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The Gonzaga Masses

Guglielmo Gonzaga (1538-87) dedicated his life to transforming the duchy of Mantua into a model Catholic state. A munificent and dedicated patron of composers and performers, author and champion of the grandiose artistic-architectonic and liturgical-musical project of the ducal church of Santa Barbara, he was also a composer of sacred and secular polyphony and a theoretician of compositional methods. Among the surviving records are liturgical books that contain the plainchants for the liturgy of the basilica, chants that were presumably arranged to his specifications. These chants formed the basis of polyphonic compositions for Santa Barbara.

The Gonzaga Masses in the Conservatory Library of Milan, Fondo Santa Barbara, edited by Ottavio Beretta.

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CMM 108, Vol. I, Masses of GUGLIELMO GONZAGA and FRANCESCO ROVIGO.

Edited by Ottavio Beretta.

        1st. ed.     1997
     xxi + 221 pp.
Bound copy temporarily out of stock.
Unbound 8.5x11(A4) offprint available.

CMM 108–1–POD   $61.00

Contents
CMM 108-01, no. 1   Missa in Duplicibus Maioribus   1   Gonzaga
CMM 108-01, no. 2   Missa in Duplìcìbus Minoribus   34   Gonzaga
CMM 108-01, no. 3   Missa Apostolorum   69   Gonzaga
CMM 108-01, no. 4   Missa in Duplicibus Maioribus   102   Rovigo
CMM 108-01, no. 5   Missa Apostolorum   144   Rovigo
CMM 108-01, no. 6   Missa Dominicalis   185   Rovigo

 

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CMM 108, Vol. 2, Masses of GIOVANNI GIACOMO GASTOLDI, ALESSSANDRO STRIGGIO, GIACOMO CASTRATI, and GIULIO BRUSCHI.

Edited by Ottavio Beretta.

        1st. ed.     2007
    36 cm     xviii+180 pp.

CMM 108–2   978-1-59551-348-9   $100.00

Abstract
This next volume published in this series of masses from the Gonzaga court contains five masses in alternatim, one each by Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi (1556–1622), Alessandro Striggio (1536/37–1592), and Giacomo Castrati (16th cent.), and a further two by Giulio Bruschi (active 1561–69). All are for five voices and are edited following manuscript and print sources. For the Gastoldi and Striggio masses, supplementary mass movements from significant secondary sources are also included.

Contents
CMM 108-02, no. I.1   Kyrie, Missa in Dominicis diebus   3   Gastoldi
CMM 108-02, no. I.2   Gloria, Missa in Dominicis diebus   6   Gastoldi
CMM 108-02, no. I.3   Credo, Missa in Dominicis diebus   14   Gastoldi
CMM 108-02, no. I.4   Sanctus, Missa in Dominicis diebus   29   Gastoldi
CMM 108-02, no. I.5   Agnus Dei, Missa in Dominicis diebus   35   Gastoldi
CMM 108-02, no. I.6   Kyrie, Missa Dominicalis   37   Gastoldi
CMM 108-02, no. I.7   Sanctus, Missa Dominicalis   41   Gastoldi
CMM 108-02, no. II.1   Kyrie, Missa in Dominicis diebus   45   Striggio
CMM 108-02, no. II.2   Gloria, Missa in Dominicis diebus   47   Striggio
CMM 108-02, no. II.3   Credo, Missa in Dominicis diebus   55   Striggio
CMM 108-02, no. II.4   Sanctus, Missa in Dominicis diebus   63   Striggio
CMM 108-02, no. II.5   Agnus Dei, Missa in Dominicis diebus   68   Striggio
CMM 108-02, no. II.6   Gloria, Missae Dominicales   70   Striggio
CMM 108-02, no. II.7   Credo, Missae Dominicales   71   Striggio
CMM 108-02, no. II.8   Sanctus, Missa Dominicalis   73   Striggio
CMM 108-02, no. III.1   Kyrie, Missa in Dominicis diebus   78   Castrati
CMM 108-02, no. III.2   Gloria, Missa in Dominicis diebus   81   Castrati
CMM 108-02, no. III.3   Credo, Missa in Dominicis diebus   89   Castrati
CMM 108-02, no. III.4   Sanctus, Missa in Dominicis diebus   102   Castrati
CMM 108-02, no. III.5   Agnus Dei, Missa in Dominicis diebus   110   Castrati
CMM 108-02, no. IV.1   Kyrie, Missa in Festis duplicibus minoribus   113   Bruschi
CMM 108-02, no. IV.2   Gloria, Missa in Festis duplicibus minoribus   117   Bruschi
CMM 108-02, no. IV.3   Credo, Missa in Festis duplicibus minoribus   128   Bruschi
CMM 108-02, no. IV.4   Sanctus, Missa in Festis duplicibus minoribus   143   Bruschi
CMM 108-02, no. IV.5   Agnus Dei, , Missa in Festis duplicibus minoribus   147   Bruschi
CMM 108-02, no. V.1   Kyrie, Missa in Festis semiduplicibus minoribus   150   Bruschi
CMM 108-02, no. V.2   Gloria, Missa in Festis semiduplicibus minoribus   154   Bruschi
CMM 108-02, no. V.3   Credo, Missa in Festis semiduplicibus minoribus   163   Bruschi
CMM 108-02, no. V.4   Sanctus, Missa in Festis semiduplicibus minoribus   174   Bruschi
CMM 108-02, no. V.5   Agnus Dei, Missa in Festis semiduplicibus minoribus   178   Bruschi

 

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CMM 108, Vol. III, Missae In feris per annum (6 Masses by G. BRUSCHI, G. DE WERT, F. ROVIGO, G. G. GASTOLSI, V. SUARDI, P. PEZZANI.

Edited by Ottavio Beretta.

        1st. ed.     2000
    36 cm     xxiii + 68 pp.

CMM 108–3   978-1-59551-435-6   $48.00

Contents
CMM 108-03, no. 1   Die Lune   1   Bruschi
CMM 108-03, no. 2   Die Martis   11   Wert
CMM 108-03, no. 3   [Missa in Simplicibus Minoribus]   20   [Gonzaga]
CMM 108-03, no. 4   Die Mercurii   29   Rovigo
CMM 108-03, no. 5   Die Jovis   38   Gastoldi
CMM 108-03, no. 6   Die Veneris   47   Suardi
CMM 108-03, no. 7   Die Saturni   57   Pezzani

 

2022-06-24  

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