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The fact that Pierre Attaingnant, publisher of the French Royal Court, devoted his fourteenth and final volume of motets in 1539 entirely to Manchicourt's work (an honour he bestowed on no other, and emulated by Flemish publishers Susato and Phalèse in 1545 and 1554 respectively) bears testament to the composer's reputation in his day. Around the time of his death, Manchicourt's highly polyphonic style of composition rapidly went out of fashion  — a fate shared with his contemporaries [[Nicolas Gombert]], [[Jacobus Clemens non Papa|Jacobus Clemens]] and [[Thomas Crecquillon]] — as the liturgical reforms of the Council of Trent took hold, marking the transition from the High Renaissance to the less florid Late-Renaissance style of Victoria and Palestrina.
The fact that Pierre Attaingnant, publisher of the French Royal Court, devoted his fourteenth and final volume of motets in 1539 entirely to Manchicourt's work (an honour he bestowed on no other, and emulated by Flemish publishers Susato and Phalèse in 1545 and 1554 respectively) bears testament to the composer's reputation in his day. Around the time of his death, Manchicourt's highly polyphonic style of composition rapidly went out of fashion  — a fate shared with his contemporaries [[Nicolas Gombert]], [[Jacobus Clemens non Papa|Jacobus Clemens]] and [[Thomas Crecquillon]] — as the liturgical reforms of the Council of Trent took hold, marking the transition from the High Renaissance to the less florid Late-Renaissance style of Victoria and Palestrina.
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====Masses, mass section, ''Magnificat''====
====Masses, mass section, ''Magnificat''====
Manchicourt’s surviving complete masses consist of eighteen settings of the Mass Ordinary and a setting of the Ordinary and Propers of the Mass for the Dead. Most of the former are parody masses, based either on his own motet (three settings) or on sacred or secular works by other Franco-Flemish composers (eleven settings). Two mass settings are based on unidentified models, and the remaining two use Gregorian chant as their basis (likewise the ''Missa de Requiem''). As was common practice, the final ''Agnus Dei'' of many of the mass settings includes one or two additional voice parts: such cases are indicated by a number in parentheses.
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*Missa ''Ceste une dure departie'' 4vv — <small>on [[Cest une dure departie (Claudin de Sermisy)|Sermisy’s chanson]]</small>
*Missa ''Ceste une dure departie'' 4vv — <small>on [[Cest une dure departie (Claudin de Sermisy)|Sermisy’s ''chanson'']]</small>
*Missa ''Congratulamini'' 4/6vv — <small>on an unidentified model</small>
*Missa ''Congratulamini'' 4(6)vv — <small>on an unidentified model</small>
*Missa ''Cuidez vous que Dieu'' 5/6vv — <small>on [[Cuidez vous que Dieu nous faille (Jean Richafort)|Richafort’s chanson]]</small>
*Missa ''Cuidez vous que Dieu'' 5(6)vv — <small>on [[Cuidez vous que Dieu nous faille (Jean Richafort)|Richafort’s ''chanson'']]</small>
*Missa de Domina Virgine Maria 4/5vv — <small>paraphrase on Mass IV, IX as in ''[[Liber Usualis]]''</small>
*Missa ''De retourner'' 4vv — <small>on an anon. ''chanson'' [Attaingnant, RISM 1528/6]</small>
*Missa de Requiem 5vv
*Missa ''Deus in adjutorium'' 4(5)vv — <small>on [[Claudin de Sermisy|Sermisy]]’s motet</small>
