Motet Cycles Database

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 72v-74r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

GASSER 2001, 331

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c4f4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

Christ, Holy Spirit, Holy Trinity, the Blessed Sacrament

Modern editions:

AMMM 5, 42-48; MM 1 (see the records of the individual motets)

Content (motets):

M007 M008

C04 O sacrum convivium (I-Mfd 1)

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 99v-103r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

GASSER 2001, 384-393; see also Further notes

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c3c4

c1c3c4c4

c1c3c3c4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Modern editions:

AMMM 5, 119-124 (without "Eia mater"); GASSER 2001, 543-545 (for "Eia mater"); MM 1 (see the records of the individual motets)

Further notes:

GASSER 2001 was the first to include Eia mater in this cycle. According to ROSSI 2019B, 391-393, and MM 1, xxx, this cycle does not include Eia mater, and starts with the motet Verbum sapientiae (I-Mfd 1, ff. 98v-99r).

Content (motets):

M017 M018 M019 M020

C07 Castra caeli dum transcendo

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 103v-105r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

GASSER 2001, 331

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c3c4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

Christ, the Blessed Sacrament

Corpus Christi ?

Modern editions:

MM 1, 226-231

Content (motets):

M021 M022

C08 Vox iucunda cum favore

[Gaffurius, Franchinus]

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 3, ff. 205v-208r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

GASSER 2001, 331; 475-487

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c4f4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Modern editions:

GASSER 2001, 604-617; MM 1 (see the records of the individual motets)

Further notes:

C24 and C25 share the same three motets, but in C25 (from I-Mfd [4]) they surround a Mass and the order is M089-M090-M091, whereas C24 (from I-Mfd 3) is a “standalone” cycle, and the order is M090-M089-M091. There is no attribution in either book, nor in ANNALI 1885 (the Imperatrix gloriosa attributed to Gaffurius there at 169 is not M089 but M016). As for the catalogue BERWIN-HIRSCHFELD 1892, 91, it is unclear whether the Mass in included in the attribution to Gaffurius, or M089 only is intended. EITNER 1900-04, IV, 122 indicates, however, that the Mass is indeed a Missa [super] Imperatrix gloriosa; WARD 1986, 497 seems to accept the attribution and extends it to the other two motets, followed by Bonnie J. Blackburn, "Gaffurius, Franchinus," Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online (Oxford University Press), http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/10477.

Content (motets):

M090 M089 M091

C24 Caeli quondam roraverunt

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd [4], ff. 12v-24r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

WARD 1986, 497; GASSER 2001, 332; 475-487

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

<c1c3>c4f4

Final:

<G>

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Modern editions:

GASSER 2001, 604-617 (motets only)

Further notes:

C24 and C25 share the same three motets, but in C25 (from I-Mfd [4]) they surround a Mass and the order is M089-M090-M091, whereas C24 (from I-Mfd 3) is a “standalone” cycle, and the order is M090-M089-M091. There is no attribution in either book, nor in ANNALI 1885 (the Imperatrix gloriosa attributed to Gaffurius there at 169 is not M089 but M016). As for the catalogue BERWIN-HIRSCHFELD 1892, 91, it is unclear whether the Mass is included in the attribution to Gaffurius, or M089 only is intended. EITNER 1900-04, IV, 122 indicates, however, that the Mass is indeed a Missa [super] Imperatrix gloriosa; WARD 1986, 497 seems to accept the attribution and extends it to the other two motets, followed by Bonnie J. BLACKBURN, "Gaffurius, Franchinus," Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online (Oxford University Press), http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/10477.

Content (motets):

M089 M090 Kyrie Gloria Credo Sanctus Agnus M091

C25 Imperatrix gloriosa + Missa

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd [4], ff. 26v-38r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

WARD 1986, 497

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

<c1>c3c4f3

Final:

<D>

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Assumption of the BVM

Modern editions:

Content (motets):

M092 M093 Kyrie Gloria Credo Sanctus Agnus

C26 Assumpta est Maria + Missa

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd [4], ff. 40v-48r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

WARD 1986, 498; GASSER 2001

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c3c4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Nativity of the BVM

Modern editions:

Content (motets):

M094 Kyrie Gloria Credo Sanctus Agnus M095

C27 Nativitas tua dei genitrix + Missa

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd [4], ff. 129v-132r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

