Motet Cycles Database

Attribution notes:

"Josquin de pres" (MotettiLQ)

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

(see Further notes)

Reference source:

MotettiLQ, ff. 27r-28v (S), 90v-92r (A), 57v-59r (T), 122v-124r (B)

Other sources:

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

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c3f3

c1c3c4f3

c1c3c3f3

c1c2c3f3

g2c2c3f3

c1c3c3f3

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM, Christ

Description:

The cycle consists of seven motets, the last divided into three partes (for alternative configurations, see Further notes and compare the shorter cognate cycles C53b Ora pro nobis virgo and C53c Sancta dei genitrix). The texts derive from Marian antiphons and prayers, and contain litanic interpolations (the last one, in M232 Christe fili dei, addressed to Christ).

Modern editions:

NJE 25 (No. 14)

Literature:

MACEY 1989

MACEY 1996

, 185-196

RIFKIN 2019

, 251-269

Discography:

Josquin des Pres: Missa Pange lingua, Vultum tuum, Planxit autem David. Wenstminster Cathedral Choir, James O'Donnell, Hyperion CDA 66614, 1992 (cycle extended and reorganised following Macey's suggestions).

Further notes:

Compare the shorter cognate cycles C53b Ora pro nobis virgo and C53c Sancta dei genitrix.

MACEY 1989 proposed an extended and partially reordered cycle, including Josquin’s “little” Ave Maria and his Tu lumen, tu splendor patris. Elders discusses the hypothesis in the critical notes to the edition of the work in NJE (CC) 25.

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

Motets in this cycle

Displaying 1 - 7 of 7

MotettiLQ
Source	Motet incipit	Attribution	Rubric	Cycle / Text
MotettiLQ S:027r A:090v T:057v B:122v	Vultum tuum ID: M226	Josquin de pres Josquin des Prez	-	C53a Vultum tuum T226 Vultum tuum
MotettiLQ S:027v A:090v T:057v B:123r	Sancta dei genitrix ID: M227	Josquin de pres (as part of C53) Josquin des Prez	-	C53a Vultum tuum T227 Sancta dei genitrix
MotettiLQ S:027v(b) A:091r T:058r B:123r	Intemerata virgo ID: M228	Josquin de pres (as part of C53) Josquin des Prez	-	C53a Vultum tuum T228 Intemerata virgo
MotettiLQ S:028r A:091r-091v T:058v B:123v	O Maria nullam ID: M229	Josquin de pres (as part of C53) Josquin des Prez	-	C53a Vultum tuum T229 O Maria nullam
MotettiLQ S:028r-028v A:090v T:058v B:123v-124r	Mente tota ID: M230	Josquin de pres (as part of C53) Josquin des Prez	-	C53a Vultum tuum T230 Mente tota
MotettiLQ S:028v A:092r T:059r B:124r	Ora pro nobis ID: M231	Josquin de pres (as part of C53) Josquin des Prez	-	C53a Vultum tuum T231 Ora pro nobis
MotettiLQ S:028v(b) A:092r T:059r B:124r	Christe fili dei : Christe fili dei mundi verissima : Christe fili dei precibus ID: M232	Josquin de pres (as part of C53) Josquin des Prez	-	C53a Vultum tuum T232 Christe fili dei

Component motets preview

Displaying 1 - 7 of 7

Motet details

In cycle(s):

Reference source:

MotettiLQ, ff. 27r (S), 90v (A), 57v (T), 122v (B)

Mensuration:



 

Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti):

Incipit of the introit Vultum tuum deprecabuntur (Cantus ID g01390), S opening:

1--d--c-d-c-a--c-d-c--d--f-c--d--f-e--f-e--d---4
"Vultum tuum deprecabuntur"
(http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/bcj/0018/282)

Number of voices:

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c3f3

Final:

Music incipit:

gfgfdefg

dgabcdde

gbadcdfe

gdedbbag

Modern editions:

NJE 25 (No. 14)

Further notes:

Concordances in mss. that do not transmit motet cycles: I-Pc MS A.17, No. 122, ff. 180v-181r.

Text reference:

T226 Vultum tuum

M226 Vultum tuum

Motet details

In cycle(s):

Reference source:

MotettiLQ, ff. 27v (S), 90v (A), 57v (T), 123r (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:

bbbaccd.

gggafedg

..bbbacc

..gggafe

Modern editions:

NJE 25 (No. 14)

Further notes:

Additional concordances in mss. that do not transmit motet cycles: I-Pc MS A.17, No. 122, ff. 180v-181r.

Text reference:

T227 Sancta dei genitrix

M227 Sancta dei genitrix

Motet details

In cycle(s):

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.

Text reference:

T228 Intemerata virgo

M228 Intemerata virgo

Motet details

In cycle(s):

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.

Text reference:

T229 O Maria nullam

M229 O Maria nullam

Motet details

In cycle(s):

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.

Text reference:

T230 Mente tota

M230 Mente tota

Motet details

In cycle(s):

Reference source:

MotettiLQ, ff. 28v (S), 92r (A), 59r (T), 124r (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:

g2c2c3f3

Final:

Music incipit:

.......g

......gf

.gffba.d

gffbadef

Modern editions:

NJE 25 (No. 14)

Further notes:

Text reference:

T231 Ora pro nobis

M231 Ora pro nobis

Motet details

In cycle(s):

Reference source:

MotettiLQ, ff. 28v (S), 92r (A), 59r (T), 124r (B)

Mensuration:



Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti):

This motet displays a structure similar to an Agnus Dei. The incipit of the following Agnus Dei displays similarities to the three passages of "Christe fili dei" in the C:

1--d--f--dce--e--4

"Agnus Dei" (GT 762)

The A is identical to the superius of the anonymous rondeau J'ay pris amour:

1--h--k--k--j---e----g--h--j--k--j--g--h--g---j--k---4

1---j--k--l--m--l--j--k--h--j--h--f--g--h--4

1---h---k--j--g--h--g--k--j--k--4

1---k--j--g--h--g--e--h--g--h--j--g---4

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

1---j--j--j--k--j--h--g--h--j--g--f--f--e--g---4

1---e--f--g--h--e--4

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

"J’ay prins amours a ma devise / pour conquerir joyeuseté /heureux seray en cest’ esté /se puis venir a mon emprinse."
Paris, Bibliotheque Nationale, Département de la Musique, Ms. Rés. Vmc. 57 ("Nivelle de la Chaussée Chansonnier"), f. 71v.

Number of voices:

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c3f3

Final:

G / D / G

Music incipit:

ggbafgab

...dffea

.ggbafga

....gfde

Modern editions:

NJE 25 (No. 14)

Further notes:

Concordances in mss. that do not transmit motet cycles: I-Pc MS A.17, No. 120, ff. 178v-179r.

Text reference:

T232 Christe fili dei

M232 Christe fili dei : Christe fili dei mundi verissima : Christe fili dei precibus