*Missa ''De retourner'' 4vv — <small>on an anonymous chanson in Attaingnant, RISM [c.1528]<sup>6</sup></small>
*''Missa de Domina Virgine Maria'' 4(5)vv — <small>on Mass IV, IX as in ''[[Liber Usualis]]''</small>
*Missa ''Deus in adjutorium'' 4/5vv — <small>on [[Claudin de Sermisy|Sermisy]]’s motet</small>
*Missa ''Ego flos campi'' 4vv — <small> on [[Guillaume Le Heurteur|Le Heurteur]]’s motet</small>
*Missa ''Ego flos campi'' 4vv — <small> on [[Guillaume Le Heurteur|Le Heurteur]]’s motet</small>
*Missa ''Gris et tannet'' 4/5vv — <small>on [[Gris et tenné (Claudin de Sermisy)|Sermisy’s chanson]]</small>
*Missa ''Gris et tannet'' 4(5)vv — <small>on [[Gris et tenné (Claudin de Sermisy)|Sermisy’s ''chanson'']]</small>
*Missa ''Nisi Dominus'' 4/5vv — <small>on [[Jehan L'Heritier|L’Héritier]]’s motet</small>
*Missa ''Nisi Dominus'' 4(5)vv — <small>on [[Jehan L'Heritier|L’Héritier]]’s motet</small>
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*Missa ''Noe, noe'' 4/6vv — <small>on [[Noe, noe psallite (Jean Mouton)|Mouton’s motet]]</small>
*Missa ''Noe, noe'' 4(6)vv — <small>on [[Noe, noe psallite (Jean Mouton)|Mouton’s motet]]</small>
*Missa ''Non conturbetur cor vestrum'' 4/5vv — <small>on [[Non conturbetur cor vestrum (Pierre de Manchicourt)|his own or Gosse’s motet]]</small>
*Missa ''Non conturbetur cor vestrum'' 4(5)vv — <small>on [[Non conturbetur cor vestrum (Pierre de Manchicourt)|his own or Gosse’s motet]]</small>
*Missa ''Povre cuer'' 4vv — <small>on an anonymous chanson in Attaingnant, RISM 1528<sup>4</sup></small>
*Missa ''Povre cuer'' 4vv — <small>on an anon. ''chanson'' [Attaingnant, RISM 1528/4]</small>
*Missa ''Quo abiit dilectus tuus'' 4/5vv — <small>on his own motet</small>
*Missa ''Quo abiit dilectus tuus'' 4(5)vv — <small>on his own motet</small>
*Missa ''Reges terrae'' (1st setting) 4/5vv — <small>[E-Mo 768, c.1545–55] on [[Reges terrae congregati sunt (Jean Mouton)|Mouton’s motet]]</small>
*Missa ''Reges terrae I'' 4(5)vv <small>[E-Mo 768, c.1545–55]</small> — <small>on [[Reges terrae congregati sunt (Jean Mouton)|Mouton’s motet]]</small>
*Missa ''Reges terrae'' (2nd setting) 6vv <small>[B-Bcx 27087, c.1549] on [[Reges terrae (Pierre de Manchicourt)|his own motet]]</small>
*Missa ''Reges terrae II'' 6vv <small>[B-Bcx 27087, c.1549]</small> — <small>on [[Reges terrae (Pierre de Manchicourt)|his own motet]]</small>
*Missa ''Se dire je losoie'' 4/5vv — <small>on [[Se dire je losoye (Nicolas Gombert)|Gombert’s chanson]]</small>
*Missa ''Se dire je losoie'' 4(5)vv — <small>on [[Se dire je losoye (Nicolas Gombert)|Gombert’s ''chanson'']]</small>
*Missa ''Surge et illuminare'' 4/5vv — <small>mass for Epiphany, on an unidentified motet</small>
*Missa ''Surge et illuminare'' 4(5)vv — <small>on an unidentified model</small>
*Missa ''Veni Sancte Spiritus'' 6vv — <small>paraphrase of [[Veni Sancte Spiritus|the Sequence for Pentecost]]</small>
*Missa ''Veni Sancte Spiritus'' 6vv — <small>on [[Veni Sancte Spiritus|the Sequence for Pentecost]]</small>
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*Domine Deus 2vv
*''Missa de Requiem'' 5vv — <small>using chant settings of the Ordinary and Propers of the Mass for the Dead from the ''[[Liber Usualis]]'' as a ''cantus firmus''</small>
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*''Domine Deus'' 2vv — <small>mass fragment published in a collection of 2vv works [Gardano, RISM 1543/19] that includes mass fragments from other composers</small>
*Magnificat secundi toni 4/5vv
