How Irresistible Is this?

Often called the musical equivalent of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Trent codices have dramatically broadened our understanding of Renaissance music. Much has been written about this collection of fifteenth-century music manuscripts, most of which were discovered in the Cathedral at Trent, but none of the seven codices–generally called Trent 87 through Trent 93–has ever been published in its entirety. Thus Rebecca Gerber’s edition of Trent 88, which took more than a decade to prepare, will be the first to appear. As such, this volume is a landmark in the publication of early music.

Here’s the book

Foreword 
Acknowledgments 
Illustrations from Trent 88 follow p. xi.
Part One: Introduction

I The Origins of Trent 88 

II Paleographical Description of the Manuscript 
Gathering Structure, Watermarks, and Dating
The Scribes
The Notation of the Music and Text 

III The Repertory 

The Masses
The Propers
The Hymns
The Antiphons
The Sequences
The Magnificats and Cantios
The Motets
Contexts for the Masses
The Composers
Related Sources

Part Two: Concordance and Commentary

IV List of Sources and Bibliography 

A. Manuscripts of Polyphonic Music
B. Early Printed Sources
C. Literature and Modern Editions
D. Sound Recordings
E. Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Works

V Commentaries on the Individual Compositions 



Part Three: The Edition

Editorial Principles 
 
The Transcriptions:
 


