Musarum Sioniarum (Michael Praetorius)

Title: Musarum Sioniarum motectae et psalmi latini, published at Nuremberg, 1607.

Publication date and place: 1607 in Nuremberg.

Composer: Michael Praetorius

Description: This collection of fifty-two Latin motets and psalm settings has arrangements for 4-16 voices. All selections are by Praetorius, except Nos. 35 (G. Aiching.), 36 and 37 (I. Händl), 38 (C. Porta), 39 (I. Palaestr.), 42 (Anonymous), and 43 (G. Lebon.).

Facsimile: Royal Danish Library.

List of Works

	Title	Text	Liturgical use / Theme	Voicing
1	Veni sancte Spiritus	Veni Sancte Spiritus	Pentecost	SSST
2	Ecce Maria genuit		Christmas	SSSA or TTTB
3	Maria Magdalena		Easter	SSST
4	2. Pars. Cito euntes		Easter	SSST
5	Ecce Dominus veniet		Advent	SSATB
6	Pater peccavi		Trinity III	SSATB
7	2. Pars. Quanti mercenarii		Trinity III	SSATB
8	Ingressus Angelus		Annunciation	SSATB
9	Peccavi fateor		Trinity II	SSATTB
10	Spera in Domino		Trinity V	SSSATT
11	Tulerunt Dominum		Easter	SSATTB
12	Benedicamus paschale		Easter	SSATTB
13	Fundamenta tenet Mundi			SSATTB
14	2. Pars. Pax ergo vestras			SSATTB
15	Nigra sum sed formosa	Song of Songs, Ch. 1		SSATTB
16	Iubilate Deo omnis terra	Introit for Jubilate	Jubilate	SSA.ATTB or SSATTTB
17	2. Pars. Populus eius	Introit for Jubilate	Jubilate	SSA.ATTB
18	Ecce Dominus veniet		Advent	SATB.SATB
19	2. Pars. Ecce Dominus		Advent	SATB.SATB
20	Grates nunc omnes		Christmas	SSAT.SATB
21	Grates nunc omnes		Christmas	SATB.SATB
22	2. Pars. Huic Oportet		Christmas	SATB.SATB
23	Angelus ad pastores	Angelus ad pastores ait	Christmas	SSTB.SATB
24	Ecce Maria genuit		Christmas	SSAT.SATB
25	Nunc dimittis servum	Nunc dimittis	Purification	SATB.SATB
26	Misericordias Domini	Introit for Misericordia	Misericordia	SSAB.ATTB
27	Cantate Domino	Introit for Cantate	Cantate	SSST.ATBB
28	Pater noster	Pater noster	Vocem jucunditatis	SATB.SATB
29	Exaudi Deus	Introit for Exaudi	Exaudi	SSAT.ATTB
30	Laudate pueri Dominum	Psalm 113		SSAT.ATTB
31	Beati omnes	Psalm 128		SSAT.ATTB
32	MISSA	Mass ordinaries		SSAT.ATTB
33	MAGNIFICAT	Magnificat	Visitation	SSAT.ATTB
34	Canticum trium puerorum. Benedicte &c.	Benedicte	Michaelmas	SSAATTBB
35	Laudate Dominum in sanctis eius	Psalm 150		SSAATTBB
36	O quàm metuendus est locus iste		Dedication of a Church	SSAT.ATBB
37	2. Pars. Orantibus in loco isto		Dedication of a Church	SSAT.ATBB
38	Benedictus Deus pater			(8vv)
39	Laudate Dominum in sanctis			(8vv)
40	Haec est dies quam fecit		Annunciation	SSSATTBB
41	Confitemini Domino	Psalm 118	Thanksgiving	SSAATTBB
42	Iubilate DEO	Introit for Jubilate	Jubilate	(9vv)
43	Ecce nunc benedicite			(9vv)
44	Venite exultemus Domino	Psalm 95	Pentecost; Christmas; Easter; Ascension	SSA.ATB.TTB
45	Iubilate Domino		Jubilate	SSSAATTBB
46	Victimae paschali laudes	Victimae paschali laudes	Easter	SSS.SAB.ATBB
47	Veni sancte spiritus	Veni Sancte Spiritus	Pentecost	SSAT.SATB.ATTB
48	Haec est dies		Easter; Annunciation	SSAT.SATB.ATTB
49	Miserere mei Deus	Psalm 51	Passion	SSAT.ATTB.ATBB
50	2. Pars. Docebo iniquos	Psalm 51	Passion	SSAT.ATTB.ATBB
51	Dum surgit tumulo		Easter	SSAT.SATB.ATTB
52	Confitemini Domino	Psalm 118	Thanksgiving	SSAT.SATB.ATTB.TTBB