*''Magnificat secundi toni'' 4(5)vv — <small>alternating verses of polyphony and Tone II chant, published in a collection of Magnificat settings [Attaingnant, RISM 1534/7]</small>
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*{{NoCo|Cantantibus organis}} 4vv (2.p. Caecilia virgo gloriosa)
*{{NoCo|Cantantibus organis}} 4vv (2.p. Caecilia virgo gloriosa)
*{{NoCo|Caro mea vere est cibus}} 5vv (2.p. Hic est panis)
*{{NoCo|Caro mea vere est cibus}} 5vv (2.p. Hic est panis)
*{{NoCo|Congratulamini mihi omnes I (1539)|Congratulamini mihi omnes I}} 5vv (2.p. Tulerunt Dominum) <small>[[Motettorum, Book 14 (Pierre Attaingnant)|[Attaingnant, 1539]]]</small>
*{{NoCo|Congratulamini mihi — Tulerunt Dominum|Congratulamini mihi}} 5vv (2.p. Tulerunt Dominum)
*{{NoCo|Congratulamini mihi omnes II (1554)|Congratulamini mihi omnes II}} 5vv (2.p. Et beatam me dicent) <small>[[Cantionum sacrarum liber 5 (Pierre de Manchicourt)|[Phalèse, 1554]]]</small>
*{{NoCo|Congratulamini mihi — Et beatam me dicent|Congratulamini mihi}} 5vv (2.p. Et beatam me dicent)
*De profundis clamavi 5vv (2.p. Sustinuit anima mea)
*De profundis clamavi 5vv (2.p. Sustinuit anima mea)
*{{NoCo|Dilectus meus descendit in hortum suum}} 4vv (2.p. Revertere dilecte mi)
*{{NoCo|Dilectus meus descendit in hortum suum}} 4vv (2.p. Revertere dilecte mi)
*{{NoCo|Domine Jesu Christe}} 4vv
*{{NoCo|Domine Jesu Christe}} 4vv
*{{NoCo|Domine non secundum peccata nostra|Domine non secundum peccata}} 4vv (2.p. Quare memento) – <small>attributed to [[Nicolas Gombert]] in later sources </small>
*{{NoCo|Domine non secundum peccata nostra|Domine, non secundum peccata}} 4vv (2.p. Quare memento) – <small>attributed to [[Nicolas Gombert]] in later sources </small>
*Domine, peccavi 4vv
*Domine, peccavi 4vv
*{{NoCo|Dulcis mater, dulci nato}} 6vv (2.p. Inclina, mater misericordiae)
*{{NoCo|Dulcis mater, dulci nato}} 6vv (2.p. Inclina, mater misericordiae)
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*{{NoCo|Ego sum panis vivus}} 5vv (2.p. Caro enim mea)
*{{NoCo|Ego sum panis vivus}} 5vv (2.p. Caro enim mea)
*Emendemus in melius 5vv (2.p. Peccavimus cum patribus)
*Emendemus in melius 5vv (2.p. Peccavimus cum patribus)
*Exaudiat te Dominus 5vv (2.p. Impleat Dominus)
*Exaudiat te, Dominus 5vv (2.p. Impleat Dominus)
*Fundata est domus Domini 5vv (2.p. Benedic Domine domum)
*Fundata est domus Domini 5vv (2.p. Benedic Domine domum)
*{{NoCo|Homo quidam fecit}} 6vv (2.p. Gaudeamus et exultemus)
*{{NoCo|Homo quidam fecit}} 6vv (2.p. Gaudeamus et exultemus)
*Illuminare, Jerusalem 6vv (2.p. Filii tui de longe)
*{{NoCo|Illuminare, Jerusalem}} 6vv (2.p. Filii tui de longe venient)
*In omnibus requiem 5vv (2.p. Et radicavi in populo)
*In omnibus requiem 5vv (2.p. Et radicavi in populo)
*Interrogabat magos Herodes 5vv (2.p. Et ecce stella)
*Interrogabat magos Herodes 5vv (2.p. Et ecce stella)
*[''[[Ite in orbem (Jacobus Clemens non Papa)|Ite in orbem]]'' 5vv (2.p. Signa eos)] — <small>doubtful attribution; attributed to [[Jacobus Clemens non Papa|Jacobus Clemens]] in fifteen of sixteen sources</small>
*[''[[Ite in orbem (Jacobus Clemens non Papa)|Ite in orbem]]'' 5vv (2.p. Signa eos)] — <small>doubtful attribution; attributed to [[Jacobus Clemens non Papa|Jacobus Clemens]] in fifteen of sixteen sources</small>
*{{NoCo|Jubilate Deo|Jubilate Deo adjutori meo}} 6vv (2.p. Si dormiero)
*{{NoCo|Jubilate Deo|Jubilate Deo adjutori meo}} 6vv (2.p. Si dormiero)
*{{NoCo|Laudate Dominum|Laudate Dominum, omnes gentes}} 6vv (2.p. Plaudite ergo, omnes gentes)
