Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Life

Born: Palestrina, 1525

Died: Roma, 2 February 1594

Biography

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Choral works

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Sacred works

A solis ortus cardine   (   Finale 2005 ) Accepit Iesus calicem a 6   ( Sibelius 6 ) Ad Dominum cum tribularer   (2 editions available) Ad te levavi oculos meos     (2 editions available) Adiuro vos     (2 editions available) Adoramus te, Christe (attrib.)     (4 editions available) Adoramus te, Christe, p.v.     (6 editions available) Adoramus te, Christe a 4   (   Sibelius 2 ) Agnus Dei (from 'Missa in Festis Apostolor')   (   Finale 2001 ) Ak, līksmes diena     (   Encore 4 ) Encore 5) Alleluia   (  ) Alleluja, tulerunt Dominum   ( ) Alma Redemptoris Mater     (3 editions available) Alma Redemptoris Mater (2 parts) "Voci pari"    (3 editions available) Anima mea turbata   (   Finale 2000 ) Ascendens Christus   (   Finale 2001 ) Ascendit Deus (part 2 of 'Viri Galilaei') Ascendo ad Patrem     (3 editions available) Assumpta est Maria a 6   ( ) Ave Maria I, a5     (2 editions available) Ave Maria II, a4 (1590) "In Annunciatione Beatae Mariae"     (5 editions available) Ave Maria IV, a4 (1604) "Paribus vocibus"     (3 editions available) Ave maris stella   (  ) Ave Regina coelorum a 4   (  ) Ave Regina caelorum a 5   (  ) Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel   ( Capella ) Benedictus Dominus Deus Israel a5     (2 editions available) Bonus Est Dominus   ( ) Canite tuba   (2 editions available) Cantabo Domino   ( ) Caput eius     (2 editions available) Christe Redemptor omnium, conserva   ( Capella ) Commissa mea pavesco     (2 editions available) Conditor alme siderum (even vv.)   (   ) Confitemini Domino     (2 editions available) Congratulamini mihi   ( Capella ) Corona aurea   (   Finale 2006 ) Crucem sanctam subiit   ( ) Descendi in hortum nucum     (2 editions available) Dies sanctificatus     (4 editions available) Dilectus meus descendit     (2 editions available) Dilectus meus mihi     (2 editions available) Doctor egregie   (  ) Domine, quando veneris     (2 editions available) Domine, secundum actum meum   (   Finale 2001 ) Dominus Jesus in qua nocte   ( ) Dum aurora finem daret   ( ) Dum complerentur     (2 editions available) Duo ubera tua     (2 editions available) E quella certa speme     (one edition available) Ecce nunc benedicite   (   Finale 2001 ) Ecce nunc benedicite Dominum     (2 editions available) Ecce tu pulcher es     (2 editions available) Ego sum panis   (   ) Ego sum panis vivus 5vv   ( [ LilyPond] ) Eja ergo (part 2)   (   Finale 2001 ) Exaudi Domine preces servi tui     (3 editions available) Exultate Deo     (4 editions available) Fasciculus myrrhae     (2 editions available) Fuit homo missus a Deo a 4   ( Capella ) Gaude, Virgo gloriosa   (  ) Gaudent in coelis   ( Sibelius 6 ) Gloria patri   (   Finale 2001 ) Gloriosi Principes   (  ) Haec dies   ( Capella ) Haec dies a 6   ( Capella ) Guttur tuum sicut     (2 editions available) Heu mihi Domine   (   Finale 2000 ) Hodie beata virgo   (   Finale 2003 ) Hodie Christus natus est a 4     (2 editions available) Hodie Christus natus est a 8   (   Finale 1998 ) Hostis Herodes impie   ( Capella ) Illumina oculos meos a 3   ( ) Improperium expectavit cor meum     (2 editions available) In manus tuas   (editions withdrawn at the request of the editor) Innocentes   (  ) Introduxit me rex     (2 editions available) Isti sunt viri sancti   ( Capella ) Jesu, dulcis memoria   (2 editions available) Jesu Rex admirabilis     (5 editions available) Jesus junxit se     (   ) Laetus Hyperboraeam volet hic concentus   (   Sibelius 5 ) Laeva eius     (2 editions available) Lamentations of Jeremiah   (  ) Lapidabant Stephanum   (  Finale 2000 ) Lauda Sion a 4     (3 editions available) Lauda Sion (1575) a 8, in Mottetorum III (Opera Omnia 3) Lauda Sion (Collegio Romano) a 8, Ms. ed. (Opera Omnia 7) Laudate Dominum a8   ( ) Laudate Dominum in tympanis     (no editions available) Loquebantur variis linguis     (2 editions available) Lumen ad revelationem gentium (attrib.)   ( ) Magnificats, Book 1: (4 voice settings of odd verses in each of 8 tones, followed by 8 even-verse settings) Primi toni impares   (  LilyPond ) Tertii toni impares,     (no editions available) Quarti toni impares     (no editions available) Octavi toni impares     (2 editions available) SATB Quarti toni pares SSAA Magnificats, Book 2: (8 settings of even verses for 5-7 vv.) Magnificats, Book 3: (8 settings of opening and remaining even verses for 5-7 vv.) Magnificat quarti toni (Book 3 a 6/7, even verses)     (no editions available) Magnificat primi toni a8   ( ) Magnificat sexti toni ex codice 47. Basilicae Vaticanae Magnus sanctus Paulus a 4     (   Finale 2009 ) a 8     (   Finale 2009 )

