List of compositions by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, lithograph by Henri-Joseph Hesse

This is a list of compositions by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, sorted by genre. The volume (given in parentheses for motets) refers to the volume of the Breitkopf & Härtel complete edition in which the work can be found. Six of the volumes of masses and some of his motets and other works were published in these editions during Palestrina's lifetime. Others were collected later, from papal choirbooks and other sources. The dates of most pieces are unknown, unless they were known to have been composed in connection with some celebration. Of those works published during Palestrina's lifetime, many were composed considerably earlier that their date of publication, and of the others a large number remained unpublished until the 19th century.

The 32 volumes of Palestrina's collected works were published by Breitkopf & Härtel between 1862 and 1907. The volumes of the masses maintain the order of works in the previously published volumes (with the Collected Works Vol. 10 corresponding to the first book of Masses, and so on.) Some of the pieces in the last three volumes, 30–32, are considered spurious or doubtful.

Masses

Masses
Title Voices Volume Mode Type Source of theme Year
Missa Ad coenam Agni 5 10 Easter hymn
Missa ad fugam 4 11
Missa Aeterna Christi munera 4 14 Transposed ionian Cantus firmus Hymn from matins on Apostle's and Evangelists' days 1590
Missa Alma Redemptoris 6 20 Transposed ionian Advent antiphon
Missa Ascendo ad Patrem 5 21
Missa Aspice Domine 5 11 Dorian Third responsorium on first Sunday in November
Missa Assumpta est Maria 6 23 Mixolydian
Missa Ave Maria 4 16 Transposed dorian Ave Maria, second antiphon usual of the Annunciation
Missa Ave Maria 6 15 Transposed ionian Cantus firmus same
Missa Ave Regina coelorum 4 18 Hypoionian Ave Regina Caelorum, Marian antiphon
Missa Beatus Laurentius 5 23 Transposed hypomixolydian Palestrina's motet
Missa brevis 4 12 Transposed ionian Claude Goudimel's Missa Audi filia
Missa Confitebor tibi Domine 8 22 Transposed dorian 8-part motet
Missa de beata Virgine 4 11 various plainsong
Missa de beata Virgine (vel dominicalis) 6 12 various Plainsong, including tropes
Missa de feria 4 12 Phrygian Plainsong
Missa Descendit angelus Domini 4 20 Transposed ionian Motet by Hilaire Penet
Missa Dies sanctificatus 4 15 Mixolydian Palestrina's four-part motet
Missa Dilexi quoniam 5 15 Mixolydian
Missa Dum complerentur 6 17 Transposed ionian Motet of same name
Missa Dum esset summus pontifex 4 17 Dorian Antiphon to Magnifcat for 2nd Vesper
Missa Ecce ego Joannes 6 24
Missa Ecce sacerdos magnus 4 10 Mixolydian Cantus firmus Choral antiphon in Missa de Confessore Pontifice
Missa Emendemus 4 16 Hypodorian Similar to Missa Sine nomine in Volume 15; or motet by Spaniard Gabriel Calvez, now lost
Missa Fratres ego enim accepi 8 22 Transposed dorian 8-part motet
Missa Gabriel archangelus 4 10 Transposed dorian Parody Motet by Philippe Verdelot
Missa Già fu chi m'ebbe cara 4 19 Madrigal
Missa Hodie Christus natus est 8 22 Mixolydian Christmas motet
Missa Illumina oculos meos 6 19
Missa In illo tempore 4 19 Dorian Motet
Missa In majoribus duplicibus 4 23 various plainsong
Missa In minoribus duplicibus 4 23 various plainsong
Missa In te Domine speravi 4 15 Dorian Offertory for first Tuesday in Lent
Missa In te Domine speravi 6 18 Ionian Gregorian melody of Ambrosian hymn
Missa Inviolata 4 11 Transposed hypolydian Official melody from Advent
Missa Iste confessor 4 14 Hypodorian Cantus firmus Latin hymn
Missa Jam Christus astra ascenderat 4 14 Transposed dorian Cantus firmus Ascentiontide hymn
Missa L'homme armé 5 12 Hypomyxolydian Cantus firmus L'homme armé (secular song)
Missa Laudate Dominum omnes gentes 8 22 Transposed dorian Palestrina's motet
Missa Memor esto 5 17 Motet with similar title
Missa Nasce la gioia mia 6 14 Transposed dorian Madrigal by Gio. Leonardo Primavera dell' Arpa
Missa Nigra sum 5 14 Transposed hypoaeolian Parody Jean l'Héritier's motet "Nigra Sum"
Missa O admirabile commercium 5 17 Mixolydian Palestrina's motet, from first vesper antiphon for Christmas octave
Missa O Regem Coeli 4 10 Parody responsorium from Christmas octave, and motet by Andreas de Silva
Missa O Rex gloriae 4 21 Transposed hypodorian Palestrina's motet
Missa O sacrum convivium 5 23 Ionian Palestrina's motet
Missa O Virgo simul et Mater 5 19 Motet
Missa octavi toni 6 20 Hypomixolydian Cantus firmus
Missa Panem nostrum 5 24 Hypodorian Palestrina's motet, based on plainchant
Missa Panis quem ego dabo 4 14 Hypodorian Motet by Johannes Lupus and another by Jachet
Missa Papae Marcelli 6 11 Hypoionian (Mixolydian) Plainsong 1562
Missa Pater noster 4 24 Hypodorian Palestrina's motet, based on plainchant
Missa Petra sancta 5 19 Aeolian Unknown
Missa prima (Eripe me de inimicis) 5 13 Dorian Cantus firmus Verses for 9th Sunday after Pentecost
Missa prima (Lauda Sion) 4 13 Hypomixolydian Lauda Sion, Sequence for Corpus Christi
Missa primi toni (Io mi son giovinetta) 4 12 Transposed dorian Parody Madrigal by Domenico Ferrabosco
Missa Pro defunctis 5 10 various
Missa Qual è il più grand' amor? 5 21 Transposed hypoionian Madrigal by Cypriano de Rore?
Missa Quam pulchra es 4 15 Ionian Theme by J. Lupus
Missa Quando lieta sperai 5 20 Aeolian Madrigal by Cypriano de Rore
Missa quarta 4 13 Dorian Cantus firmus L'homme armé, secular song
Missa Quem dicunt homines 4 17 Hypomixolydian Motet by Jean Richafort
Missa quinti toni 6 19 Lydian (Ionian)
Missa Regina coeli 5 20 Transposed ionian Easter antiphon
Missa Regina coeli 4 21 Transposed hypoionian same
Missa Repleatur os meum 5 12 Phrygian responsorium for Thursday in second week of Epiphany and motet by Jachet
Missa Sacerdos et Pontifex 5 16 Hypodorian Magnificat Commune Conf. Pont. Mode II
Missa Sacerdotes Domini 6 17 Hypomixolydian Triple canon
Missa Salve Regina 5 24 Leading motive (not cantus firmus) Salve Regina, Marian antiphon
Missa Salvum me fac 5 11 Transposed dorian Fifth responsorium for Matins on Palm Sunday and motet by Jachet
Missa Sanctorum meritis 4 16 Phrygian Hymn
Missa secunda 5 13 Transposed dorian Unknown
Missa secunda (primi toni) 4 13 Transposed dorian Unknown
Missa Sicut lilium inter spinas 5 14 Transposed aeolian Parody Palestrina's motet
Missa sine nomine 4 11 Hypophrygian Unknown
Missa sine nomine 4 15 Mass by Jean Maillard on his own theme "Je suis deshéritée"
Missa sine nomine 5 18 Dorian Canon
Missa sine nomine 6 10 Transposed phrygian Unknown
Missa sine titulo 5 30
Missa sine titulo 6 24 Hypomixolydian Mass by Orlando di Lasso or motet] "Benedicta" of Josquin des Prez
Missa sine titulo 6 32
Missa Spem in alium 4 12 Aeolian First nocturn for 5th Sunday in September, and a model by Jachet
Missa Te Deum laudamus 6 18 Phrygian Plainsong
Missa tertia (Jesu, nostra redemptio) 4 13 Hypophrygian Hymn for Pentecost
Missa tertia (O magnum mysterium) 5 13 Hypophrygian Palestrina's motet of O Magnum Mysterium
Missa Tu es pastor ovium 5 16 Dorian Motet, from plainsong of Magnificat from Festival of St. Peter 1585
Missa Tu es Petrus 6 21 Mixolydian 5th antiphon at Vespers on the Feast of S. Peter and Paul
Missa Tu es Petrus 6 24 Mixolydian Second half of motet of the same name
Missa Ut, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La (Hexachord Mass) 6 12 Ionian Cantus firmus Guidonean hexachord 1561-62
Missa Creator Spiritus 6 23 Mixolydian Cyclic Veni Creator Spiritus, Pentecostal hymn
Missa Veni sponsa Christi 4 18 Palestrina's motet, based on plainchant
Missa Vestiva i colli 5 18 Dorian Madrigal, possibly also Easter sequence Victimae Paschali Laudes
Missa Viri Galilaei 6 21 Transposed dorian Palestrina's motet
Missa Virtute magna 4 10 Mixolydian Parody responsorium from Easter week and a motet by Andrea de Salva