*{{NoCo|Laudate Dominum}} 6vv (2.p. Plaudite ergo, omnes gentes)
*Laudem dicite Deo nostro 5vv (2.p. Laudate Dominum Deum)
*Laudem dicite Deo nostro 5vv (2.p. Laudate Dominum Deum)
*Lux de caelo adveniens 4vv (2.p. Te expectat chorus angelorum)
*Lux de caelo adveniens 4vv (2.p. Te expectat chorus angelorum)
*Maria Magdalene 5vv (2.p. Cito euntes dicite discipulis)
*Maria Magdalene 5vv (2.p. Cito euntes dicite discipulis)
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*{{NoCo|Media vita in morte sumus}} 4vv (2.p. Sancte Deus, sancte fortis)
*{{NoCo|Media vita in morte sumus}} 4vv (2.p. Sancte Deus, sancte fortis)
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*Ne derelinquas me, Domine 4vv (2.p. Propterea confitebor tibi Domine)
*Ne derelinquas me Domini 4vv (2.p. Propterea confitebor tibi Domine)
*{{NoCo|Ne reminiscaris|Ne reminiscaris, Domine}} 4vv
*{{NoCo|Ne reminiscaris|Ne reminiscaris Domine}} 4vv
*{{NoCo|Non conturbetur cor vestrum}} 4vv (2.p. Ego rogabo Patrem meum) — <small>attributed to [[Maître Gosse]] in earlier sources</small>
*{{NoCo|Non conturbetur cor vestrum}} 4vv (2.p. Ego rogabo Patrem meum) — <small>attributed to [[Maître Gosse]] in earlier sources</small>
*[[O bone Jesu (Anonymous)|''O bone Jesu, salvator mundi'']] 4vv — <small>''‘incertus autor’'' in its [[Ecclesiasticarum cantionum quatuor vocum, liber 4|original source]]</small>  
*{{NoCo|O bone Jesu|O bone Jesu, salvator mundi}} 4vv — <small>''‘incertus autor’'' in its [[Ecclesiasticarum cantionum quatuor vocum, liber 4|original source]]</small>  
*{{NoCo|O crux splendidior}} 5vv (2.p. Nobile lignum exalta)
*{{NoCo|O crux splendidior}} 5vv (2.p. Nobile lignum exalta)
*O crux viride lignum 5vv (2.p. Salus omnium populorum)
*O crux viride lignum 5vv (2.p. Salus omnium populorum)
*{{NoCo|O Emmanuel}} …Rex et legifer noster 4vv
*{{NoCo|O Emmanuel}} …Rex et legifer noster 4vv
*O intemerata 4vv (2.p. O virgo gloriosa)
*{{NoCo|O intemerata}} 4vv (2.p. O virgo gloriosa)
*{{NoCo|O Thoma didyme}} …per Christum meruisti tangere 5vv
*{{NoCo|O Thoma didyme}} …per Christum meruisti tangere 5vv
*{{NoCo|O Virgo Virginum}} …quomodo fiet istud 6vv
*{{NoCo|O Virgo Virginum}} …quomodo fiet istud 6vv
*Osculetur me 6vv (2.p. Trahe me post te)
*{{NoCo|Osculetur me}} 6vv (2.p. Trahe me post te)
*Paratum cor meum 4vv (2.p. Exaltare in virtute)
*Paratum cor meum 4vv (2.p. Exaltare in virtute)
*{{NoCo|Pater peccavi I (5vv)|Pater peccavi I}} 5vv (2.p. Quanti mercenarii) <small>[[Sacrarum cantionum, liber 2 (Tielman Susato)|[Susato, 1546]]]</small>
*{{NoCo|Pater peccavi I (5vv)|Pater peccavi I}} 5vv (2.p. Quanti mercenarii) <small>[[Sacrarum cantionum, liber 2 (Tielman Susato)|[Susato, 1546]]]</small>
*{{NoCo|Pater peccavi II (4vv)|Pater peccavi II}} 4vv (2.p. Quanti mercenarii) <small>[Berg (Montanus) & Neuber, 1546]</small>
*{{NoCo|Pater peccavi II (4vv)|Pater peccavi II}} 4vv (2.p. Quanti mercenarii) <small>[Berg & Neuber, 1546]</small>
*{{NoCo|Peccantem me quotidie}} 4vv (2.p. Commissa mea pavesco)
*{{NoCo|Peccantem me quotidie}} 4vv (2.p. Commissa mea pavesco)
*Peccata mea, Domine 5vv (2.p. Quoniam iniquitatem)
*Peccata mea, Domine 5vv (2.p. Quoniam iniquitatem)
*{{NoCo|Proba me domine|Proba me, Domine}} 4vv (2.p. Respice in me, Deus)
*{{NoCo|Proba me domine|Proba me, Domine}} 4vv (2.p. Respice in me, Deus)
*Puer qui natus est 5vv (2.p. Hic praecursor dilectus)
*Puer qui natus est 5vv (2.p. Hic praecursor dilectus)
