106, ff. 217v-218r; D-Mbs Mus. MS 19, No. 7, ff. 58v-63r; D-Rp C 120 (“Pernner Codex"), No. 44, ff. 85-86 (untexted); I-Rvat MS Capp. Sist. 26, No. 14, ff. 136v-138r; PL-Wu 5832 (olim 2016), ff. 92v-93r; I-Pc MS A.17, No. 102, ff. 154v-155r.

This motet is the basis of Févin’s parody mass.

See also The Josquin Research Project.

Text reference:

T230 Mente tota