Loyset Compère (c.1450-1518): Life and Works

Title	Loyset Compère (c.1450-1518): Life and Works
Publication Type	Book
Year of Publication	1964
Authors	Finscher, Ludwig
Series Title	Musicological Studies and Documents
Series Volume	12
Publisher	American Institute of Musicology
City	Rome
Notes	'Vortitel: American institute of musicology\n - dvfilippi'

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FINSCHER 1964

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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

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:

CMM 15.2; AMMM 13, 12-43

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:

CMM 15.2; AMMM 13, 45-73

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:

I-Mfd 3, ff. 162v-167r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

FINSCHER 1964, 90, n.10; GASSER 2001, 331; see also WARD 1986, 506

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c4f4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

BVM

Modern editions:

GASSER 2001, 564-584

Further notes:

Compare the cognate cycle C22b Diffusa est gratia.

Content (motets):

M079 M080 M081 M082 M083

C22a Beata et venerabilis virgo

Anonymous

Cycle details

Reference source:

I-Mfd 3, ff. 167v-173r

Cycle rubric:

Identified as a cycle based on:

FINSCHER 1964, 90, n.10; GASSER 2001, 331, 461-474

Number of voices:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c3c3c4

Final:

Devotional / liturgical association:

Christ, BVM

Christmas

Modern editions:

GASSER 2001, 585-603

Discography:

Further notes:

Between the last and the second last motet in I-Mfd 3 are two empty folio sides.

Content (motets):

M084 M085 M086 M087 M088

C23 Ave regina caelorum mater

Anonymous

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C16 Ave domine Iesu Christe

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 162v-163r

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:

fefeddcd

cagffgab

fgaaabaf

ffbfbfbc

Modern editions:

CMM 15.2; AMMM 13, 15-17

Text reference:

T051 Ave domine Iesu Christe verbum patris

M051 Ave domine Iesu Christe verbum patris

[Compère, Loyset]

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C16 Ave domine Iesu Christe

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 163v-164r

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:

fgaagfed

cabcafga

fefgabaf

ffbfbfcf

Modern editions:

CMM 15.2; AMMM 13, 18-20

Further notes:

Two-part motet (2a pars: Visio pacis deitas integra)

Text reference:

T052 Ave domine Iesu Christe laus angelorum

M052 Ave domine Iesu Christe laus angelorum

[Compère, Loyset]

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C16 Ave domine Iesu Christe

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 164v-165r

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:

ffededde

cccffagc

fafgabca

ffcbbafc

Modern editions:

CMM 15.2; AMMM 13, 21-23

Text reference:

T053 Ave domine Iesu Christe lumen caeli

M053 Ave domine Iesu Christe lumen caeli

[Compère, Loyset]

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C16 Ave domine Iesu Christe

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 165v-166r

Mensuration:





Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti):

A typical melodic formula commonly used for litanies is quoted in T1, T2, B and C in the passage "Sancte Augustine ... ora pro nobis"

1--k--k--k--l--j-----j--h--j--k--k---4

"Sancta Maria, ora pro nobis." (LU 836)

Number of voices:

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c4c4c4f4

Final:

Music incipit:

........

ffagfacb

...abcdc

...fefec

Modern editions:

CMM 15.2; AMMM 13, 24-28

Text reference:

T054 Ave domine Iesu Christe vita dulcis

M054 Ave domine Iesu Christe vita dulcis

[Compère, Loyset]

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C16 Ave domine Iesu Christe

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 166v-167r

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:

c1c3c4f4

Final:

Music incipit:

ffgagefe

cccccfff

ffefgaab

ffcfcddb

Modern editions:

CMM 15.2; AMMM 13, 29-32

Text reference:

T055 Salve salvator mundi

M055 Salve salvator mundi

[Compère, Loyset]

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:

CMM 15.2; AMMM 13, 33-35

Further notes:

Elevation motet.