*Quae est ista 6vv (2.p. Ista est speciosa)
*{{NoCo|Quae est ista quae ascendit}} 6vv (2.p. Ista est speciosa)
*Quo abiit dilectus tuus 4vv (2.p. Qualis est dilectus tuus)
*Quo abiit dilectus tuus 4vv (2.p. Qualis est dilectus tuus)
*Quousque Domine 5vv (2.p. Et ne negligas)
*Quousque Domine 5vv (2.p. Et ne negligas)
*Recordare Domine testamenti 5vv (2.p. Quiescat Domine ira tua)
*Recordare, Domine, testamenti 5vv (2.p. Quiescat Domine ira tua)
*{{NoCo|Reges terrae|Reges terrae congregati sunt}} 6vv (2.p. Et venientes invenerunt)
*{{NoCo|Reges terrae|Reges terrae congregati sunt}} 6vv (2.p. Et venientes invenerunt)
*{{NoCo|Regina caeli laetare}} 6vv (2.p. Resurrexit, sicut dixit)
*{{NoCo|Regina caeli laetare}} 6vv (2.p. Resurrexit, sicut dixit)
*Salva nos, Christe salvator 8vv (2.p. Dulce lignum, dulces clavos) — <small>''contrafactum'' of Vidi speciosam</small>
*Salva nos, Christe salvator 8vv (2.p. Dulce lignum, dulces clavos) — <small>''contrafactum'' of Vidi speciosam, dubiously attributed to [[Jacobus Clemens non Papa|Jacobus Clemens]]</small>
*Si bona suscepimus 5vv (2.p. Tribularer si nescirem)
*Si bona suscepimus 5vv (2.p. Tribularer si nescirem)
*Super montem excelsum 4vv (2.p. Judaea et Jerusalem)
*Super montem excelsum 4vv (2.p. Judaea et Jerusalem)
*Sustinuimus pacem 6vv (2.p. Nos alium Deum nescimus)
*{{NoCo|Sustinuimus pacem}} 6vv (2.p. Nos alium deum nescimus)
*Tanto tempore vobiscum sum 5vv (2.p. Si cognovissetis me)
*Tanto tempore vobiscum sum 5vv (2.p. Si cognovissetis me)
*Tota pulchra es 6vv (2.p. Flores apparuerunt)
*Tota pulchra es 6vv (2.p. Flores apparuerunt)
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*Vere Dominus est in loco isto 5vv (2.p. Haec est domus Domini)
*Vere Dominus est in loco isto 5vv (2.p. Haec est domus Domini)
*{{NoCo|Vias tuas Domine demonstra mihi}} 4vv (2.p. Eripe me de inimicis meis)
*{{NoCo|Vias tuas Domine demonstra mihi}} 4vv (2.p. Eripe me de inimicis meis)
*Vidi speciosam 8vv (2.p. Quae est ista)
*Vidi speciosam 8vv (2.p. Quae est ista quae processit)
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====''Chansons spirituelles''====
====''Chansons spirituelles''====
These two ''chansons'', published in one source as two parts of a single work, are a French paraphrase of [[Psalm 130]]:
These two ''chansons'' are a French paraphrase of [[Psalm 130]], and appear in one printed source as two parts of a single work:
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*{{NoCo|Du fond de ma pensee|Du fond de ma pensée}} 4vv
*{{NoCo|Du fond de ma pensee|Du fond de ma pensée}} 4vv
*{{NoCo|En Dieu me consolle|En Dieu [je] me consolle}} 4vv
*{{NoCo|En Dieu me consolle|En Dieu [je] me consolle}} 4vv
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====Summary of sacred works available at CPDL (listed automatically)====
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====Latin dedicatory motets====
====Latin dedicatory motets====
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*Nunc enim si centum 4vv (2.p. Ne dubitatis; 3.p. Innumeras unus) – <small>in praise of Charles V</small>
*Nunc enim si centum 4vv (2.p. Ne dubitatis; 3.p. Innumeras unus) – <small>in praise of Charles V</small>
*Nil pace est melius 5vv (2.p. Vive igitur felix) – <small>in celebration of a treaty restoring possessions to Duke Moritz of Saxony</small>
*Nil pace est melius 5vv (2.p. Vive igitur felix) – <small>in celebration of a treaty restoring possessions to Duke Moritz of Saxony</small>