Works at CPDL

Title	Year	No.	Genre	Subgenre	Vo.	Voices
Angelus ad pastores ait	1607	23	Sacred	Motets	8	SSAATTBB
Beati omnes a 8	1607	31	Sacred	Motets	8	SSAT.ATTB
Benedicamus Domino	1607	12	Sacred	Motets	6	SSATTB
Cantate Domino	1607	27	Sacred	Motets	8	SSST.ATBB
Canticum trium puerorum	1607	34	Sacred	Motets	8	SATB.SATB
Confitemini Domino a 16	1607	52	Sacred	Motets	16	SSAT.SATB.ATTB.TTBB
Confitemini Domino a 8	1607	41	Sacred	Motets	8	SSAATTBB
Docebo iniquos a 12 (secunda pars)	1607	50	Sacred	Motets	12	SSAT.ATTB.ATBB
Dum surgit tumulo a 12	1607	51	Sacred	Motets	12	SSAT.SATB.ATTB,SSAT.SATB.ATBB
Ecce Dominus veniet	1607	5	Sacred	Motets	5	SSATB
Ecce Dominus veniet a 8	1607	18-19	Sacred	Motets	8	SATB.SATB
Ecce Maria genuit	1607	2	Sacred	Motets
Ecce Maria genuit a 8	1607	24	Sacred	Motets	8	SSAT.SATB
Exaudi Deus	1607	29	Sacred	Motets	8	SSAT.ATTB
Fundamenta tenet mundi	1607	13	Sacred	Motets	6	SSATTB
Grates nunc omnes II	1607	21-22	Sacred	Motets	8	SATB.SATB
Grates nunc omnes I	1607	20	Sacred	Motets	8	SSAT.SATB
Haec est dies a 12	1607	48	Sacred	Motets	12	SSAT.SATB.ATTB
Haec est dies quam fecit	1607	40	Sacred	Motets	8	SSSATTBB
Ingressus Angelus	1607	8	Sacred	Motets	5	SSATB
Iubilate Domino a 9	1607	45	Sacred	Motets	9	SSSAATTBB
Jubilate Deo (prima pars)	1607	16	Sacred	Motets	7	SSA.ATTB, SST.ATTB, SSATTTB
Laudate Dominum	1607	35	Sacred	Motets	8	SSAATTBB
Laudate pueri a 8	1607	30	Sacred	Motets	8	SSAT.ATTB
Magnificat a 8	1607	33	Sacred	Motets	8	SSAT.ATTB,SSAT.ATBB
Maria Magdalena	1607	3 & 4	Sacred	Motets	4	SSST
Miserere mei Deus a 12 (prima pars)	1607	49	Sacred	Motets	12	SSAT.ATTB.ATBB
Misericordia Domini	1607	26	Sacred	Motets	8	SSAB.ATTB
Missa a 8	1607	32	Sacred	Masses	8	SSAT.ATTB
Nigra sum sed formosa	1607	15	Sacred	Motets	6	SSATTB
Nunc dimittis servum tuum	1607	25	Sacred	Motets	8	SATB.SATB
O quam metuendus	1587	36-37	Sacred	Motets	8	SSAT.ATBB
Pater noster	1607	28	Sacred	Motets	8	SATB.SATB
Pater peccavi - Quanti mercenarii	1607	6-7	Sacred	Motets	5	SSATB
Pax ergo vestras (secunda pars)	1607	14	Sacred	Motets	6	SSATTB
Peccavi fateor	1607	9	Sacred	Motets	6	SSATTB
Populus ejus (secunda pars)	1607	17	Sacred	Motets	7	SSA.ATTB
Spera in Domino	1607	10	Sacred	Motets	6	SSSATT
Tulerunt Dominum meum	1607	11	Sacred	Motets	6	SSATTB
Veni Sancte Spiritus a 12	1607	47	Sacred	Motets	12	SSAT.SATB.ATTB
Veni Sancte Spiritus a 4	1607	1	Sacred	Motets	4	SSST
Venite, exsultemus a 9	1607	44	Sacred	Motets
Victimae paschali laudes (10 vocibus)	1607	46	Sacred	Motets	10	SSS.SAB.ATBB