Motectorum pro festis totius anni (Luca Marenzio)

Full Titles:

• Motecta festorum totius anni cum communi sanctorum quaternis vocibus, a Luca Marentio nunc denuo in lucem aedita. Liber primus. (1585 edition)
• Lucae Marentii motettorum pro festis totius anni cum communi sanctorum quaternis vocibus: liber primus (1588 edition)

Publication date and place: 1585 in Rome by Alessandro Gardano.
Genre, Subgenre: Sacred, Motets. Language: Latin, 4 voices.

Description: Luca Marenzio's Motectorum pro festis totius anni is a collection of four-part motets for various feasts of the liturgical year. The first edition was printed at Rome by Alessandro Gardano in 1585, while a second edition was printed at Venice by the heir of Girolamo Scotto in 1588.

Facsimile: Gaspari – 1588 edition

List of works

	Title	Season/Feast	date
1	Hodie Christus natus est	Christmas Day	25 December
2	Sepelierunt Stephanum	St. Stephen Protomartyr	26 December
3	Iste est Joannes	St. John	27 December
4	Innocentes occisi sunt	Childermas	28 December
5	Magnum haereditatis	Circumcision of the Lord	1 January
6	Tribus miraculis	Epiphany	6 January
7	Hodie beata virgo Maria	Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary	2 February
8	Gabriel locutus est Mariae	Annunciation	25 March
9	Et respicientes viderunt	Easter Sunday
10	O Rex gloriae	Ascension
11	Hodie completi sunt	Pentecost
12	Te Deum Patrem ingenitum	Trinity Sunday
13	O sacrum convivium	Corpus Christi
14	Puer qui natus est	Nativity of John the Baptist	24 June
15	Quem dicunt homines	Ss. Peter and Paul	29 June
16	Hodie Paulus apostolus	Ss. Peter and Paul	29 June
17	Cum jucunditate	Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary	2 July
18	Mulier quae erat in civitate	Mary Magdalene	22 July
19	Solve iubente Deo	St. Peter in Chains	1 August
20	Sancta Maria	Our Lady of the Snows	5 August
21	Christus Jesus splendor	Transfiguration of the Lord	6 August
22	Beatus Laurentius	St. Lawrence	10 August
23	Hodie Maria Virgo	Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary	15 August
24	Misit rex incredulus	Decapitation of John the Baptist	29 August
25	Nativitates gloriosae virginis Mariae	Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary	8 September
26	Super omnia	Exaltation of the Cross	14 September
27	Princeps gloriosissime	Michaelmas	29 September
28	O quam gloriosum	All Saints	1 November
29	O beatum pontificem	St. Martin	11 November
30	Cantantibus organis	St. Cecilia	22 November
31	Cum pervenisset beatus Andreas	St. Andrew	30 November
32	Conceptio tua Dei genetrix	Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary	8 December
33	In tua patientia	St. Lucy	13 December
34	Quia vidisti me	St. Thomas	21 December
35	Estote fortes in bello	Feasts of Apostles
36	Tradent enim vos	Feasts of Evangelists
37	Iste sanctus pro lege	Feasts of a single Martyr
38	Gaudent in coelis	Feasts of several Martyrs
39	Dum esset summus pontifex	Commons of Confessor Popes
40	Similabo eum viro sapienti	Commons of Confessors (non Popes)
41	Veni sponsa Christi	Feasts of Virgins
42	O quam metuendus est	Dedication of a Church

Works at CPDL

Title	Year	No.	Genre	Subgenre	Vo.	Voices
O sacrum convivium	1585	13	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
O Rex gloriae	1585	10	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Et respicientes viderunt	1585	9	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Hodie Christus natus est	1585	1	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB,SSAT,ATTB
Tribus miraculis	1585	6	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Estote fortes	1585	35	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
O quam gloriosum est regnum	1585	28	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB, ATTB
Quia vidisti me	1585	34	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Sepelierunt Stephanum	1585	2	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Conceptio tua	1585	32	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Gabriel Angelus	1585	8	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Quem dicunt homines?	1585	15	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Hodie Paulus Apostolus	1585	16	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Nativitas gloriosae Virginis Mariae	1585	25	Sacred	Antiphons	4	SATB
O beatum pontificem	1585	29	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Cantantibus organis	1585	30	Sacred	Motets	4	SAAT,ATTB
Similabo eum viro sapienti	1585	40	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Dum esset summus Pontifex	1585	39	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Iste est Joannes	1585	3	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Innocentes pro Christo	1585	4	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Sancta Maria, succurre miseris	1585	20	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Beatus Laurentius	1585	22	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Christus Jesus splendor	1585	21	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Hodie Maria Virgo	1585	23	Sacred	Magnificat antiphons	4	SATB
In tua patientia	1585	33	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Princeps gloriosissime	1585	27	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Super omnia	1585	26	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB, STTB
Mulier quae erat in civitate	1585	18	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Cum jucunditate	1585	17	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Cum pervenisset beatus Andreas	1585	31	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Magnum haereditatis	1585	5	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Te Deum Patrem ingenitum	1585	12	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Hodie completi sunt	1585	11	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Hodie beata virgo Maria	1585	7	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Puer qui natus est	1585	14	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
O quam metuendus	1585	42	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Veni sponsa Christi a 4	1585	41	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Gaudent in coelis	1585	38	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Iste sanctus	1585	37	Sacred	Magnificat antiphons	4	SATB
Tradent enim vos	1585	36	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Solve iubente Deo	1585	19	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB
Misit rex incredulus	1585	24	Sacred	Motets	4	SATB

References

External websites:

• RISM M 494
• RISM M 495