*O decus, o patrie lux 5vv (2.p. Salve, pontificum) — <small>in praise of Cardinal Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle, patron of the arts, to whom Manchicourt dedicated his 1554 volume of motets</small>
*O decus, o patrie lux 5vv (2.p. Salve, pontificum) — <small>in praise of Cardinal Granvelle, patron of the arts, to whom Manchicourt dedicated his 1554 volume of motets</small>
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====''Chansons''====
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==Publications==
==Publications==
Three of the pre-eminent publishers of the mid-16th century each devoted one of their volumes solely to Manchicourt’s works:
Three of the pre-eminent publishers of the mid-16th century each devoted one of their volumes solely to Manchicourt’s works:
* ''[[Motettorum, Book 14 (Pierre Attaingnant)|Motettorum, Book 14]]'' (Pierre Attaingnant, Paris, 1539) contains thirteen 4vv, four 5vv and two 6vv motets
* ''[[Motettorum, Book 14 (Pierre Attaingnant)|Motettorum, Book 14]]'' (Pierre Attaingnant, Paris, 1539) — <small> contains thirteen 4vv, four 5vv and two 6vv motets </small>
* {{NoCo|Neufiesme livre des chansons a quatre parties}} (Tielman Susato, Antwerp, 1545) contains twenty-eight 4vv and one 5vv ''chansons''
* {{NoCo|Neufiesme livre des chansons a quatre parties}} (Tielman Susato, Antwerp, 1545) — <small> contains twenty-eight 4vv and one 5vv ''chansons'' </small>
* ''[[Cantionum sacrarum liber 5]]'' (Pierre Phalèse, Leuven, 1554) contains nine 5vv and five 6vv motets
* ''[[Cantionum sacrarum liber 5]]'' (Pierre Phalèse, Leuven, 1554) — <small> contains nine 5vv and five 6vv motets </small>
Two manuscripts that contain only Manchicourt’s works are held in the library of the Benedictine monastery in Montserrat, Catalunya:
Two manuscripts that contain only Manchicourt’s works are held in the library of the Benedictine monastery in Montserrat, Catalunya:
*Montserrat, Biblioteca del Monestir, MS 768 (''Douze messe musicales composees par M.P. de Manchicourt'') (Brussels, c.1545–55), from the court of Mary of Hungary (daughter of Philip the Fair and Juana of Spain, and Regent of the Netherlands 1531–55), contains twelve of his nineteen masses  
*Montserrat, Biblioteca del Monestir, MS 768 ''Douze messe musicales composees par M.P. de Manchicourt''(Brussels, c.1545–55) — <small> from the court of Mary of Hungary (daughter of Philip the Fair and Juana of Spain, and Regent of the Netherlands 1531–55); contains twelve of his nineteen masses </small>
*Montserrat, Biblioteca del Monestir, MS 772 (''Liber quatuor missarum musicalium nec non aliquot carminum ecclesiasticorum Petre de Manchicourt…'') (Madrid, c.1560), possibly copied by the composer himself during his tenure in the Court of Philip II, contains four masses, one 6vv motet, seven 5vv motets and three 4vv motets
*Montserrat, Biblioteca del Monestir, MS 772 ''Liber quatuor missarum musicalium nec non aliquot carminum ecclesiasticorum Petre de Manchicourt''(Madrid, c.1560) — <small> possibly copied by the composer himself during his tenure in the Court of Philip II; contains four masses, one 6vv motet, seven 5vv motets and three 4vv motets </small>
Manchicourt's works also appear in the following printed collections catalogued at CPDL:
Manchicourt's works also appear in the following printed collections catalogued at CPDL:
