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Cycle details

Reference source: 
I-Mfd 1, ff. 64v-67r
Cycle rubric: 
-
Identified as a cycle based on: 
GASSER 2001, 343-354 (see Further notes)
Number of voices: 
3
Signature: 
b
Clefs: 
c1c4f4
c1c4f4
c1c3c4
Final: 
G/G/F
Devotional / liturgical association: 
BVM
Nativity of Mary?, other Marian feasts
Modern editions: 
AMMM 5, 20-25; MM 1, 1-7
Further notes: 

WARD 1986 listed the first two motets of this cycle (cited only by their foliation, ff. 64v-66r) among the “possibile motetti missales cycles in the Gafurius codices” (p. 523, footnote 56). GASSER 2001 was the first to propose a larger, three-motet cycle. As the same author admits, however, the third motet has a different tonal type (p. 347). While this “may seem to throw out the possibility of a unified, tri-partite cycle”, Gasser observes that all three motets “share the same hexachordal identity of cantus mollis” and feature “similar musical techniques and a consistent approach to composition, including some potential thematic connections” (ibid.).

Content (motets): 
M001 M002 M003

Cycle details

Reference source: 
I-Mfd 1, ff. 68v-71r
Cycle rubric: 
-
Identified as a cycle based on: 
WARD 1986, 523 n.56; GASSER 2001, 354-368
Number of voices: 
4
Signature: 
b
Clefs: 
c1c2c3c4
Final: 
G
Devotional / liturgical association: 
BVM
Modern editions: 
AMMM 5, 28-37; MM 1 (see the records of the individual motets)
Content (motets): 
M004 M005 M006

Cycle details

Reference source: 
I-Mfd 1, ff. 72v-74r
Cycle rubric: 
-
Identified as a cycle based on: 
GASSER 2001, 331
Number of voices: 
4
Signature: 
b
Clefs: 
c1c3c4f4
Final: 
G
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

Cycle details

Reference source: 
I-Mfd 1, ff. 75v-80r
Cycle rubric: 
-
Identified as a cycle based on: 
WARD 1986, 523 n.56; GASSER 2001, 369-383
Number of voices: 
4
Signature: 
-
Clefs: 
c1c3c4f3
Final: 
D
Devotional / liturgical association: 
Christ, St. Joseph, BVM, Incarnation
Christmas, Christmastide, St. Joseph
Modern editions: 
AMMM 5, 52-63; MM 1 (see the records of the individual motets)
Content (motets): 
M009 M010 M011

Cycle details

Reference source: 
I-Mfd 1, ff. 84v-93r
Cycle rubric: 
listed under "Motetti missales consequentes" as "Salve mater salvatoris gaffori | cum tota missa" (I-Mfd 1, index)
Identified as a cycle based on: 
index of I-Mfd 1 (see Cycle rubric); consensus in the "motetti missales" literature
Number of voices: 
4
Signature: 
-
Clefs: 
c1c3c4c4
Final: 
G
Devotional / liturgical association: 
BVM
Modern editions: 
AMMM 5, 75-104; MCE 4; MM 1 (see the records of the individual motets)
Further notes: 

All the component motets are in more than one pars. Second/third partes are not listed in I-Mfd 1, index (except for the 3a pars of Imperatrix gloriosa), do not have separate attributions, and are linked with “verte folium” and/or “custodes”.

Content (motets): 
M012 M014 M015 M016

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: 
4
Signature: 
b
Clefs: 
c1c3c3c4
c1c3c3c4
c1c3c4c4
c1c3c3c4
Final: 
G
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

Cycle details

Reference source: 
I-Mfd 1, ff. 103v-105r
Cycle rubric: 
-
Identified as a cycle based on: 
GASSER 2001, 331
Number of voices: 
4
Signature: 
b
Clefs: 
c1c3c3c4
Final: 
G
Devotional / liturgical association: 
Christ, the Blessed Sacrament
Corpus Christi ?
Modern editions: 
MM 1, 226-231
Content (motets): 
M021 M022

