C55 Gaude flore virginali

Standardised composer: 
Attribution notes: 
NOBLITT 1963, 144-50 and 1968 proposed an attribution to Johannes Martini. The same scholar renounced the attribution in EdM 83, 364.
Cycle rubric: 
-
Identified as a cycle based on: 
presence of “loco” rubrics; consensus in the "motetti missales" literature
Reference source: 
D-Mbs 3154, No. 29, ff. 38v-43r
Other sources: 
-
Number of voices: 
4
Signature: 
-
Clefs: 
c1c3c3c4
Final: 
C
Devotional / liturgical association: 
BVM
Description: 

The cycle belongs to the “core” group of motetti missales, even though it is copied in a non-Milanese source. It consists of six motets (the fifth subdivided into three partes), the last three of which provided with “loco” rubrics. All the texts derive from the same Marian sequence, except for two brief interpolations in the last two motets. 

Modern editions: 
EdM 80-83, vol. 1, No. 31, 135-151; MCE 7
Discography: 
Further notes: 

The title Missa in Assumptione Beate Marie Virginis included in EdM 80-83 is editorial.

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Motet details

Reference source: 
D-Mbs 3154, ff. 38v-39r
Mensuration: 
Number of voices: 
4
Length: 
60
Signature: 
-
Clefs: 
c1c3c3c4
Final: 
C
Music incipit: 
ccbagacb
ccdefgfd
gagfedgf
cfgabcag
Modern editions: 
EdM 80-83, vol. 1, No. 31, 135-137; MCE 7.1

Motet details

Reference source: 
D-Mbs 3154, ff. 39v-40r
Mensuration: 
Number of voices: 
4
Length: 
46
Signature: 
-
Clefs: 
c1c3c3c4
Final: 
C
Music incipit: 
ccbgcbcd
ggfdgefg
cgabdcbc
cefgaggg
Modern editions: 
EdM 80-83, vol. 1, No. 31, 137-139; MCE 7.2

Motet details

Reference source: 
D-Mbs 3154, ff. 39v-40r
Mensuration: 
Number of voices: 
4
Length: 
56
Signature: 
-
Clefs: 
c1c3c3c4
Final: 
C
Music incipit: 
cbagafgf
gabadgab
cdecdbcd
cfefdedc
Modern editions: 
EdM 80-83, vol. 1, No. 31, 139-141; MCE 7.3

Motet details

Reference source: 
D-Mbs 3154, ff. 40v-41r
Mensuration: 
Number of voices: 
4
Length: 
62
Signature: 
-
Clefs: 
c1c3c3c4
Final: 
C
Music incipit: 
cbcdbced
gfgfdg.d
cdefdgfe
cbagcfgb
Modern editions: 
EdM 80-83, vol. 1, No. 31, 141-143; MCE 7.4

Motet details

Reference source: 
D-Mbs 3154, ff. 41v-42r
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: 
4
Length: 
98
Signature: 
-
Clefs: 
c1c3c3c4
Final: 
C / C / C
Music incipit: 
cbagcbag
gegfagef
ccccbgcb
cdecfecd
Modern editions: 
EdM 80-83, vol. 1, No. 31, 144-147; MCE 7.5
Further notes: 

The part of the motet starting with “Domine Iesu propitius esto” is considered as an independent piece in Noblitt’s edition. There is, however, no sign in the manuscript supporting this subdivision.

Motet details

Reference source: 
D-Mbs 3154, ff. 42v-43r
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: 
4
Length: 
90
Signature: 
-
Clefs: 
c1c3c3c4
Final: 
C
Music incipit: 
....cbgc
....cefe
cgcbcded
cdefgbag
Modern editions: 
EdM 80-83, vol. 1, No. 31, 148-151; MCE 7.6