*''[[Motettorum, Book 7 (Pierre Attaingnant)|Motettorum, Book 7]]'' (Attaingnant, 1534) contains one each 4vv, 5vv and 6vv Magnificat antiphons for Advent
*''[[Motettorum, Book 7 (Pierre Attaingnant)|Motettorum, Book 7]]'' (Attaingnant, 1534) — <small> contains one each 4vv, 5vv and 6vv Magnificat antiphons for Advent </small>
*''[[Excellentiss. autorum liber primus quatuor vocum]]'' (Antonio Gardano, Venice, 1539, reprinted 1549) contains one 4vv motet
*''[[Excellentiss. autorum liber primus quatuor vocum]]'' (Antonio Gardano, Venice, 1539, reprinted 1549) — <small> contains one 4vv motet </small>
*''[[Sacrarum cantionum, liber 2 (Tielman Susato)|Sacrarum cantionum, liber 2]]'' (Susato, 1546) contains one 5vv motet
*''[[Sacrarum cantionum, liber 2 (Tielman Susato)|Sacrarum cantionum, liber 2]]'' (Susato, 1546) — <small> contains one 5vv motet </small>
*''[[Sacrarum cantionum, liber 3 (Tielman Susato)|Sacrarum cantionum, liber 3]]'' (Susato, 1547) contains two 4vv motets
*''[[Sacrarum cantionum, liber 3 (Tielman Susato)|Sacrarum cantionum, liber 3]]'' (Susato, 1547) — <small> contains two 4vv motets </small>
*''[[Sacrarum cantionum, liber 4 (Tielman Susato)|Sacrarum cantionum, liber 4]]'' (Susato, 1547) contains one 4vv motet
*''[[Sacrarum cantionum, liber 4 (Tielman Susato)|Sacrarum cantionum, liber 4]]'' (Susato, 1547) — <small> contains one 4vv motet </small>
*''[[Ecclesiasticarum cantionum quatuor vocum, liber 2|Ecclesiasticarum cantionum quatuor [sic] vocum, liber 2]]'' (Susato, 1553) contains one 5vv motet
*''[[Ecclesiasticarum cantionum quatuor vocum, liber 2]]'' (Susato, 1553) — <small> contains one 4vv motet </small>
*''[[Ecclesiasticarum cantionum quatuor vocum, liber 3]]'' (Susato, 1553) contains two 4vv motets
*''[[Ecclesiasticarum cantionum quatuor vocum, liber 3]]'' (Susato, 1553) — <small> contains two 4vv motets </small>
*''[[Ecclesiasticarum cantionum quatuor vocum, liber 4]]'' (Susato, 1554) contains one 4vv motet
*''[[Ecclesiasticarum cantionum quatuor vocum, liber 4]]'' (Susato, 1554) — <small> contains one 4vv motet </small>
*''[[Ecclesiasticarum cantionum quinque vocum, liber 5]]'' (Susato, 1553) contains three 5vv motets
*''[[Ecclesiasticarum cantionum quinque vocum, liber 5]]'' (Susato, 1553) — <small> contains three 5vv motets </small>
*''[[Ecclesiasticarum cantionum quinque vocum, liber 7]]'' (Susato, 1553) contains one 5vv motet
*''[[Ecclesiasticarum cantionum quinque vocum, liber 7]]'' (Susato, 1553) — <small> contains one 5vv motet </small>
*''[[Ecclesiasticarum cantionum quinque vocum, liber 9]]'' (Susato, 1554) contains one 5vv motet
*''[[Ecclesiasticarum cantionum quinque vocum, liber 9]]'' (Susato, 1554) — <small> contains one 5vv motet </small>
*''[[Cantionum sacrarum liber 1]]'' (Phalèse, 1554, reprinted 1555) contains one 5vv motet
*''[[Cantionum sacrarum liber 1]]'' (Phalèse, 1554, reprinted 1555) — <small> contains one 5vv motet </small>
*''[[Cantionum sacrarum liber 2]]'' (Phalèse, 1554, reprinted 1555) contains one 6vv motet
*''[[Cantionum sacrarum liber 2]]'' (Phalèse, 1554, reprinted 1555) — <small> contains one 6vv motet </small>
*''[[Cantionum sacrarum liber 3]]'' (Phalèse, 1554) contains one 5vv and two 6vv motets
*''[[Cantionum sacrarum liber 3]]'' (Phalèse, 1554) — <small> contains one 5vv and two 6vv motets </small>
*''[[Cantionum sacrarum liber 4]]'' (Phalèse, 1554, reprinted 1555 and 1557) contains one 5vv motet
*''[[Cantionum sacrarum liber 4]]'' (Phalèse, 1554, reprinted 1555 and 1557) — <small> contains one 4vv motet </small>