Cycle details

Reference source: 
I-Mfd 1, ff. 106v-108r
Cycle rubric: 
-
Identified as a cycle based on: 
WARD 1986, 523 n.56; GASSER 2001, 396-408
Number of voices: 
4
Signature: 
b
Clefs: 
c1c3c4f4
Final: 
G
Devotional / liturgical association: 
BVM, Christ, Incarnation
Christmas, Christmastide
Modern editions: 
AMMM 5, 8-12 (for "Promissa mundo gaudia"); GASSER 2001, 546-552 (for "Ave cella"); MM 1 (see the records of the individual motets)
Content (motets): 
M023 M024

Cycle details

Reference source: 
I-Mfd 1, ff. 109v-112r
Cycle rubric: 
-
Identified as a cycle based on: 
GASSER 2001, 409-419
Number of voices: 
4
Signature: 
-
Clefs: 
c1c3c3c4
Final: 
C
Devotional / liturgical association: 
BVM
Modern editions: 
GASSER 2001, 553-563; MM 1 (see the records of the individual motets)
Further notes: 

MM 1, xxx, xxii, adds to this cycle the motet "O beata praesulis" (I-Mfd 1, ff. 108v-109r), which shares motif links with the other motets. This four-motet cycle was first listed among "possible motetti missales cycles" by WARD 1986, 523, n. 56. According to MM 1, xxxii, this cycle has to be ascribed to Gaffurius for stylistic reasons.

Content (motets): 
M025 M026 M027

Cycle details

Reference source: 
I-Mfd 1, ff. 114v-117r
Cycle rubric: 
-
Identified as a cycle based on: 
WARD 1986, 523 n.56; GASSER 2001, 420-441
Number of voices: 
4
Signature: 
-
Clefs: 
c1c3c4f4
Final: 
A
Devotional / liturgical association: 
BVM, Christ
Modern editions: 
CMM 106.4; AMMM 11, 1-12 (in both cases edited as independent motets)
Discography: 

Compère: Missa Galeazescha: Music for the Duke of Milan, Odhecaton, Paolo Da Col, Arcana-Outhere, 2017 (as independent motets, not consecutively).

Further notes: 

See also information on this cycle as part of the Gaspar van Weerbeke Project.

Content (motets): 
M028 M029 M030

Cycle details

Reference source: 
I-Mfd 1, ff. 126v-134r
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); consensus in the "motetti missales" literature
Number of voices: 
4
Signature: 
b
Clefs: 
c1c3c4f4
Final: 
G
Devotional / liturgical association: 
BVM
Modern editions: 
AMMM 11, 13-43; CMM 106.3; MCE 5
Further notes: 

See also information on this cycle as part of the Gaspar van Weerbeke Project.

Content (motets): 
M031 M032 M033 M034 M035 M036 M037 M038

Cycle details

Reference source: 
I-Mfd 2, ff. 51v-53r
Cycle rubric: 
-
Identified as a cycle based on: 
(see Description)
Number of voices: 
4
Signature: 
b
Clefs: 
c1c3c4f4
Final: 
G
Devotional / liturgical association: 
BVM
Modern editions: 
AMMM 11, 28-34; CMM 106.3
Further notes: 

AMMM 11 and the facsimile edn. of I-Mfd 2 propose a five-motet cycle comprising M039, M043, M044, M035, and M036; the corresponding rubric reported in AMMM 11, iii as present in the manuscript index derives, on the contrary, from an editorial annotation in SARTORI 1957, 48.

See also information on this cycle as part of the Gaspar van Weerbeke Project.

Content (motets): 
M035 M036

Cycle details

Reference source: 
I-Mfd 1, ff. 134v-143r
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); consensus in the "motetti missales" literature
Number of voices: 
4
Signature: 
b
Clefs: 
g2c2c3c4
g2c2c3c4
g2c2c3c4
g2c2c3c4
g2c2c3c4
g2c2c3c4
g2c2c3c4
g2c2c4c4/g2c2c3c4
Final: 
G/G/G/G/D/G/G/G
Devotional / liturgical association: 
BVM
Modern editions: 
AMMM 11, 44-75; CMM 106.3; MCE 6
Further notes: 

See also the shorter cognate cycles C13b and C13c.

