Jeffreys: Latin Sacred Music I

Description

Transcribed and edited by Jonathan Wainwright

Latin motets for one, two and four voices and basso continuo are the contents of the second of three MB volumes devoted to the music of George Jeffreys. (The third, forthcoming, will include motets for three, five and six voices.) Some of Jeffreys' earliest Latin music may have been intended for private aristocratic devotions, or perhaps even for the privy chambers of Charles I. His later sacred music, including some of his most successful and experimental work, was probably written for services or private devotions at Kirby Hall, the seat of his patron Christopher Hatton, and is a notable example of a continuing commitment to the Italianate stile nuovo in the years of the Restoration.

CONTENTS

LATIN LITURGICAL MUSIC

1. Gloria in excelsis Deo (C C A/T T B bc)
2. Credo in unum Deum (A/T T T B bc)
3. Venite exultemus Domino (A/T T T B bc)
4. Te Deum laudamus (A/T T T B bc)
5. Jubilate Deo [i] (A/T T T B bc)
6. Magnificat (A/T T T B bc)
7. Nunc dimittis (A/T T T B bc)

LATIN MOTETS FOR ONE VOICE AND BASSO CONTINUO

1. O quam suave (B bc)
2. Speciosus forma (B bc)

LATIN MOTETS FOR TWO VOICES AND BASSO CONTINUO

1. Audivi vocem de caelo (T T bc) 11a. Domine Deus salutis meae (original version)(T T bc) 11b. Domine Deus salutis meae (revised version) (T T bc)
2. Erit gloria Domini in saeculum (T T bc) 13a. Et ingrediar ad altare Dei (original version) (T T bc) 13b. Et ingrediar ad altare Dei (revised version) (T T bc) 14a. Heu, me miseram! (Dialogue Maria et Angelis) (original version) (C B bc) 14b. Heu, me miseram! (Dialogue Maria et Angelis) (revised version) (C B bc)
3. Jesu rex admirabilis (A/T B bc)
4. O nomen Jesu (A/T B bc) 17a. O panis angelorum (original version) (T B bc) 17b. O panis angelorum (revised version) (T B bc)
5. O pretiosum et admirandum convivium (A/T B bc) 19a. O quam dulcis (original version) (C B bc) 19b. O quam dulcis (revised version) (C B bc) 20a. Si diligitis me (original version) (T T bc) 20b. Si diligitis me (revised version) (T T bc) 21a. Sive vigilem, sive dormiam (original version) (T T bc) 21b. Sive vigilem, sive dormiam (revised version) (T T bc) 22a. Timor et tremor (original version) (T T bc) 22b. Timor et tremor (revised version) (T T bc)

LATIN MOTETS FOR FOUR VOICES AND BASSO CONTINUO

1. Amor Jesu, dulcis amor (C A/T T B bc)
2. Audite caeli (C/A A/T T B bc)
3. Ego sum panis ille vitae (C A/T T B bc)
4. Gloria Patri, et Filio (A/T A/T T B bc)
5. Gloria Patri qui creavit nos (A/T T T B bc)
6. Jesu, dulcedo cordium (C A/T T B bc)
7. Jubilate Deo [ii] (C A/T T B bc)
8. O bone Jesu (C A/T T B bc)
9. O Domine Deus (A/T T T B bc) Pt 2 O Deus meus et omnia!
10. O quam jucundum (A/T T T B bc)
11. Quid commisisti, Jesu (C A/T T B bc)