Recordare Virgo Mater - des Prez, Josquin

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"This piece's tessitura, four treble voices, is unusual for Renaissance sacred music in general and Josquin in particular, and its ascription is doubted by some. But the weight of opinion seems to fall towards considering it authentic. The sole printed source is fairly reliable, and the style is consistent with Josquin's early work. It is based on an offertory sung at feasts of the Virgin Mary. The offertory is in Mode I (Dorian) and the motet reflects that, though not consistently."

⌛ Period → Renaissance ◈ Genre / Form → Motets

♯ Key D minor

⁄ Time Signature 2/1

♬ Voicing → SSSA

◆ Difficulty

Expert (Grade 6-8)

↕ Range A3 – E5

¶ Language → Latin

Measures 117

Texture mixed texture

Parts 4

Instruments SSSA

Pages 5

CPDL # 33219

Editor John Kelly

Posted 2014-10-26

License CPDL License

♫Pitch Ranges

Superius Primus

D4 – E5

Superius Secundus

D4 – E5

Superius Tertius

C4 – D5

Altus

A3 – C5

¶Lyrics / Text

RECORDARE, Virgo Mater, dum steteris in conspectu Dei, ut loquaris pro nobis bona et ut avertat indignationem suam [a nobis.] [''Trope:'' ab hac familia. Tu propicia, mater eximia, pelle vicia, fer remedia reis in via, dans in patria vite gaudia. Pro quibus dulcia tu preconia, laudes cum gloria suscipe, pia virgo Maria. Amen.]

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