Text reference:

T056 Adoramus te Christe

M056 Adoramus te Christe

[Compère, Loyset]

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C16 Ave domine Iesu Christe

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 168v-169r

Mensuration:







Number of voices:

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c4c4f4

Final:

Music incipit:

fgaaagfe

caffadca

fefgabac

ffbfbcdc

Modern editions:

CMM 15.2; AMMM 13, 36-39

Text reference:

T057 Parce domine

M057 Parce domine

[Compère, Loyset]

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C16 Ave domine Iesu Christe

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 169v-170r

Mensuration:





Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti):

The incipit of the antiphon Da pacem domine (Cantus ID 002090) quoted in transposition in C and T1 (opening):

1--d--c--d--f--g--f---e--f--g--fe---d---d---4

"Da pacem domine in diebus nostris" (http://cantusindex.org/id/002090)

Typical recitation formula used in the passage "Ecce ancilla domini fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum", quote distributed between T1 and T2:

1--k--k--k--k--k---h----k--k--k--k--k--k---h---4

"Dominus vobiscum. Et cum spiritu tuo." (GT 820)

The incipit of verse 1 of the sequence Sospitati reddit aegros (whose melody likely was used for In honore matris dei) quoted in T1 (text passage "in honore matris dei"):

1--d--h--h--g--f--e--g--h--d--f--e--d--c--d--d--

"Sospitati reddit aegros olei perfusio" (http://cantus.uwaterloo.ca/chant/403479)

Number of voices:

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c4c4c4f4

Final:

Music incipit:

.fefgagc

........

fefgagcb

....fefg

.....fef

Modern editions:

CMM 15.2; AMMM 13, 40-43

Text reference:

T058 Da pacem domine

M058 Da pacem domine

[Compère, Loyset]

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C17 Hodie nobis de virgine

Reference source:

I-Mfd 1, ff. 178v-179r

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:

Music incipit:

ggfabcbg

gbcdfedc

ggaabbag

gfedfedb

Modern editions:

CMM 15.2; AMMM 13, 70-73

Further notes:

M101 O admirabile commercium is not a concordance.

Text reference:

T066 O admirabile commercium

M066 O admirabile commercium

Compère, Loyset

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C14b Ave virgo gloriosa caeli iubar / ‹Missa› Galeazescha

Reference source:

I-Mfd 3, ff. 127v-128r

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:

c1c4c4c4f4

Final:

Music incipit:

..acafgf

.acafcdc

..acafag

......ac

acdafffd

Modern editions:

CMM 15.2; AMMM 13, 84-88

Further notes:

The shorter cycle C14a, whose three component motets (M071, M072 and M074) are concordant with motets in the present cycle, is attributed to "Loyset" in I-Mfd 1, index (see the record for fuller details). Therefore, the present motet has been unanimously attributed to Compère as part of C14b: see for instance FINSCHER 1964, 92.

Text reference:

T073 Ave decus virginale

M073 Ave decus virginale

[Compère, Loyset]

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C14b Ave virgo gloriosa caeli iubar / ‹Missa› Galeazescha

Reference source:

I-Mfd 3, 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:

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c4c4c4f4

Final:

Music incipit:

dddcffga

addedcba

dfgaaagf

dfga...a

dbbaddgd

Modern editions:

CMM 15.2; AMMM 13, 94-97

Further notes:

Cycle C14a, whose three component motets (M071, M072 and M074) are concordant with motets in C14b, is attributed to "Loyset" in I-Mfd 1, index (see the record for fuller details). The present motet has been unanimously attributed to Compère as part of C14b: see for instance FINSCHER 1964, 92.

At the end of the bass part there is a "verte folium" rubric pointing to the next motet (M076); moreover, the present motet ends with breves, whereas all the other motets in the cycle end with longae: GASSER 2001, 310 therefore considers M075 and M076 as one motet for the Sanctus-ad elevationem-post elevationem complex.

