Novae aliquot, ad 2 voces cantiones (Orlando di Lasso)
Full Title: Novae aliquot et ante hac non ita usitae ad duas voces cantiones suavissimae, omnibus Musicis summè utiles: nec non Tyronibus quàm eius artis peritioribus summopere inservientes.
Composer: Orlando di Lasso
Publication date and place: 1577 in Munich by Adam Berg.
Genre, Subgenre: Sacred, Motets. Language: Latin, 2 voices.
Description: Sometimes called Bicinia because of its contents. A publication of 1577, Novae aliquot et ante hac non ita usitatae cantiones suavissimae. This book was reprinted by Berg in 1590 and by Thomas Este in 1598. Republished in 1609 as Novae aliquot, ad 2 voces cantiones. Twelve two-part Bicinia and twelve two-part textless duets.
Facsimiles:
- Bavarian State Library - 1577 edition
- Bavarian State Library - 1590 edition
- Transcribed scores on IMSLP
Contents of Publication
| No. | Title | Genre | Subgenre | Language | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beatus vir qui in sapientia morabitur | Sacred | Motet | Latin | Combined work: Twelve Two-Part Motets |
| 2 | Beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam | Sacred | Motet | Latin | |
| 3 | Oculus non vidit | Sacred | Motet | Latin | |
| 4 | Justus cor suum | Sacred | Motet | Latin | |
| 5 | Expectatio justorum laetitia | Sacred | Motet | Latin | |
| 6 | Qui sequitur me | Sacred | Motet | Latin | |
| 7 | Justi tulerunt spolia | Sacred | Motet | Latin | |
| 8 | Sancti mei qui in isto saeculo | Sacred | Motet | Latin | |
| 9 | Qui vult venire post me | Sacred | Motet | Latin | |
| 10 | Serve bone et fidelis | Sacred | Motet | Latin | |
| 11 | Fulgebunt justi | Sacred | Motet | Latin | |
| 12 | Sicut rosa | Sacred | Motet | Latin | |
| Aegra | Sacred | Motet | Latin | Originally textless |
Works at CPDL
| Title | Year | No. | Genre | Subgenre | Voices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beatus homo qui invenit sapientiam | 1577 | 2 | Sacred | Motets | SA,AT,TB |
| Beatus vir qui in sapientia morabitur | 1577 | 1 | Sacred | Motets | SA, AT, TB |
| Expectatio justorum laetitia | 1577 | 5 | Sacred | Motets | SA |
| Fulgebunt justi | 1577 | 11 | Sacred | Motets | SA, TB |
| Justi tulerunt spolia | 1577 | 7 | Sacred | Motets | SA, TB |
| Justus cor suum | 1577 | 4 | Sacred | Motets | SA |
| Oculus non vidit | 1577 | 3 | Sacred | Motets | SA |
| Qui sequitur me | 1577 | 6 | Sacred | Motets | SA, AT |
| Qui vult venire post me | 1577 | 9 | Sacred | Motets | TB |
| Sancti mei | 1577 | 8 | Sacred | Motets | TB |
| Serve bone et fidelis | 1577 | 10 | Sacred | Motets | TB |
| Sicut rosa | 1577 | 12 | Sacred | Motets | SA |
IMSLP has the following list of Motets With Text in another collection titled "Bicinia"
| No. | Title | Genre | Subgenre | Language | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Te deprecamur largium | ||||
| 2 | Esurientes implevit bonis | Sacred | Motet | Latin | |
| 4 | Intellectum tibi dabo | ||||
| 5 | Auditui meo dabis gaudium | ||||
| 6 | Esurientes implevit bonis II | ||||
| 7 | Beata cujus bracchiis | Sacred | Motet | Latin | |
| 8 | Discedite a me omnes | Sacred | Motet | Latin | |
| 9 | Quoniam qui talia agunt | Sacred | Motet | Latin | |
| 10 | Fecit potentiam in brachio suo II | ||||
| 11 | Non avertas faciem tuam a me | Sacred | Motet | Latin | |
| 12 | Tota die exprobrabant | ||||
| 13 | Scribantur haec in generatione altera | Sacred | Motet | Latin | |
| 14 | Fecit potentiam in brachio suo | ||||
| 15 | Esurientes implevit bonis | ||||
| 16 | Aegra currit ad medicum | ||||
| 17 | Expectatio justorum laetitia | ||||
| 18 | Oculus non vidit | ||||
| 19 | Justus cor suum | =N.a. 4 | |||
| 20 | Fecit potentiam III | ||||
| 21 | Sicut locutus est | ||||
| 22 | Expandi manus meas | ||||
| 23 | Putruerunt et corruptae |