For Whom Do the Singers Sing?

TitleFor Whom Do the Singers Sing?
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1997
AuthorsBlackburn, Bonnie J.
JournalEarly music
Volume25
Issue4
Pagination593–610
Notes

'Vortitel: American institute of musicology\n - dvfilippi'
URLhttp://em.oxfordjournals.org/content/XXV/4/593.short
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BLACKBURN 1997
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Cycle details

Reference source: 
MotettiB, No. 2, ff. 2v-7r
Cycle rubric: 
"Officium de passione" (MotettiB, index)
Identified as a cycle based on: 
index; presence of a cycle rubric; consensus in the literature
Number of voices: 
4
Signature: 
b/-
Clefs: 
c2c4c4f4
Final: 
D/A/A/F/D
Devotional / liturgical association: 
Christ, Passion, Holy Cross
Modern editions: 
DRAKE 2002; NJE 22 (No.1)
Further notes: 

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

Content (motets): 
M152 M153 M154 M155 M156

C41 O domine Iesu Christe / Officium de passione

Josquin des Prez

Text details

Tags: 
Prose
To/about Jesus
To/about the Holy Cross
Standardised text incipit: 
O domine Iesu Christe adoro te in cruce pendentem
Liturgical/devotional association: 
Holy Cross
Passion rituals and observances
the Wounds of Jesus
Full text: 

O domine Iesu Christe, adoro te in cruce pendentem et coronam spineam in capite portantem. Deprecor te ut ipsa crux liberet me ab angelo percutiente.

English translation: 

O Lord Jesus Christ, I adore thee hanging on the cross, wearing the crown of thorns upon thy head.
I beseech thee that this same cross may deliver me from the angel that smiteth.

 

Correspondences in standard ref works: 

See Baroffio's CIP.

Related texts in polyphonic sources: 

T153–156 and T261–262 all derive from the same set of prayers.

Related texts in other sources: 

Among the Sforza-related sources, see for instance GB-Lbl Add. 34294, f. 167v, where the prayers of St. Gregory appear facing a full-page imago pietatis
et coronam] coronam
ipsa] tua

Further notes: 

For the early medieval origins of the prayers of St. Gregory, their association with the Man of Sorrow and the so-called Imago pietatis, and the related indulgences, see BLACKBURN 1997, 595-603, BOYNTON 2013, 120-121 and DUFFY 2005, 238-242.

T152a O domine Iesu Christe adoro te in cruce pendentem

Text details

Tags: 
Prose
To/about Jesus
To/about the Holy Cross
Standardised text incipit: 
O domine Iesu Christe adoro te in cruce vulneratum
Liturgical/devotional association: 
Holy Cross
Passion rituals and observances
the Wounds of Jesus
Full text: 

O domine Iesu Christe adoro te in cruce vulneratum, felle et aceto potatum. Deprecor te ut tua vulnera sint remedium animae meae.

English translation: 

O Lord Jesus Christ, I adore thee wounded on the cross, given gall and vinegar to drink. I beseech thee that thy wounds may be the salvation of my soul.

Correspondences in standard ref works: 

See Baroffio's CIP.

Related texts in polyphonic sources: 

T152-156 and T261-262 all derive from the same set of prayers.

Related texts in other sources: 

Among the Sforza-related sources, see for instance GB-Lbl Add. 34294, f. 167v, where the prayers of St. Gregory appear facing a full-page imago pietatis

Further notes: 

For the early medieval origins of the prayers of St. Gregory, their association with the Man of Sorrow and the so-called Imago pietatis, and the related indulgences, see BLACKBURN 1997, 595-603, BOYNTON 2013, 120-121 and DUFFY 2005, 238-242.

T153a O domine Iesu Christe adoro te in cruce vulneratum

Text details

Tags: 
Prose
To/about Jesus
To/about the Holy Cross
Standardised text incipit: 
O domine Iesu Christe adoro te in sepulcro positum
Liturgical/devotional association: 
Holy Cross
Passion rituals and observances
the Wounds of Jesus
Full text: 

O Domine Iesu Christe adoro te in sepulcro positum mirra et aromatibus conditum. Deprecor te ut tua mors sit vita mea.

English translation: 

O Lord Jesus Christ, I adore thee laid in the sepulchre, embalmed with myrrh and spices. I beseech thee that thy death may be my life.

Correspondences in standard ref works: 

See Baroffio's CIP.

Related texts in polyphonic sources: 

T152–156 and T261–262 all derive from the same set of prayers.

Related texts in other sources: 

Among the Sforza-related sources, see for instance GB-Lbl Add. 34294, f. 167v, where the prayers of St. Gregory appear facing a full-page imago pietatis
mirra et aromatibus] mirre aromatibusque

Further notes: 

For the early medieval origins of the prayers of St. Gregory, their association with the Man of Sorrow and the so-called Imago pietatis, and the related indulgences, see BLACKBURN 1997, 595-603, BOYNTON 2013, 120-121 and DUFFY 2005, 238-242.