Manus tuae   (  ) Miserere nostri, Domine (part 2)   (   Finale 2000 ) Misso Herodes   ( Capella ) Nativitas tua     (  ) Ne recorderis     (   Finale 2001 ) Nigra sum, sed formosa     (3 editions available) Nisi ego abiero     (  ) Nos autem gloriari     (   ) Novella Aurora     (one edition available) Nunc dimittis a 4     (one edition available) Nunc dimittis a 4-5     (one edition available) Nunc dimittis (tone 8, a5) (attrib.)   ( ) Nunc dimittis a 8   ( ) Nunc dimittis a 12     (no editions available) O admirabile commercium     (2 editions available) O beata et benedicta et gloriosa Trinitas   ( [ LilyPond] ) O bone Jesu (M.A. Ingegneri, attrib. to Palestrina)     (8 editions available) O bone Jesu (6-part version)     (   ) O crux ave, spes unica     (3 editions available) O Domine Jesu Christe     (4 editions available) O Domine Jesu Christe a 6   ( Sibelius 6 ) O magnum mysterium     (3 editions available) O memoriale     (2 editions available) O quam amabilis     (  ) O quantus luctus   ( Capella ) O Redemptor     (  ) O, refrigerio   ( ) O Rex gloriae     (   LilyPond ) O salutaris hostia 1     (2 editions available) O salutaris hostia 2     (  ) Osculetur me     (2 editions available) The next work entry has been recently added automatically. 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Panis angelicus     (multiple editions available) Pater noster a 5   ( Capella ) Pater noster a 8     (no editions available) Popule meus   ( Capella ) Pleni sunt coeli     (   ) Princeps gloriosissime   ( ) Puer qui natus est     (   Finale 2006 ) Pueri Hebraeorum     (3 editions available) Pulchra es amica mea     (3 editions available) Pulchrae sunt genae tuae     (2 editions available) Quae est ista     (2 editions available) Quam pulchra es     (2 editions available) Quam pulchri sunt, a 5     (2 editions available) Quam pulchri sunt II, a 4 Quam pulchri sunt III a 4   ( Capella ) Quia vidisti me, Thoma     (   Finale 2000 ) Quodcumque ligaveris   ( LilyPond ) Quodcumque vinclis     (  ) Recordare Domine     (   ) Regina coeli     (3 editions available) Rex pacificus   ( ) Rorate Coeli   (  ) Sabbato Sancto (Lectio III)   (   Finale 2001 ) Sagittae potentis acutae   (  ) Salva nos     (one edition available) Salvator mundi     (4 editions available) Salve Regina (2 parts)   (   Finale 2001 ) Salvete flores martyrum   (  ) Sancte Paule apostole     (   Finale 2009 ) Senex puerum portabat     (2 editions available) Si ignoras te     (2 editions available) Sic Deus dilexit mundum   ( ) The next work entry has been recently added automatically. Users are invited to check it and, if necessary, correct and move it to the appropriate position in the page. If the work list on this composer page is automated already (see Automating the work list on composer pages) the work entry should be already automatically shown at the appropriate position, so you can just delete the next line. You can also consider to automate the work list on this composer page if not automated already. Remove also the line(s) written {{Recent additions}} when done. Sicut cervus     (multiple editions available) Sicut lilium inter spinas, I     (2 editions available) Sicut lilium inter spinas, II   (   Finale 2000 ) Sing we merrily     (no editions available) Sitivit anima mea     (4 editions available) Spirito santo, amore   ( ) Stabat Mater     (2 editions available) Stella quam viderant magi   (2 editions available) Sub tuum praesidium     (2 editions available) Super flumina Babylonis a 4     (6 editions available) Surgam et circuibo civitatem     (2 editions available) Surge amica mea     (2 editions available) Surge illuminare Jerusalem   (   Finale 2002 ) Surge propera a 4   (  ) Surge propera a 5     (3 editions available) Surrexit pastor bonus a 4   ( Capella ) Surrexit pastor bonus à 8   ( ) Suscipe verbum Virgo Maria   (   Finale 2006 ) Tantum ergo   (  ) Te lucis ante terminum     (no editions available) Tota pulchra es     (3 editions available) Trahe me post te     (2 editions available) Tribus miraculis     (2 editions available) Tribulationes civitatum   ( ) Tu es Petrus a 5   (   ) Tu es Petrus a 6     (4 editions available) Tu es Petrus a7   ( Sibelius 6 ) Tu quae genuisti (part 2)   (   Finale 2001 ) Tua Jesu dilectio     (2 editions available) Valde honorandus est     (2 editions available) Veni Creator Spiritus     (3 editions available) Veni sponsa Christi     (3 editions available) Veni, veni dilecte mi     (2 editions available) Verbum caro, panem verum     (4 editions available) Vergine bella     (2 editions available) Vergine Chiara   ( ) Vergine pura   ( ) Vexilla Regis   ( Capella ) Vidi turbam magnam   ( LilyPond ) Vineam meam non custodivi     (2 editions available) Viri Galilaei / Ascendit Deus     (3 editions available) Vox dilecti mei     (2 editions available) Vulnerasti cor meum     (2 editions available)

