Talk:Jesu, Salvator noster (Bartolomeo Cordans)

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I was surprised to see this score composed by Bartolomeo Cordans. I have the same score (for 3 equal voices) composed by a certain "Menegali" also born around 1700 in Italy. Of course the question is now, who is the real composer. Or maybe these two names hide the same person? Belleman 09:52, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

I tend to agree with Belleman; the New Grove doesn't cite this music among Cordans' compositions, neither does it affirm that Cordans and Menegali are the same person. I suggest merging this edition in Jesu, Salvator mundi (Menegali). —Carlos Email.gif 18:09, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

Well, things are getting more complicated; more than one source states that Cordans also composed a Jesu salvator [mundi]: [1] [2] [3]. But according to these sources, he composed a 3-part music, so this 4-part edition available on CPDL must be an arrangement. Anyway, it's clearly the same music available at the Menegali's page, so the merge is still valid, we just have to discover who was the real composer. —Carlos Email.gif 21:00, 15 October 2009 (UTC)

I used one handwritten score and compared it with the collection of Motets "Cantate Domino" for 3 equal voices, arranged or composed by Carlo Rossini or other composers. Actual version is arrangement of Anonymous, what is based on the Bartolomeo Cordans (as it is indicated at the place of Composer) composition for 3 equal voices "Jesu, Salvator noster". To be in accordance with this printed score, I changed in that handwritten score the word "mundi" to "noster" and the first note Mi of Soprano to La in the penultimate bar. I'm not agree to merge this score with Menegali's score and suggest to rest both separately. There are some differences between both versions. The similar case is with "O bone Jesu" of Ingegneri or Palestrina. Andris Solims 03:55, 16 October 2009 (UTC)