T154 O domine Iesu Christe adoro te in sepulcro positum

Text details

Tags: 
Prose
To/about Jesus
To/about the Holy Cross
Standardised text incipit: 
O domine Iesu Christe pastor bone iustos conserva
Liturgical/devotional association: 
Holy Cross
Passion rituals and observances
the Wounds of Jesus
Full text: 

O Domine Iesu Christe, pastor bone, iustos conserva, peccatores iustifica, omnibus fidelibus miserere et propitius esto mihi peccatori.

English translation: 

O Lord Jesus Christ, good shepherd, save the just, justify sinners, have mercy on all the faithful, and be well disposed to me sinner.

Correspondences in standard ref works: 

See Baroffio's CIP.

Related texts in polyphonic sources: 

T152-156 and T261-262 all derive from the same set of prayers.

Related texts in other sources: 

Among the Sforza-related sources, see for instance GB-Lbl Add. 34294, f. 167v, where the prayers of St. Gregory appear facing a full-page imago pietatis
peccatori] peccatrici

Further notes: 

For the early medieval origins of the prayers of St. Gregory, their association with the Man of Sorrow and the so-called Imago pietatis, and the related indulgences, see BLACKBURN 1997, 595-603, BOYNTON 2013, 120-121 and DUFFY 2005, 238-242.

T155 O domine Iesu Christe pastor bone iustos conserva

Text details

Tags: 
Prose
To/about Jesus
To/about the Holy Cross
Standardised text incipit: 
O domine Iesu Christe propter illam amaritudinem
Liturgical/devotional association: 
Holy Cross
Passion rituals and observances
the Wounds of Jesus
Full text: 

O Domine Iesu Christe propter illam amaritudinem, quam pro me sustinuisti in cruce maxime in illa hora quando sanctissima anima tua egressa est de corpore tuo, miserere animae meae in egressu suo. Amen.

English translation: 

O Lord Jesus Christ, for the sake of that bitterness that thou didst sustain for me, hanging on the cross, above all when thy most noble soul departed from thy most holy body, have mercy on my soul in its departure. Amen.

Correspondences in standard ref works: 

See Baroffio's CIP.

Related texts in polyphonic sources: 

T152–155 and T261–262 all derive from the same set of prayers.

Related texts in other sources: 

Among the Sforza-related sources, see for instance GB-Lbl Add. 34294, f. 167v, where the prayers of St. Gregory appear facing a full-page imago pietatis
amaritudinem] amaritudinem tuam
in illa hora quando sanctissima] quando nobilissima

Further notes: 

For the early medieval origins of the prayers of St. Gregory, their association with the Man of Sorrow and the so-called Imago pietatis, and the related indulgences, see BLACKBURN 1997, 595-603, BOYNTON 2013, 120-121 and DUFFY 2005, 238-242.

T156a O domine Iesu Christe propter illam amaritudinem

Text details

Tags: 
Prose
To/about Jesus
To/about the Holy Cross
Standardised text incipit: 
O domine Iesu Christe adoro te descendentem ad inferos
Liturgical/devotional association: 
Passion rituals and observances
the Wounds of Jesus
Full text: 

O domine Iesu Christe adoro te descendentem ad inferos liberantemque captivos. Deprecor te ne permittas me illuc introire.

English translation: 

O Lord Jesus Christ, I adore you, who descend into hell and free the prisoners. I pray you, not to allow that I enter it.

Correspondences in standard ref works: 

See Baroffio's CIP.

Related texts in polyphonic sources: 

T152–156 and T262 all derive from the same set of prayers.

Related texts in other sources: 

Among the Sforza-related sources, see for instance GB-Lbl Add. 34294, f. 167v, where the prayers of St. Gregory appear facing a full-page imago pietatis
ne permittas me] ut non me permittas

Further notes: 

For the early medieval origins of the prayers of St. Gregory, their association with the Man of Sorrow and the so-called Imago pietatis, and the related indulgences, see BLACKBURN 1997, 595-603, BOYNTON 2013, 120-121 and DUFFY 2005, 238-242.

T261 O domine Iesu Christe adoro te descendentem ad inferos

Text details

Tags: 
Prose
To/about Jesus
To/about the Holy Cross
Standardised text incipit: 
O domine Iesu Christe adoro te resurgentem a mortuis
Liturgical/devotional association: 
Passion rituals and observances
the Wounds of Jesus
Full text: 

O domine Iesu Christe adoro te resurgentem a mortuis et ad caelos ascendentem sedentemque ad dexteram patris. Deprecor te miserere mei.

English translation: 

O Lord Jesus Christ, I adore you who resurrect from the dead and ascend to the heavens and sit at the right of the Father. I pray you, have mercy on me.

Correspondences in standard ref works: 

See Baroffio's CIP.

Related texts in polyphonic sources: 

T153–156 and T261 all derive from the same set of prayers.

Related texts in other sources: 

Among the Sforza-related sources, see for instance GB-Lbl Add. 34294, f. 167v, where the prayers of St. Gregory appear facing a full-page imago pietatis
resurgentem a mortuis et ad caelos ascendentem] ascendentem in celum

Further notes: 

For the early medieval origins of the prayers of St. Gregory, their association with the Man of Sorrow and the so-called Imago pietatis, and the related indulgences, see BLACKBURN 1997, 595-603, BOYNTON 2013, 120-121 and DUFFY 2005, 238-242.

T262 O domine Iesu Christe adoro te resurgentem a mortuis