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

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