Sacrae cantiones … 4 vocum (Orlando di Lasso)
General information
Description: Orlando di Lasso's only motet publication containing exclusively motets for 4 voices (With the exception of the last Stabat Mater for 8 voices), all of them, with the exceptions of No. 10 (Domine labia mea aperies), No. 22 (Adorna thalamum) and No. 32 (Stabat Mater) are Mass Offertories.
First Publication date and place: 1585 in Munich: Adam Berg.
Publisher: Adam Berg
Known editions:
- 1585 - Orlandi Lassi, Serenissimi Bavariae Ducis Guilielmi etc. et Musicorum Praefecti SACRAE CANTIONES antehac nunquam nec visae nec typis uspiam excusae. Quatuor vocum. Recens singulari industria compositae et in lucem sine menda editae. Monachii excudebat Adamus Berg. Anno salutis MDLXXXV.
Genre, Subgenre: Sacred, Motets. Language: Latin, 4 voices.
Facsimile:
List of works
| # | Title | Voices | Feast |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Confitebor tibi Domine | 4 | Passion Sunday |
| 2 | Domine convertere | 4 | Monday after Passion Sunday |
| 3 | Intende voci orationis meae | 4 | Friday after third Sunday of Lent |
| 4 | Exaudi Deus orationem meam | 4 | Monday after third Sunday of Lent |
| 5 | Improperium exspectavit cor meum | 4 | Palm Sunday |
| 6 | Eripe me de inimicis meis | 4 | Wednesday after Passion Sunday |
| 7 | Jubilate Deo omnis terra | 4 | Monday after fourth Sunday of Lent |
| 8 | Domine fac mecum misericordiam | 4 | Wednesday after third Sunday of Lent |
| 9 | Benedictus es Domine … et respondebo | 4 | Quinquagesima |
| 10 | Domine labia mea aperies | 4 | |
| 11 | Precatus est Moyses in conspectu Domini | 4 | Thursday after second Sunday of Lent |
| 12 | Populum humilem salvum facies | 4 | Friday after fourth Sunday of Lent |
| 13 | Super flumina Babylonis | 4 | Thursday after Passion Sunday |
| 14 | Gressus meos dirige | 4 | Saturday after third Sunday of Lent |
| 15 | Factus est Dominus firmamentum meum | 4 | Saturday after fourth Sunday of Lent |
| 16 | Perfice gressus meos in semitis tuis | 4 | Sexagesima |
| 17 | Custodi me Domine | 4 | Tuesday in Holy Week |
| 18 | Confortamini et jam nolite timere | 4 | Wednesday Ember Week of Advent |
| 19 | Domine Deus salutis meae | 4 | Saturday after first Sunday of Lent |
| 20 | Domine in auxilium meum respice | 4 | Friday after second Sunday of Lent |
| 21 | Benedic anima mea, Domino | 4 | Friday after first Sunday of Lent |
| 22 | Adorna thalamum tuum Sion | 4 | |
| 23 | Miserere mei Domine | 4 | Tuesday after second Sunday of Lent |
| 24 | Domine ad adjuvandum me festina | 4 | Thursday after fourth Sunday of Lent |
| 25 | Domine exaudi orationem meam | 4 | Wednesday in Holy Week |
| 26 | Exspectans exspectavi Dominum | 4 | Tuesday after fourth Sunday of Lent |
| 27 | Benedictus es Domine … in labiis | 4 | Friday and Saturday after Passion Sunday |
| 28 | Benedicam Dominum qui tribuit | 4 | Monday after second Sunday of Lent |
| 29 | Sperent in te omnes | 4 | Tuesday after Passion Sunday |
| 30 | Benedicite gentes Dominum | 4 | Wednesday after fourth Sunday of Lent |
| 31 | Dextera Domini fecit virtutem | 4 | Tuesday after third Sunday of Lent, Maundy Thursday |
| 32 | Stabat Mater | 8 |
Works at CPDL
| Title | Year | No. | Genre | Subgenre | Vo. | Voices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adorna thalamum | 1585 | 22 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SATB |
| Benedic anima mea, Domino a 4 | 1585 | 21 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SATB |
| Benedicam Dominum a 4 | 1585 | 28 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SATB, ATTB |
| Benedicite gentes | 1585 | 30 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SATB |
| Benedictus es Domine | 1585 | 27 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SATB |
| Benedictus es Domine II | 1585 | 9 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SATB |
| Confitebor tibi, Domine | 1585 | 1 | Sacred | Offertories | 4 | SATB |
| Confortamini et jam nolite | 1585 | 18 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SATB |
| Custodi me Domine | 1585 | 17 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SATB |
| Dextera Domini | 1585 | 31 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SATB |
| Domine, exaudi orationem meam | 1585 | 25 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SATB |
| Domine, labia mea aperies | 1585 | 10 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SATB |
| Domine Deus salutis meae | 1585 | 19 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SATB |
| Domine ad adjuvandum me | 1585 | 24 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SATB |
| Domine convertere | 1585 | 2 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SATB |
| Domine fac mecum | 1585 | 8 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SATB |
| Domine in auxilium | 1585 | 20 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SATB |
| Eripe me a 4 (1585) | 1585 | 6 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SATB |
| Exaudi Deus | 1585 | 4 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SATB |
| Expectans expectavi | 1585 | 26 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SATB,ATTB |
| Factus est Dominus firmamentum | 1585 | 15 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SATB |
| Gressus meos dirige | 1585 | 14 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SATB |
| Improperium | 1585 | 5 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SATB |
| Intende voci | 1585 | 3 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SATB |
| Jubilate Deo a 4 | 1585 | 7 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SATB, ATTB |
| Miserere mei Domine | 1585 | 23 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SATB, ATTB |
| Perfice gressus meos | 1585 | 16 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SATB |
| Populum humilem | 1585 | 12 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SATB |
| Precatus est Moyses | 1585 | 11 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SATB |
| Sperent in te omnes | 1585 | 29 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SATB |
| Stabat Mater | 1585 | 32 | Sacred | Motets | 8 | SSAT.ATTB |
| Super flumina Babylonis a 4 | 1585 | 13 | Sacred | Motets | 4 | SATB |