Recent Researches in the Music of the Renaissance

Mattheus Le Maistre was appointed to the position of Kapellmeister at the Protestant electoral court in Dresden in 1554. Two of his most important subsequent publications, the Catechesis (1559) and the Geistliche Gesange (1557), contain tricinia that he wrote for the choirboys in his charge. Although Le Maistre tailored the technical demands of these Latin and German songs and chorale settings to conform to the limited vocal capabilities of the young boys, within that limitation they present an imaginative variety of musical style and compositional invention.

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Catechesis numeris musicis inclusa

Decem Praecepta Dei; Symbolum Apostolorum; Oratio Dominica 4. voc.; De Baptismo; De Coena Domini; Benedictio Mensae-Oculi. Benedicte. Confitemini. Gratias. Haec ex Discanti voce certis fugis canenda sunt; Gratiarum Actio-Canon in subdiapente

Schöne und auserlesene Deudsche und Lateinische Geistliche Gesenge
Das Benedicite; Das Gratias; Ein ander Dancksagung; Der 26. Psalm; Vater unser im Himmelreich; Ein feste Burg; Kom Heiliger Geist; Nu bitten wir; Gott sey gelobet; Ein Kindelein so löbelich; Gelobet seistu Jhesu Christ; O Herr nim von mir