O admirabile commercium (Josquin des Prez)

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• (Posted 2018-05-28)  CPDL #49874:       

Editor: John Hetland (submitted 2018-05-28).   Score information: Letter, 6 pages, 542 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Source: New Josquin Edition, vol. 21, ed. Bonnie J. Blackburn, 2007. Notation here is a tone higher than original with time values halved. Translation, text underlay and editorial accidentals by John Hetland and the Renaissance Street Singers. 26 Nov 2017

General Information

Title: O admirabile commercium
Composer: Josquin des Prez

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: ATTB
Genre: Sacred, Motet

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1521 in Motetti libro primo (Antico), no. 4
    Manuscript c.1527 in Cappella Sistina MS 46, no. 13
    2nd published: 1538 in Novum et insigne opus musicum (Ott and Formschneider), Volume 2, no. 29.1
Description: This is the first in a series of five related antiphons that were consistently printed and copied together. The others are 'Quando nato est', 'Rubum quem viderat', 'Germinavit radix Jesse', and 'Ecce Maria genuit'.

Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at O admirabile commercium.