Masses

Missa Aeterna Christi Munera, 4vv     (3 editions available) Missa Assumpta est Maria, 6vv   (   Finale 2000 ) Missa Ave Maria, 4vv   ( ) Missa Brevis, 4vv     (multiple editions available) Missa de Beata Virgine, 4vv   (   Lilypond ) Missa de Feria     (no editions available) Missa Dies sanctificatus, 4vv   (   ) Missa Iste Confessor, 4vv     (3 editions available) Missa Jam Christus astra ascenderat (Kyrie only -   ) Missa Lauda Sion, 4vv     (2 editions available) Missa Nasce la gioja mia, 6vv     (2 editions available: A4 and Letter size) Missa O admirabile commercium, 5vv   ( LilyPond ) Missa O Rex gloriae, 4vv   (2 editions available) Missa O Virgo simul et Mater, 5vv   ( Sibelius 6 )

Missa Papae Marcelli, 6vv     (3 editions available) Missa pro defunctis, 5vv   ( LilyPond ) Missa Repleatur os meum laude tua, 5vv   ( ) Missa Sanctorum meritis, 4vv   ( LilyPond ) Missa Sicut lilium inter spinas, 5vv   (  ) Missa Sine nomine a 4     (2 editions available: A4 and Letter size) Missa Sine nomine [Beata Dei genetrix], 6vv   (  ) Missa Spem in alium, 4vv   (individual movements) Missa Tertia, 5vv     (  ) Missa Tu es Petrus   (2 editions available) Missa Tu es Petrus a18   ( Sibelius 6 ) Missa Veni Sponsa Christi, 4vv     (2 editions available: complete mass and individual movements) Missa Viri Galilaei, 6vv     (2 editions available: A4 and Letter size)