WARD 1986, 502; GASSER 2001, 332

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c2c4c4f4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Modern editions:

Content (motets):

M145 M146 M147

C39 Beata dei genitrix

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C03 Hortus conclusus

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 68v-69r

Mensuration:



Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti):

Incipit of the antiphon Hortus conclusus es dei genetrix (Cantus ID 003137) quoted in C (opening):

1--d---c---d---f---f---ed---e---d--4

"Hortus conclusus es dei" (http://cantus.uwaterloo.ca/chant/402467)

Number of voices:

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c2c3c4

Final:

Music incipit:

gfefgbag

gagfedgf

.gabcded

...gfded

Modern editions:

AMMM 5, 28-30; MM 1, 123-126

Text reference:

T004 Hortus conclusus

M004 Hortus conclusus

T005 Descendi in hortum meum

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C03 Hortus conclusus

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 69v-70r

Mensuration:



Number of voices:

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c2c3c4

Final:

Music incipit:

gfefgaba

gagfdefg

..gfefgf

Modern editions:

AMMM 5, 31-33; MM 1, 41-44

Text reference:

M005 Descendi in hortum meum

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C03 Hortus conclusus

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 70v-71r

Mensuration:



Number of voices:

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c2c3c4

Final:

Music incipit:

gabgaggf

..defded

...gbcdb

gbcdbcba

Modern editions:

AMMM 5, 34-37; MM 1, 196-199

Text reference:

T006 Tota pulchra es

M006 Tota pulchra es

C04 O sacrum convivium (I-Mfd 1)

Motet details

In cycle(s):

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 72v-73r

Mensuration:



Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti):

The passage "O quam suavis est, domine, spiritus tuus" 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:

c1c3c4f4

Final:

D / D / G

Music incipit:

gbagfgfa

gfedcdef

.....gba

.....gfe

Modern editions:

AMMM 5, 42-45; MM 1, 115-118

Text reference:

T007 O sacrum convivium

M007 O sacrum convivium : O quam suavis est : Caro cibus sanguis potus

C04 O sacrum convivium (I-Mfd 1)

Motet details

In cycle(s):

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 73v-74r

Mensuration:



Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti):

The passage "Te summa dei trinitas ... regens per saecula" 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:

c1c3c4f4

Final:

Music incipit:

gbagfefg

...gbagf

..gbagfe

Modern editions:

AMMM 5, 46-48; MM 1, 70-72

Text reference:

T008 Hoc gaudium est spiritus

M008 Hoc gaudium est spiritus

C07 Castra caeli dum transcendo

Motet details

In cycle(s):

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 100v-101r

Mensuration:



Number of voices:

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c3c4

Final:

Music incipit:

gfefgagf

....dedg

.cbabcdg

.gfefgad

Modern editions:

AMMM 5, 121-122; MM 1, 112-114

Further notes:

Spelled as Horas laetas in ANNALI 1885, 169.

Text reference:

T018 O res laeta

M018 O res laeta

C07 Castra caeli dum transcendo

Motet details

In cycle(s):

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 102v-103r

Mensuration:



Number of voices:

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c3c4

Final:

Music incipit:

gabacbag

....dfed

.gagcbag

....gbag

Modern editions:

GASSER 2001, 543-545; MM 1, 45-47

Further notes:

Although ANNALI 1885 list this motet after the other three motets of cycle C07 among Gaffurius' works, it is excluded from AMMM 05 and it is often considered anonymous in the literature.
GASSER 2001, 384, was the first to include this motet in cycle C07.

Text reference:

T020 Eia mater

M020 Eia mater

C08 Vox iucunda cum favore

Motet details

In cycle(s):

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 103v-104r

Mensuration:



Number of voices:

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c3c4

Final:

Music incipit:

...ddcbc

..ggfefg

.ddcbcdg

aagfgadf

Modern editions:

MM 1, 226-229

Further notes:

“Custodes” to next motet (M022).

Text reference:

T021 Vox iucunda cum favore

M021 Vox iucunda cum favore

[Gaffurius, Franchinus]

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C08 Vox iucunda cum favore

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 104v-105r

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:

Recordings on YouTube.

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c3c4

Final:

Music incipit:

gbagafe.

dgfdffg.

bddbabc.

ggdgfdc.

Modern editions:

MM 1, 230-231

Further notes:

Elevation motet.

