Sacrae cantiones I (Carlo Gesualdo)

General Information

Title: Sacrarum Cantionum Liber Primus

Composer: Carlo Gesualdo

Published: Naples, 1603, edition by Giovanni Pietro Cappuccio

Description: Sacrae cantiones I – the original title of this collection is Sacrarum Cantionum Liber Primus (= "Sacred Choral Music, First Book" – a second book never appeared or is lost). Like the Tenebrae Responsories (1611), Sacrae Cantiones I is a collection of 19 motets for five voices (SATTB) in a mixture of styles.

List of works

1. Illumina faciem tuam
2. Deus refugium et virtus
3. Exaudi Deus deprecationem meam
4. Tribulationem et dolorem
5. Tribularer si nescirem
6. Precibus et meritis beatae Mariae
7. O Crux benedicta
8. O vos omnes
9. Dignare me laudare te
10. Maria mater gratiae
11. Laboravi in gemitu meo
12. Ave dulcissima Maria
13. Domine ne despicias
14. Peccantem me quotidie
15. Sancti Spiritus Domine
16. Hei mihi Domine
17. Venit lumen tuum Jerusalem
18. Reminiscere miserationum tuarum
19. Ave Regina coelorum

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