Recent Researches in the Music of the Renaissance

This collection of Latin motets, one each for eleven major festivals of the church year, was first published in Paris in 1554 by Nicolas du Chemin. These pieces, by Certon, Gardane, Gombert, Goudimel (who helped du Chemin edit the set), Maillard, and Villefond, present an overview of sacred music in the French capital during the reign of Henry II.

Music Sample

Contents 

Pierre Certon

Homo quidam (In die festo Corporis Christi); Ecce ego Johannes (In die festo Omnium Sanctorum)

Antoine Gardane
Suscipiens Jesum (In die festo Purificatione Beatae Mariae)

Nicolas Gombert
Surge Petre (De Sancto Petro)

Claude Goudimel
Gabriel angelus (In die festo Sancto Johannis baptistae); Ista est speciosa (De Beata Maria); Hodie nobis (In die festo Nativitatis Domini); Videntes stellam (In die Epiphaniae Domini)

Jean Maillard
Victimae paschali laudes (In die Paschae); Ascendo ad patrem (In die Ascensionis)

Ville Font ( = Villefond)
Si quis diligit me (In die Pentecostes)