Pierre de Manchicourt
Aliases: Mancicourt, Manchicurti
Life
Born: c. 1510, Béthune
Died: 5 October 1564, Madrid
Biography
The earliest known information indicates that in 1525 he was a choirboy at Arras. Subsequently, he held positions in Arras, Tours and Tournai. Ultimately, he went to Spain and became master of the Flemish chapel at the court of Philip II. He remained in that position until his death.
View the Wikipedia article on Pierre de Manchicourt.
List of choral works
Sacred works
Manchicourt surviving sacred output includes 19 masses, a Magnificat, and more than 70 Latin motets.
Masses
- Missa Ceste une dure departie 4vv (Parody of Sermisy’s chanson)
- Missa Congratulamini 4/6vv
- Missa Cuidez vous que Dieu 5vv (Parody of Richafort’s chanson)
- Missa de Domina Virgine Maria 5vv
- Missa de Requiem, a 5vv
- Missa de Retourner 4vv
- Missa Deus in adjutorium, a 4vv
- Missa Ego flos campi, 4vv (parody of Le Heurteur's motet)
- Missa Gris et tannet 4/5vv (parody of Sermisy's chanson)
- Missa Nisi Dominus 4/5vv (on L’Héritier's motet)
- Missa Noe noe 4/6vv (parody of Mouton's motet)
- Missa Non conturbetur cor vestrum 4/5vv (parody of Manchicourts's motet)
- Missa Povre cuer 4vv (parody of anon. chanson 1529)
- Missa Quo abiit dilectus tuus 4/5vv (parody of Manchicourt’s motet)
- Missa Reges terrae a 4/5vv (parody of Mouton's motet)
- Missa Reges terre a 6 (parody of Manchicourt’s motet)
- Missa Se dire je losoie 4vv (parody of Gombert's chanson)
- Missa Surge et illuminare 4vv
- Missa Veni Sancte Spiritus 6vv (paraphrase of the Sequence)
Motets and Canticles
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Summary of sacred works available at CPDL
Sacred works hosted on CPDL are here listed automatically; Du fond de ma pensée/En dieu is a French paraphrase of Ps 130.
Secular works
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Publications
- Neufiesme livre des chansons a quatre parties (1545) contains 29 of Manchicourt's chansons; another 24 are scattered in various collections.
External links
Works by Pierre de Manchicourt in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)