Motet Cycles between Devotion and Liturgy

This book explores the corpus of motet cycles composed and disseminated in manuscript and printed sources of polyphony c.1470-c.1510 (including, but not limited to, the motetti missales). The different chapters investigate issues of textual and musical design, function, and performance, at the same time illuminating the rich devotional and cultural context in which this fascinating repertory flourished. About the series Since its establishment in 1933, the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland / Basel Academy of Music) has been involved in the research of historical musical practice. The series Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Scripta presents topical subjects and research results mostly in monographic form, whereby a broad spectrum of issues and presentation formats is cultivated. The publications are intended not only for specialists, but also for students and interested  persons outside the immediate field, and in this way encourage an in-depth occupation with the diversity of Early Music.

Daniele V. Filippi (1975) is a musicologist (PhD 2004, University of Pavia/Cremona). Since 2014 he is a SNF research fellow at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis / FHNW. Among his recent publications is the book Mapping the Motet in the Post-Tridentine Era, coedited with Esperanza Rodríguez García. Agnese Pavanello (1964) is a research associate at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis / FHNW. Among her recent publications is the edition of Gaspar van Weerbekes masses. She directed the research project Motet Cycles (c.1470-c.1510). Compositional design, performance, and cultural context(seewww.motetcycles.com).

I: Between Devotion and Liturgy Andrew Kirkman: Structure and Meaning in the Mass: The Ordinarium Missae and Beyond Robert Nosow: Simultaneous Ceremonies at the Collegiate Church of St. Donatian in Bruges Daniele V. Filippi: Where Devotion and Liturgy Meet: Reassessing the Milanese Roots of the Motetti missales Fañch Thoraval: Horologia Passionis: Hours, Hymns, and Motet Cycles for the Cross and the Passion   II: Fashioning the Shape and Sound of Prayer Texts Hana Vlhová-Wörner: Liturgical Poetry and Poetical Liturgy: The Texts of Motet Cycles as a Continuation of Earlier Textual Practice Marco Gozzi: Sequence Texts in Transmission (ca. 1200–ca. 1500) Eva Ferro: "Old Texts for New Music"? Textual and Philological Observations on the cycles Salve mater salvatoris and Ave Domine Iesu Christe from Librone 1   III: Milan, Motet Cycles, Josquin Joshua Rifkin: Milan, Motet Cycles, Josquin: Further Thoughts on a Familiar Topic   IV: In the Cycle Workshop: Case Studies Agnese Pavanello: Praying to Mary: Another Look at Gaspar van Weerbeke’s Marian Motetti missales Francesco Rocco Rossi: Surveying the First Gaffurius Codex: Reconsiderations on the Motetti missales Paradigm Clare Bokulich: Metre and the Motetti missales? Felix Diergarten: Gaude flore virginali – Message from the "Black Hole"?