1.
 [Missa] Veterem hominem
2.
 Sanctus [Hainricus] Collis
3. Stella celi extirpavit [Guillaume le Rouge?]
4.
 Os iusti
5.
 [Magnificat] Jo[hannes] Gayus
6. Gaudeat ecclesia/O Iesu perpetua [Johannes de Quadris]
7.
 Missa Dueil angoisseus [John Bedingham]
8.
 Agnus dei
9.
 Ego dormio
10.
 Imperatrix angelorum [Guillaume Du Fay]
11. [Missa] Caput Duffay [recte Anonymous]
12.
 [Missa] Fuit homo missus a deo
13. Composite mass [Anonymous and Gilles Binchois]
14.
 [Missa de beata virgine] [John Bedingham]
15.
 Composite mass
16.
 Salve regina
17.
 Alleluia. Ora pro nobis
18.
 Sanctus
19.
 O quam luce glorifica
20.
 O pulcherrima mulierum
21.
 Salve virgo, mater pia [Walter Frye]
22.
 [Te deum laudamus]
23.
 Dies est letitie/Der Tag der ist so freudenreich
24.
 [Magnificat]
25.
 [Missa] Se tu t’en marias
26.
 Puisque m’amour [John] Dumstable
27.
 [Missa] Puisque m’amour
28.
 Et in terra pascale
29.
 [Missa] Se la face ay pale [Guillaume Du Fay]
30.
 O edle Frucht/Martinus Abrahe
31.
 Missa Pax vobis ego sum
32.
 [Missa de Sancto Spiritu] [Anonymous and Guillaume Du Fay]
33.
 Missa de Sancta Trinitate
34.
 [Missa de Sancto Andrea]
35.
 [Missa] de Sancta Cruce
36.
 Missa Sancti Johannis baptiste
37.
 [Missa] de Angelis
38.
 Missa Sancti Georgii [et in natale unius martiris non pontificis] [Anonymous and Guillaume Du Fay]
39.
 [Missa de Nativitate]
40.
 Missa Sancti Mauritii et sociorum eius [et in natale plurimorum martirum]
41. [Missa Sancti Anthonii abbatis]
42.
 [Missa Sancti Anthonii de Padua] [Anonymous and Guillaume Du Fay]
43. Gaudeamus omnes
44.
 [Missa Sancti Francisci] [Anonymous and Guillaume Du Fay]
45.
 [Missa Sancti Stephani]
46.
 Salve regina
47.
 Audi filia
48.
 Eterne rerum conditor/Dueil angoisseus [Gilles Binchois]
49.
 O sidus Hispanie
50.
 O proles Hispanie [Guillaume Du Fay]
51.
 Agwillare habeth standiff
52.
 [Missa Sancti Sebastiani]
53.
 Grates nunc omnes
54.
 Pucelle
55.
 [Missa Paschalis]
56.
 Magnificat
57.
 [Christe redemptor omnium]
58.
 Regina celi letare
59.
 Vidi aquam
60.
 Salve festa dies 
61.
 Urbs beata Ierusalem 
62.
 Kyrie pascale 
63.
 Kyrie de apostolis 
64.
 [Magnificat] 
65.
 Iesu nostra redemptio 
66.
 O lux beata trinitas 
67.
 Veni redemptor gentium 
68.
 Veni creator spiritus 
69.
 Pange lingua 
70.
 Festum nunc celebre 
71.
 Vita sanctorum 
72.
 Quem terra pontus ethera 
73.
 Gaude visceribus 
74.
 Ave maris stella 
75.
 Gaude visceribus 
76.
 Deus tuorum militum 
77.
 Omnes superni ordines 
78.
 Exultet celum laudibus 
79.
 Iste confessor 
80.
 Iste confessor 
81.
 Resonet in laudibus 
82.
 Magnificat primi toni 
83.
 Dies est letitie 
84.
 [Magnificat] 
85.
 Te deum laudamus 
86.
 Ave Iesu Christe 
87.
 Christus surrexit 
88.
 [Magnificat] tertii toni 
89.
 Advenisti desiderabilis/Advenit nobis desiderabilis 
90.
 Felix namque es 
91.
 Beata viscera 
92.
 [Missa sine nomine] 
93.
 Sanctus–Agnus dei [Flemmik] 
94.
 Puer natus est 
95.
 [Missa Le serviteur] 
96.
 Missa Ayo visto lo mappamundi Johannes Cornago 
97.
 Gaude Maria/Meditatio cordis mei [Johannes Cornago?] 
98.
 [Missa] Caput Jo[hannes] Okeghem 
99.
 [Missa Rozel im Garten] 
1.
 O florens rosa Jo[hannes] Touront 
101.
 [Missa] O admirabile [beati Gregorii] Simon de Insula 
102.
 [Textless] 
103.
 [Magnificat] 
104.
 Magnificat 
105.
 [O pellegrina, o luce] 
106.
 [Missa Ad fugam reservatam] Standley 
107.
 Kyrie de beata virgine [Bourgois?] 
108.
 Gloria Spiritus et alme [Bourgois] 
109.
 Ave regina celorum [Guillaume Du Fay] 
110.
 Quam pulchra es
111.
 Qualis est dilectus meus 
112.
 Tota pulchra es 
113.
 Tota pulchra es [John Plummer?] 
114.
 A solis ortus cardine 
115.
 Discubuit Iesus 
116.
 Advenisti. Venisti nostras 
117.
 [Magnificat] 
118.
 Alleluia. Dulcis mater 
119.
 Verbum bonum et suave 
120.
 [Mittit ad virginem] 
121.
 Magnificat 
122.
 Magnificat 
123.
 Magnificat 
124. Magnificat 
125.
 Magnificat 
126.
 [Magnificat] 
127.
 Pange lingua [Johannes] Touront 
128.
 [Missa de beata virgine] 
129.
 Salve sancta parens 
130.
 Resurrexi 
131.
 Kyrie pascale 
132.
 Christ ist erstanden 
133.
 Kyrie de apostolis 
134.
 Kyrie de martyribus 
135.
 [Missa] O rosa bella
136.
 Gloria 
137.
 Christe redemptor omnium 
138.
 [Missa] Grüne Linden 
139.
 Gloria [Guillaume Du Fay] 
140.
 Deus tuorum militum [Guillaume Du Fay] 
141.
 O sacrum convivium 
142.
 [Missa] Esclave puist il devenir 
143.
 [Missa] Spiritus almus P[etrus] de Domarto 
144.
 Gaude mater [Antoine Busnoys] 
145.
 [Missa] Le serviteur Jo[hannes] Okeghem [recte Guillaume Faugues]

 

4 Replies to “How Irresistible Is this?”

  1. This looks like an excellent and valuable addition, but at $387.50 I'll have to hope a library near me will acquire a copy.

  2. We've had this at the Case Western library for about a year now. 1 down, 6 to go!

  3. We use a lot of these pieces at mass. There are quite a few for just three voices, so you can do them with a really small group, which is important for us. Bear in mind that many do not include the texts, which are often only indicated by the title. You have to write in the text underlay and then xerox your 'edition' for the choir. It's definitely worth it!

Comments are closed.