See also information on this cycle as part of the Gaspar van Weerbeke Project.

Content (motets): 
M039 M040 M041 M042 M043 M044 M045 M046

Cycle details

Reference source: 
I-Mfd 2, ff. 48v-51r
Cycle rubric: 
-
Identified as a cycle based on: 
MC Database (see Further notes)
Number of voices: 
4
Signature: 
b
Clefs: 
g2c2c3c4
Final: 
G/D/G
Devotional / liturgical association: 
BVM
Modern editions: 
AMMM 11, 76-87; CMM 106.3; MCE 6
Further notes: 

See also the cognate cycle C13c.

AMMM 11 and the facsimile edn. of I-Mfd 2 propose a five-motet cycle comprising M039, M043, M044, M035, and M036; the corresponding rubric reported in AMMM 11, iii as present in the manuscript index derives, on the contrary, from an editorial annotation in SARTORI 1957, 48.

See also information on this cycle as part of the Gaspar van Weerbeke Project.

Content (motets): 
M039 M043 M044

Cycle details

Reference source: 
I-Mfd [4], ff. 132v-135r
Cycle rubric: 
-
Identified as a cycle based on: 
WARD 1986, 502; GASSER 2001, 332
Number of voices: 
4
Signature: 
b
Clefs: 
g2c2c3c4
Final: 
G
Devotional / liturgical association: 
BVM
Modern editions: 
AMMM 11, 44-47; 54-57; 67-71; CMM 106.3; MCE 6
Further notes: 

See also the cognate cycle C13b.

See also information on this cycle as part of the Gaspar van Weerbeke Project.

Content (motets): 
M039 M045 M042

Cycle details

Reference source: 
I-Mfd 1, ff. 143v-149r
Cycle rubric: 
listed under "Motetti missales consequentes" (I-Mfd 1, index)
Identified as a cycle based on: 
index of I-Mfd 1
Number of voices: 
5
Signature: 
-
Clefs: 
c1c4c4c4f4
Final: 
D
Devotional / liturgical association: 
BVM
Modern editions: 
AMMM 13, 75-83; 89-93 (as part of C14b Ave virgo gloriosa caeli iubar / <Missa> Galeazescha); CMM 15.2; MCE 3
Content (motets): 
M071 M072 M074

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: 
5
Signature: 
-
Clefs: 
c1c4c4c4f4
Final: 
D
Devotional / liturgical association: 
BVM
Modern editions: 
AMMM 13, 75-112; CMM 15.2; MCE 3
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

Cycle details

Reference source: 
I-Mfd 1, ff. 158v-162r
Cycle rubric: 
-
Identified as a cycle based on: 
GASSER 2001, 331
Number of voices: 
4
Signature: 
-
Clefs: 
c2c4c4f4
Final: 
D
Devotional / liturgical association: 
All Saints
All Saints’ Day
Modern editions: 
-
Content (motets): 
M047 M048 M049 M050

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: 
b
Clefs: 
c1c4c4f4
c1c4c4f4
c1c4c4f4
c1c4c4c4f4
c1c3c4f4
c1c4c4f4
c1c4c4f4
c1c4c4c4f4
Final: 
F
Devotional / liturgical association: 
Christ, the Blessed Sacrament, BVM, St. Augustine
Modern editions: 
AMMM 13, 12-43; CMM 15.2; MCE 2
Further notes: 

Two of the motets (M054 and M058) have 5 voices.

Content (motets): 
M051 M052 M053 M054 M055 M056 M057 M058

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: 
4
Signature: 
b
Clefs: 
c1c3c4f4
Final: 
G
Devotional / liturgical association: 
Christ, BVM, Incarnation
Christmas, Christmastide
Modern editions: 
AMMM 13, 45-73; CMM 15.2; MCE 1
Discography: 

Loyset Compère: Mass, Motets, Songs. Orlando Consort, Metronome 1002

Content (motets): 
M059 M060 M061 M062 M063 M064 M065 M066

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