Hymni per totum annum (Orlando di Lasso)

Description: The Hymni per totum annum anno 1581 by Orlando di Lasso is a collection of primarily alternatim settings of Office hymns for four and five voices. It was not printed, but circulated in Bavaria in manuscripts copied well into the early seventeenth century. The contents in the principal sources is organized by the month, with Commons appearing under the first saint to come up in the calendar. Except as noted, only even verses are set. These settings were commissioned by Duke Wilhelm V in the early 1580s, as the Roman rite was being introduced at court.

Publication date and place: 1581 in Bavaria. – Manuscript

Genre, Subgenre: Sacred, Office hymns. Language: Latin.

Facsimiles:

• BSB Mus.ms. 55 – copied 1580–1581
• BSB Mus.ms. 75 - copied 1590-1610
• BSB Mus.ms. 520 – copied c.1620

List of works

1581 No.	1620 No.	Title	Occasion	Voices	Notes
1	2	Christe Redemptor omnium, conserva	De omnibus sanctis	4
2	28	Iste confessor	S. Martini Aliorumque Confessorum	4
3	29	Jesu corona virginum	S. Catharini aliarumque S. virginum	4
4	1	Conditor alme siderum	In adventu Domini	5
5	21	Christe Redemptor omnium, ex Patre	In festo Nativitatis Christi	5
6	3	Salvete flores martyrum	Sanctorum innocentium	4
7	4	Hostis Herodes impie	In Epiphania domini	5
8		Haec dies quam fecit Dominus		4	Composer is anonymous
9	6	O lux beata Trinitas	Sabatho primo post octavas Epyphaniae	4
10	5	Lucis creator optime	Dominica prima post octavas Epyphaniae	4
11	13	Ave maris stella	In festo Purificationis deiparae virginis	5
12	7	Audi benigne conditor	Diebus sabbaticis: per totam quadragesimam. usque ad dominicam passionis	4
13		Ad preces nostras	Dominicis diebus Quadragesimae: usque ad dominicam passionis	4
14	31	Te lucis ante terminum	Ad Completorium Tempore Quadragesima	4
15	32	Te lucis ante terminum	Ad Completorium Alio modo	5	Composer is anonymous
16	8	Vexilla regis prodeunt	Dominica in passione	4
17	9	Ad caenam agni providi	In octavis Paschae	4
18	10	Jesu nostra redemptio	In Ascensione Domini	4
19	11	Veni Creator Spiritus	In festo Pentecostes	5
20	12	Pange lingua gloriosi	In festo sanctissimi Corporis Christi	5
21	14	Ut queant laxis	In Nativitate S. Joannis Bap.	4
22	15	Aurea luce et decore	In festo sanctorum Apostolorum Petri et Pauli	4
23	16	Doctor egregie Paule	In Conversione S. Pauli	4
24	17	Lauda Mater ecclesia	In festo beatae Mariae Magdalenae	5	The 1620 copy notes this setting is also valid for 'Pater sempiterni'
25	18	Petrus beatus catenarum	In Cathedra et Vinculis S. Petri	4	The 1620 copy notes this setting is also valid for 'Quodcumque vinclis'
26	19	Quicumque Christum quaeritis	In festo Transfiguratione domini	4
27	20	Tibi Christe splendor Patris	In festo sancti Michaelis Archangeli	4
28		Custodes hominum psallimus angelos	In festo S. Angeli Custodis	4
29	23	Tristes erant Apostoli	Tempore paschali de Apostolorum	4
30	25	Deus tuorum militum	De uno Martyre tempore paschali	4
31	27	Rex gloriose Martyrum	pluribus Martyribus tempore paschali	4
32		Fortem virili pectore		4	A contrafact of 'Jesu corona virginum' (item 3, above), added at the end of the 17th century
33	22	Exultet caelum laudibus	In natali Apostolorum & Evangelisti	4	Includes an alternate setting for verse four.
34	24	Deus tuorum militum	De uno Martyre	4
35	26	Sanctorum meritis et Custodes hominum	In festo plurimorum Martyrum	4
36	30	Urbs beata Jerusalem	In Dedicatione Templi	4
37		Facta est Judaea		4	A falsobordone setting in tonus peregrinus
38		Fit porta Christi		4	Composed by Jacob Regnart
	33	Te lucis ante terminum	Ad Completorium In Dominica Passionis	4	Composer is anonymous
	34	Te lucis ante terminum	Ad Completorium per octavam Corporis Christi	5	Composed by Rudolph di Lasso

Works at CPDL

Title	Composer	No.	Subgenre	Vo.	Voices
Audi benigne conditor a 4	Orlando di Lasso	12	Office hymns	4	SATB
Ave maris stella	Orlando di Lasso	11	Motets	4(5)	ATBB
Christe redemptor omnium, ex Patre	Orlando di Lasso	5	Office hymns	5	SATTB
Conditor alme siderum	Orlando di Lasso	4	Office hymns	5	ATBBB
Lucis creator optime	Orlando di Lasso	10	Office hymns	4	SATB
Quicumque Christum quaeritis	Orlando di Lasso	26	Office hymns	4	SATB
Salvete flores martyrum	Orlando di Lasso	6	Motets	4	SATB
Te lucis ante terminum	Orlando di Lasso	14	Office hymns	4	SATB
Tibi Christe splendor Patris	Orlando di Lasso	27	Office hymns	4	SATB
Veni Creator Spiritus a 5	Orlando di Lasso	19	Hymns	5	SATTB

References

External websites:

• RISM 456051102
• RISM 456051433