In 1581, Lasso gained extraordinary rights to the publication of his own music when Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II granted him a rare personal printing privilege. Lasso's first publication to contain the text of this privilege, Sacrae cantiones quinque vocum, appeared in February 1582 from the Munich presses of Adam Berg.
Berg would challenge Lasso's new rights indirectly, taking Nuremberg printer Katharina Gerlach to local and imperial courts over her 1582 Fasciculi aliquot sacrarum cantionum, a volume printed with Lasso's permission. The twenty-five-voice motets in this volume range from complex free imitative works to cantus-firmus motets, and even to a work best described as a musical joke, Ut queant laxis.
The feast of Corpus Christi receives emphasis with three motets: O salutaris hostia, O sacrum convivium, and Respexit Elias.
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The Complete Motets 12 – Sacrae cantiones quinque vocum (Munich, 1582)
This collection features twenty-five-voice motets, ranging from complex imitative works to the playful Ut queant laxis. Notably, three motets—O salutaris hostia, O sacrum convivium, and Respexit Elias—highlight the feast of Corpus Christi.
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Madison, WI, A-R Editions
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Price:
$58
Edited By:
Rebecca Oettinger
ISBN:
978-0-89579-492-5
