Francisco Valls

Alias: Francesc Valls

Life

Born: c. 1665? 1671 has recently been proposed.

Died: 03 February 1747

Biography: Valls was first employed as a parish musician in 1688, then maestro de capilla at Gerona Cathedral in 1689, and in 1696 at S María del Mar Barcelona. He joined the Barcelona Cathedral in 1696 as substitute, interim, and finally as maestro in 1709. His retirement is given variously as 1726 or 1741 (the year he began his treatise Mapa armonico).

His best known work is the "Missa Scala Aretina" based on a 6 note scale first used by Guido d'Arezzo in the plainchant of "Ut Queant Laxis". Valls wrote two further masses on the Aretine Scale, which are less well known: the "Missa Regalis" dedicated to the King of Portugal, and the Missa "Ut queant laxis".

Among lost works are 4 oratorios.

View the Wikipedia article on Francisco Valls.

and extended article on Valls including a list of his published works on the Catalonian edition of Wikipedia.

List of choral works (includes all choral works from "Mapa Armónico Práctico)

• For works at CPDL sorted alphabetically by title, see Francisco Valls compositions

Masses on the Aretine scale

• Missa scala aretina (complete)
• Missa ut queant laxis (complete)
• Missa regalis (Kyrie only)

Antiphons Ave Maria Ave regina caelorum Salve regina a 6 Salve regina a 11 Veni electa mea Arias, sacred, and other solo works Soprano Ad alligandos reges Gratias agimus tibi (see "mass movements" below) O quam gloriosum Alto Et in spiritum (see Missa Haec in "mass movements" below) Filii hominum Laudate pueri Dominum Super omnia ligna cedrorum Suscipe verbum Tenor O rex gloriae Petrum charitas nascentem Tibi soli peccavi II Canons and fugues, sacred, Latin text Auditui meo dabis Beatam me dicent a 4 Benedicta tu in mulieribus Cor mundum Diffusa est gratia Domine quinque talenta Ecce enim veritatem Ecce enim veritatem II Specie tua Super aspidem et basiliscum ambulabis Hymns, Latin text Deus tuorum militum O gloriosa Virginum O memoriale mortis Pange lingua Te Joseph Celebrent Te lucis ante terminum Invitatories Ave Maria a 8 con violines In honorem beatae Mariae virginis Venite exultemus Lamentations De lamentatione Jeremiae Canticles Magnificat a 8 tertii toni SSAT.SATB bc. Magnificat a 8 con violines Magnificat a 10 Magnificat a 8 secundi toni Magnificat a 6 secundi toni Magnificat sexti toni Nunc dimittis a 6 Nunc dimittis a 10 Nunc dimittis a 15 4 singing choirs, 1 instrumental choir Mass, full setting of Missa a 5 (hypodorian mode) Mass in Locrian mode

Mass, movements from the Agnus Dei 6vv from Mapa Armónico Práctico Benedictus qui venit 4vv pari MAP Christe eleison (Missa Scala Aretina) 7vv Cum Sancto Spiritu 10vv 2vlni Et incarnatus est 8vv (canon in MAP) Et incarnatus est II (from "Missa ut Queant Laxis") Et unam sanctam catholicam 4vv 2vlni MAP Gratias agimus tibi S solo 2vlni (Missa Ut queant) Hosanna in excelsis 8vv MAP Laudamus te 9vv MAP Missa a 11 (Kyrie and Agnus Dei only) Missa Haec est virgo sapiens (Kyrie, Et in spiritum and Benedictus only) Missa regalis (Kyrie only) Patrem omnipotentem 8vv (breaks off at "…Dominum Jesum Christum.") MAP Motets, choral Asumente non concisus 6vv Ave stella matutina 9vv Beata Dei genitrix Maria 6vv Beata quae credidisti 12vv Beatam me dicent a 12 Bone pastor 8vv Crucem tuam adoramus 4vv + violini Dilexisti justitiam 8vv Dogma datur 6vv Ecce panis angelorum 7vv see also Bone pastor Et misericordia 5vv (Magnificat fragment) Hodie Maria Virgo 8vv Lauda Sion salvatorem a 8 Non est alia natio 6vv O sacramentum pietatis 3vv O sacrum convivium 8vv Qui manducat meam carnem 6vv Tota pulchra es 4vv Psalms Confitebor tibi Domine Credidi propter quod locutus est Cum invocarem a 9 (with chirimías and sackbuts) Cum invocarem a 6 Dixit Dominus Domine probasti me In exitu Israel Laetatus sum Laudate Dominum omnes gentes Laudate pueri Dominum (see "Arias" above) Memento Domine David

Responsories Angelus Domini descendit de caelo Domine quando veneris 4vv Dulce lignum Immolabit haedum Iste est qui ante Deum Juravit Dominus Justus ut palma florebit Magnificavit eum Maria Magdalena a 14 with chirimías and sackbuts Peccantem me quotidie 4vv Virtute magna reddebant apostoli 10vv Sequences Adest dies triumphalis Lauda Sion salvatorem a 10 Veni sancte spiritus Victimae paschali laudes Virginalis hortuli Te Deum, movements from the Fiat misericordia Incessabili voce proclamant In te Domine speravi Non confundar in eternum Other sacred compositions, or fragments, in Latin Adorare Dominum Benedicta tu in mulieribus II Dies magna Domine vim patior Erravi Fulcite me floribus Miserere 12vv (verse 1) Amplius lava me 6vv (verse 3) Tibi soli peccavi 6vv (verse 4) Ecce enim veritatem see 2 settings under "Canons" above O vos omnes Plorans ploravit Sacred works in Spanish Adoren los hombres Al combite que Amor hoy previene Alegres mudanzas Ay de la pena Corta las jarcias, corta las velas Dios te salve Entre golfos de dulzuras Ode to Saint Thomas Aquinas No son rayos, no Que cuando se engendra la perla divina ¿Qué es lo que me niega Amor? Quien será decid Tu en un pesebre Y así a los serafines Ya el sol puede extender Theatrical or operatic compositions in Spanish Chorus of the fates (Salid del Averno) Es tan violento el estrago Mas ay de mí Illustration of choral techniques Elevación o ascención, gradación y descenso

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Publications

• Mapa Armónico Práctico 1742

External links

Extracts from text of "Mapa Armónico Práctico"

• CSIC book about chapters I-XIV
• Chapter XVI "On cancrizans canons"
• Chapter XIX "On accompaniment and its purpose in music"
• Chapter XXVIII "On the enharmonic style"

• ScalaAretina - Commercial publishers of some of Valls' music.
• Dinsic Publicacions Musicals - Commercial publishers of some of Valls' music.
• Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas - Publishers of Mapa Armonico Practico.
• Cancrizans compositions by Valls on Werner Icking Music Archive.