Text reference:

T075 O Maria In supremo sita poli

M075 O Maria in supremo sita poli

[Compère, Loyset]

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C14b Ave virgo gloriosa caeli iubar / ‹Missa› Galeazescha

Reference source:

I-Mfd 3, ff. 131v-132r

Mensuration:





 



Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti):

1st phrase of verse 1 of the sequence Mane prima sabbati (Cantus ID ah54143) quoted in T2 (passage "ave virgo virginum"):

1--d--d--c--d--e--f--g---4

"Mane prima sabbati" (http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/0003/bsb00035323/images/index.html?id=00035323&groesser=&fip=93.1.38.235&no=3&seite=504)

2nd phrase of verse 1 of the sequence Mane prima sabbati (Cantus ID ah54143) quoted in T1 (passage "ave lumen luminum"):

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

"surgens dei filius" (ibid.)

3rd phrase of verse 1 of the sequence Mane prima sabbati (Cantus ID ah54143) quoted in T2 (passage "ave stella praevia"):

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

"nostra spes et gloria" (ibid.)

1st phrase of verse 2a of the sequence Mane prima sabbati (Cantus ID ah54143) quoted in T1 (passage "castitatis lilium"):

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

"Victo rege sceleris" (ibid.)

2nd phrase of verse 2a of the sequence Mane prima sabbati (Cantus ID ah54143) quoted in T2 (passage "consolatrix omnium"):

1--h--g--fe--de--f--e--c---4

"rediit ab inferis" (ibid.)

3rd phrase of verse 2a of the sequence Mane prima sabbati (Cantus ID ah54143) quoted in T1 (passage "peccatorum venia"):

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

"cum summa victoria" (ibid.)

Number of voices:

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c4c4c4f4

Final:

D/D

Music incipit:

fegfgfff

fgddcdda

acbagaaf

acbagaa.

dcgdeddd

Modern editions:

CMM 15.2; AMMM 13, 98-103

Further notes:

At the end of the bass part in the previous motet (M075) there is a "verte folium" rubric pointing to the present motet; moreover, M075 ends with breves, whereas all the other motets in the cycle end with longae: GASSER 2001, 310 therefore considers M075 and M076 as one motet for the Sanctus-ad elevationem-post elevationem complex.

Text reference:

T076 Adoramus te Christe

M076 Adoramus te Christe : Virgo mitis

[Compère, Loyset]

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C14b Ave virgo gloriosa caeli iubar / ‹Missa› Galeazescha

Reference source:

I-Mfd 3, ff. 132v-133r

Mensuration:









Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti):

1st phrase of verse 1 of the sequence Salve mater salvatoris (Cantus ID unsure) is loosely quoted in the first phrase of T1:

1---d--h--h--g--h--fed--c--d----4

"Salve mater salvatoris" (MOBERG 1927, No. 10)

last phrase of verse 4 of the sequence Veni sancte spiritus (Cantus ID ah54153) is quoted in T1 (passage "vas caelestis gratiae"):

1--e---g--h--g--k---jh---h-----4

"sana quod est saucium" (http://manuscrit.ville-laon.fr/_app/visualisation.php?cote=Ms263&vue=192)

1st phrase of verse 4 of the sequence Veni sancte spiritus (Cantus ID ah54153) is quoted in T2 (passage "tu nostrum refugium"):

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

"Flecte quod est rigidum" (ibid.) See MACEY 1996, 171.

2nd phrase of verse 4 of the sequence Veni sancte spiritus (Cantus ID ah54153) is quoted in T1 (passage "da reis remedium"):

1--h---h---fe--f--gf--e--d---4

"riga quod est aridum" (ibid.)

last phrase of verse 4 of the sequence Veni sancte spiritus (Cantus ID ah54153) is quoted in T2 (passage "procul pelle vitia"):

1--e---g--h--g--k---jh---h-----4

"sana quod est saucium" (ibid.)

Number of voices:

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c4c4c4f4

Final:

Music incipit:

.dafegfe

dcbadcbc

..daagac

...ccafg

dagfdaed

Modern editions:

CMM 15.2; AMMM 13, 104-107

Further notes:

Cycle C14a, whose three component motets (M071, M072 and M074) are concordant with motets in C14b, is attributed to “Loyset” in I-Mfd 1, index (see the record for fuller details). The present motet has been unanimously attributed to Compère as part of C14b: see for instance FINSCHER 1964, 92.