The previous motet in I-Mfd 1, Vox iocunda cum favore, is attributed to Gaffurio in ANNALI 1885, 169, and has "custodes" pointing to the present motet.

M121 O Iesu dulcissime is a different motet.

Text reference:

T022 O Iesu dulcissime

M022 O Iesu dulcissime

[Gaffurius, Franchinus]

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C26 Assumpta est Maria + Missa

Reference source:

I-Mfd [4], ff. 26v-27r

Mensuration:



Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

<c1>c3c4f3

Final:

[D]

Music incipit:

.aaaeded

..fedcde

Modern editions:

Further notes:

This motet is transmitted as a fragment.

The Mass [La Bassadanza] (which follows M092 and M093 in I-Mfd [4]) is attributed to Franchino Gaffurio in ANNALI 1885, 168; WARD 1986, 497 extends the attribution to M092 and M093.

Text reference:

T092 Assumpta est Maria

M092 Assumpta est Maria

C26 Assumpta est Maria + Missa

Motet details

In cycle(s):

Reference source:

I-Mfd [4], ff. 27v-28r

Mensuration:



Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

<c1>c3c4f3

Final:

[D]

Music incipit:

aaefgfed

.eebcdcb

Modern editions:

Further notes:

This motet is transmitted as a fragment.

The Mass [La Bassadanza] (which follows M092 and M093 in I-Mfd [4]) is attributed to Franchino Gaffurio in ANNALI 1885, 168; WARD 1986, 497 extends the attribution to M092 and M093.

Text reference:

T093 Vidi speciosam

M093 Vidi speciosam

C27 Nativitas tua dei genitrix + Missa

Motet details

In cycle(s):

Reference source:

I-Mfd [4], ff. 40v-41r

Mensuration:



Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

<c1>c3c3c4

Final:

[C]

Music incipit:

..ggafg.

gfefgefd

Modern editions:

Further notes:

This motet is transmitted as a fragment. The motet Nativitas tua in I-Mfd 1, ff. 154v-155r is a textual but not a musical concordance.

Text reference:

T094 Nativitas tua dei genitrix

M094 Nativitas tua dei genitrix

C27 Nativitas tua dei genitrix + Missa

Motet details

In cycle(s):

Reference source:

I-Mfd [4], ff. 47v-48r

Mensuration:



Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c3c4

Final:

Music incipit:

ggcbagac

gecefef

Modern editions:

Further notes:

This motet is transmitted as a fragment.

The Gloriosae virginis Mariae a3 in I-Mfd 1, ff. 65v-66r is a textual but not a musical concordance.

Text reference:

T095 Gloriosae virginis Mariae

M095 Gloriosae virginis Mariae

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C39 Beata dei genitrix

Reference source:

I-Mfd [4], ff. 129v-130r

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:

Signature:

Clefs:

c2c4c4f4

Final:

Music incipit:

agaf-

.dedagfd

Modern editions:

Further notes:

This motet is transmitted as a fragment.

Not a concordance for M060 Beata Dei genitrix (2nd motet of C17).

Text reference:

T145 Beata dei genitrix

M145 Beata dei genitrix

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C39 Beata dei genitrix

Reference source:

I-Mfd [4], ff. 130v-131r

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:

Signature:

Clefs:

c2c4c4f4

Final:

Music incipit:

afgba-

da-

ddcdefde

Modern editions:

Further notes:

This motet is transmitted as a fragment.

Text reference:

T146 Beata virgo Maria

M146 Beata virgo Maria

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C39 Beata dei genitrix

Reference source:

I-Mfd [4], ff. 131v-132r

Mensuration:



Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti):

The textually similar passage of the antiphon Sancta Maria succurre miseris (Cantus ID 004703) displays similarities with the C in the passage "sentiant omnes tuum iuvamen
quicumque celebrant tuum natalem":

1--c--d--f---fe--d--gffe---e---d---fdfc--c----4

"sentiant omnes tuum levamen"

1---f--gh---hghkhg---fg---ghgfg---gf----eghf--e--f--efd--d--4

"quicumque celebrant tuum natalem." (http://cantusindex.org/id/004703)

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:

Signature:

Clefs:

c2c4c4f4

Final:

Music incipit:

dfef-

...ddcdb

ddcdbabc

Modern editions:

Further notes:

This motet is transmitted as a fragment.

Text reference:

T147 O post partum munda

M147 O post partum munda