Nesciens mater (Josquin des Prez)

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• (Posted 2023-04-26)  CPDL #73603:     

Editor: Mick Swithinbank (submitted 2023-04-26).   Score information: A4, 10 pages, 90 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Transposed up a tone.

General Information

Title: Nesciens mater
Composer: Josquin des Prez
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 5vv   Voicing: STTBB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1545 in Cantiones septem, sex et quinque vocum (ed. Sigmund Salminger), no. 22
Description: Published by Melchior Kriesstein, Augsburg, 1545. The allusion to the melody of Josquin's Inviolata at the beginning of the Discantus part perhaps makes it less, rather than more, likely that this work is genuinely by Josquin. The source is also of a suspiciously late date. Perhaps the work of a Josquin emulator. The source also seems somewhat faulty, but emendations have been proposed in this edition. Whatever its authorship, this setting is not without its charms.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Nesciens mater.