Text reference:

T077 Salve mater salvatoris

M077 Salve mater salvatoris

[Compère, Loyset]

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C14b Ave virgo gloriosa caeli iubar / ‹Missa› Galeazescha

Reference source:

I-Mfd 3, ff. 133v-135r

Mensuration:









Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti):

First half of verse 1 of the sequence Virginis Mariae laudes (Cantus ID 850309) quoted in T1(opening):

1--dd--c--d--f--g--f--e--d---4

"Virginis Mariae laudes"
(GOEDE 1965, No. 73)

Second half of verse 1 of the sequence Virginis Mariae laudes (Cantus ID 850309) quoted in T2(opening):

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

"intonent christiani."
(GOEDE 1965, No. 73)

First part of verse 2a of the sequence Virginis Mariae laudes (Cantus ID 850309) quoted in T1 (second phrase):

1--h--k--l--h--g--h--h---4

"Eva tristis abstulit"
(GOEDE 1965, No. 73)

Second part of verse 2a of the sequence Virginis Mariae laudes (Cantus ID 850309) quoted in T2 (second phrase):

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

"sed Maria protulit"
(GOEDE 1965, No. 73)

Last part of verse 2a of the sequence Virginis Mariae laudes (Cantus ID 850309) quoted in T1 (third phrase):

1--f--g--d--f--d--c--f--f--e--d----4

"natum, qui redemit peccatores."
(GOEDE 1965, No. 73)

Number of voices:

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

c1c4c4c4f4

Final:

Music incipit:

dedfgagf

abcbagfe

dcdfgfed

...agfgf

dadgcdab

Modern editions:

CMM 15.2; AMMM 13, 108-112

Further notes:

Text reference:

T078 Virginis Mariae laudes

M078 Virginis Mariae laudes

[Compère, Loyset]

Motet details

In cycle(s):

C29 O admirabile commercium (with Sanctus)

Reference source:

I-Mfd [4], ff. 65v-66r

Mensuration:





Pre-existing melodies (Cantus prius facti):

The incipit of the antiphon Germinavit radix Jesse (Cantus ID 002941) quoted in C and T (opening of the passage "Germinavit radix Jesse.."):

1--d---ef---g---g----4

"Germinavit" (http://cantusindex.org/id/002941)

Number of voices:

Discography:

Medieval Christmas - Noël médiévaux: Tenth- to Sixteenth-Century secular & liturgical music for Feasts days, Orlando consort, Harmonia Mundi HMU 90 7418

Length:

Signature:

Clefs:

g2c2c3c4

Final:

Music incipit:

ggfgabab

ddegfgfd

gbabcddb

ggdgcgdg

Modern editions:

CMM 15.4 (edition after concordance in I-Mfd 1); AMMM 13, 151-156

Further notes:

The concordance in I-Mfd 1 is not part of a cycle, but it does contain the ascription.

The transcription in AMMM 13 contains an error in the last chord; it gives a d instead of a g in the contratenor bassus.

Text reference:

T101 O admirabile commercium

M101 O admirabile commercium

Compère, Loyset

Motet Cycles Database

Loyset Compère (c.1450-1518): Life and Works

C14b Ave virgo gloriosa caeli iubar / ‹Missa› Galeazescha

C16 Ave domine Iesu Christe

C17 Hodie nobis de virgine

C22a Beata et venerabilis virgo

C23 Ave regina caelorum mater

M051 Ave domine Iesu Christe verbum patris

M052 Ave domine Iesu Christe laus angelorum

M053 Ave domine Iesu Christe lumen caeli

M054 Ave domine Iesu Christe vita dulcis

M055 Salve salvator mundi

M056 Adoramus te Christe

M057 Parce domine

M058 Da pacem domine

M066 O admirabile commercium

M073 Ave decus virginale

M075 O Maria in supremo sita poli

M076 Adoramus te Christe : Virgo mitis

M077 Salve mater salvatoris

M078 Virginis Mariae laudes

M101 O admirabile commercium

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