Offertoria totius anni, 5vv

1. Ad te levavi animam meam   (  [ ] [ ])
2. Deus tu convertens     (2 editions available)
3. Benedixisti Domine   (   [ ])
4. Ave Maria III, a5   (   [ ])
5. Tui sunt caeli   (   [ ])
6. Elegerunt Apostoli   (   [ ])
7. Justus ut palma I   (   [ ])
8. Anima nostra sicut passer   (   )
9. Posuisti Domine   (   )
10. Deus enim firmavit   (   )
11. Inveni David   (   )
12. Reges Tharsis et insulae   (   )
13. Jubilate Deo omnis terra   (   [ ])
14. Jubilate Deo universa terra   (   [ ])
15. Dextera Domini   (   [ ])
16. Bonum est confiteri   (   [ ])
17. Perfice gressus meos   (   )
18. Benedictus es Domine   (   )
19. Scapulis suis   (   )
20. Meditabor in mandatis   (   )
21. Justitiae Domini 1   (   )
22. Laudate Dominum     (2 editions available)
23. Confitebor tibi   (   )
24. Improperium expectavit     (2 editions available)
25. Terra tremuit     (2 editions available)
26. Angelus Domini   (   )
27. Deus, Deus meus   (   [ ])
28. Lauda anima mea   (   [ ])
29. Benedicite gentes   (   [ ])
30. Ascendit Deus      [ ]
31. Confirma hoc Deus   (   [ ])
32. Benedictus sit Deus   (   [ ])
33. Sacerdotes Domini   (   )
34. Domine convertere   (   )
35. Sperent in te   (   )
36. Illumina oculos meos a 5   (   )
37. Benedicam Dominum   (   [ ])
38. Sicut in holocaustis   (   )
39. Populum humilem   (   )
40. Justitiae Domini 2   (   )
41. Exaltabo te   (   )
42. Precatus est Moyses   (   )
43. In te speravi   (   )
44. Immittet Angelus Domini   (   [ ])
45. Exspectans exspectavi Dominum   (   [ ])
46. Domine, in auxilium   (   [ ])
47. Oravi ad Dominum   (   [ ])
48. Sanctificavit Moyses   (   [ ])
49. Si ambulavero   (   [ ])
50. Super flumina Babylonis a 5   (   [ ])
51. Vir erat in terra   (   [ ])
52. Recordare mei   (   [ ])
53. De profundis   (   [ ])
54. Justus ut palma II   (   [ ])
55. Mihi autem nimis     (2 editions available)
56. Confessio et pulchritudo   (   [ ])
57. Assumpta est Maria a5     (3 editions available)
58. Stetit angelus   (   [ ])
59. Constitues eos   (   [ ])
60. Confitebuntur coeli   (   [ ])
61. In omnem terram   (   [ ])
62. Justorum animae   (   [ ])
63. Veritas mea   (   [ ])
64. Laetamini in Domino   (   [ ])
65. Afferentur regi   (   [ ])
66. Domine Deus   (   [ ])
67. Diffusa est gratia   (   [ ])

Secular works

Ahi, che quest' occhi miei     (4 editions available) Alla riva del Tebro     (2 editions available) Da così dotta man     (3 editions available) I vaghi fiori     (  ) NoteWorthy Composer Là ver l'aurora     (   Finale 2008 ) Mori quas' il mio core   ( )

Pose un gran foco nel mio petto amore     (2 editions available) S'un sguardo un fa beato   ( Finale 2011 ) Vedrassi prima     (3 editions available) Veramente in amore   ( ) Vestiva i colli e le campagne   (   Finale 2000 )

Arrangements with English text

• He humbled himself   ( [ ] [ ] [ Capella] )
• With His Stripes We Are Healed   ( )

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Publications

• Il primo libro de madrigali a 4 voci (Rome, 1555)
• Motecta festorum totius anni cum Communi Sanctorum … liber primus, 4vv (Rome, 1563)
• Liber primus motettorum, 5–7vv (Rome, 1569)
• Motettorum liber secundus, 5, 6, 8vv (Venice, 1572)
• Motettorum liber tertius, 5, 6, 8vv (Venice, 1575)
• Il primo libro de madrigali a 5 voci (Venice, 1581) - all madrigals in the publication are to sacred texts.
• Motectorum liber secundus, 4vv (Venice, 1584)
• Motettorum Liber Quartus (Canticum Canticorum) (1584)
• Motectorum liber quintus, 5vv (Rome, 1584)
• Il secondo libro de madrigali a 4 voci (Venice, 1586)
• Lamentationum Hieremiae prophetae liber primus (Rome, 1588)
• Hymni totius anni secundum Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae consuetudinem, necnon hymni religionum, 4vv (Rome, 1589)
• Magnificat octo tonum liber primus (Rome, 1591)
• Offertoria totius anni secundum Sanctae Romanae Ecclesiae consuetudinem 5vv (Rome, 1593)
• Delle madrigali spirituali libro secondo, 5vv (Rome, 1594)

External links

• List of compositions by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina on Wikipedia
• Giovanni Palestrina - Complete Works Edition at IMSLP