Quaeramus cum pastoribus (Jean Mouton)
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- 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, and seven other sources (see Editorial Notes). This edition corrects an error in the 1529 Attaingnant publication, as described below and in the Editorial Notes. A full list of non-concordances of the nine sources is available on request.
- 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: Original pitch and note values. Musica ficta clearly indicated.
General Information
Title: Quaeramus cum pastoribus (2.p. Ubi pascas, ubi cubes?)
Composer: Jean Mouton
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Motet for Christmastide
Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1521 in Antico, Motetti libro primo [Venice] (RISM 1521/3), no. 12
2nd published: c.1521 in Antico, Motetti et carmina gallica [?Rome] (RISM [c.1521]/7), no. 11
Manuscript c.1527 in Cappella Sistina MS 46, no. 9
3rd published: 1529 in Attaingnant, XII motetz musicaulx a quatre et cinq voix [Paris] (RISM 1529/1), no. 8
4th published: 1553 in Liber primus collectorum modulorum (Du Chemin & Goudimel) [Paris] (RISM 1553/2), no. 13
5th published: 1559 in Novum et insigne opus musicum (Berg and Neuber) [Nuremberg] (RISM 1559/2), Volume 3, no. 15
The two Antico publications are the earliest published sources of this work, though the many hand-copied sources date from as early as c.1505–13. The later publication by Pierre Attaingnant 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 that source.
Description: Mouton's motet is the model for a number of parody works by later composers, including masses by Morales and Willaert and motets by Crecquillon, Pedro de Cristo and Giovanni Croce (the Morales mass and the latter two motets being available at CPDL). 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.