Quaeramus cum pastoribus (Jean Mouton)

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  • (Posted 2019-03-18)  CPDL #53627:     
Editor: Andrew Fysh (submitted 2019-03-18).   Score information: A4, 7 pages   Copyright: CC BY SA
Edition notes: Original pitch. Original note values retained. Transcribed and edited from the earliest published and earliest hand-copied sources that have all parts digitised, plus seven other incomplete sources (see Editorial Notes for full list). This edition corrects the error in the 1529 Attaingnant publication described below.
  • CPDL #12916:        (Finale 2005)
Editor: Charles H. Giffen (submitted 2006-10-25).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 205 kB   Copyright: CPDL May be freely copied, distributed, and performed for nonprofit purpose.
Edition notes: Musica ficta clearly indicated. MusicXML source file(s) in compressed .mxl format.

General Information

Title: Quaeramus cum pastoribus (2.p. Ubi pascas, ubi cubes?)
Composer: Jean Mouton

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredMotet for Christmastide

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

{{Published}} is obsolete (code commented out), replaced with {{Pub}} for works and {{PubDatePlace}} for publications. in Antico, Motetti libro primo [Venice, 1521] and Antico, Motetti et carmina gallica [?Rome, c.1521]. These are the earliest published sources, though the many hand-copied sources of this work date from as early as c.1505–13. The later publication by Pierre Attaingnant, XII. Motetz musicaulx a quatre et cinq voix... [Paris, 1529] has all parts digitised and therefore seems to be a popular source for modern editions; however, the second half of the 39th breve is missing in all four part books, which results in a 'leftover' half-bar in modern notation. This error appears to be unique to this source.

Description: This motet by Mouton was the basis for a number of parody works by later composers, including parody masses by Morales and Willaert as well as motets by Crecquillon, Pedro de Cristo and Giovanni Croce (the latter two motets being available at CDPL).

It was so popular in its day that it was sung everywhere from the Sistine Chapel to Guatemalan frontier missions.

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Original text and translations

Original text and translations may be found at Quaeramus cum pastoribus.