Motets

Four voices

Five voices

Those marked with an asterisk form a cycle of 29 settings from the Canticum Canticorum.

Six voices

Seven voices

Eight voices

Twelve voices

Hymns for four voices

(All in Volume 8)

Offertories for five voices

(All in Volume 9)

Lamentations

All in Volume 25. There are 4 settings: (1) for 4 and 5 voices, (2) for 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 voices, (3) for 3, 4, 5, and 6 voices, and (4) for 3, 4, 5, and 6 voices.

Litanies

(All in Volume 26)

Psalms

(All in Volume 26)

Antiphon

Magnificats

(All in Volume 27)

Cantiones sacrae

(All in Volume 30)

Spiritual madrigals

Five voices

(All in Volume 29)

Four voices

Three voices

Secular madrigals

(All in Volume 28)

Cantiones profanae

(All in Volume 30)

Other

There are also works ascribed to Palestrina in the archives of the Julian Chapel, from the archives of the Pontifical Chapel, from the Vatican Library, from the archives of St. John Lateran, from the archives of Santa Maria Maggiore, from the library of the Roman College, and various other collections, included in Volumes 30, 31 and 32. Many of these, however, are considered doubtful or spurious.

Notes

  1. ↑ YouTube video
  2. ↑ Brink, Emily; Polman, Bert, eds. (1998). The Psalter Hymnal Handbook. Retrieved 26 January 2015.

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