*''[[Sacrarum cantionum … quinque et sex vocum, liber 1|Sacrarum cantionum quinque et sex vocum, liber 1]]'' (Hubert Waelrant & Jan de Laet, Antwerp, 1554) contains one 5vv and one 6vv motet
*''[[Sacrarum cantionum … quinque et sex vocum, liber 1|Sacrarum cantionum quinque et sex vocum, liber 1]]'' (Hubert Waelrant & Jan de Laet, Antwerp, 1554) — <small> contains one 5vv and one 6vv motet </small>
*''[[Second livre des chansons a quatre parties (Tielman Susato)|Second livre des chansons a quatre parties]]'' (Susato, 1544) contains five 4vv ''chansons''
*''[[Second livre des chansons a quatre parties (Tielman Susato)|Second livre des chansons a quatre parties]]'' (Susato, 1544) — <small> contains five 4vv ''chansons'' </small>
*''[[Quatrieme livre des chansons a quatre parties (Tielman Susato)|Quatrieme livre des chansons a quatre parties]]'' (Susato, 1544) contains three 4vv ''chansons''
*''[[Quatrieme livre des chansons a quatre parties (Tielman Susato)|Quatrieme livre des chansons a quatre parties]]'' (Susato, 1544) — <small> contains three 4vv ''chansons'' </small>
*''[[Sixiesme livre contenant trente et une chansons nouvelles a cinq et six parties (Tielman Susato)|Sixiesme livre contenant XXXI chansons nouvelles a cinq et six parties]]'' (Susato, 1545) contains his only 6vv ''chanson''
*''[[Sixiesme livre contenant trente et une chansons nouvelles a cinq et six parties (Tielman Susato)|Sixiesme livre contenant XXXI chansons nouvelles a cinq et six parties]]'' (Susato, 1545) — <small> contains his only 6vv ''chanson'' </small>
*''[[Treziesme livre contenant vingt et deux chansons (Tielman Susato)|Treziesme livre contenant XXII chansons nouvelles a six et a huyt parties]]'' (Susato, 1550) contains his only 8vv ''chanson''
*''[[Treziesme livre contenant vingt et deux chansons (Tielman Susato)|Treziesme livre contenant XXII chansons nouvelles a six et a huyt parties]]'' (Susato, 1550) — <small> contains his only 8vv ''chanson'' </small>
*''[[Bicinia gallica, latina et germanica 2 (Georg Rhau)|Secundus tomus biciniorum … gallica, latina, germanica]]'' (Georg Rhau, Wittenberg, 1545) contains all seven 2vv ''chansons''
*''[[Bicinia gallica, latina et germanica 2 (Georg Rhau)|Secundus tomus biciniorum … gallica, latina, germanica]]'' (Georg Rhau, Wittenberg, 1545) — <small> contains all seven 2vv ''chansons'' </small>
*''[[Livre 16: 29 chansons a 4 (Pierre Attaingnant)|Seysiesme livre contenant XXIX chansons … a quatre parties]]'' (Attaingnant, 1545) contains one 4vv ''chanson''
*''[[Livre 16: 29 chansons a 4 (Pierre Attaingnant)|Seysiesme livre contenant XXIX chansons … a quatre parties]]'' (Attaingnant, 1545) — <small> contains one 4vv ''chanson'' </small>
*''[[Livre 20: 28 chansons a 4 (Pierre Attaingnant)|Vingtiesme livre contenant XXVIII chansons … a quatre parties]]'' (Attaingnant, 1546) contains two 4vv ''chansons''
*''[[Livre 20: 28 chansons a 4 (Pierre Attaingnant)|Vingtiesme livre contenant XXVIII chansons … a quatre parties]]'' (Attaingnant, 1546) — <small> contains two 4vv ''chansons'' </small>


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Aliases: Mancicourt, Manchicurti

Life

Born: c. 1510, Béthune

Died: 5 October 1564, Madrid

Biography

Few records of Manchicourt's life survive: information about his life and work is obtained primarily from publications of his works. The earliest known information indicates that in 1525 he was a choirboy at Arras. By 1539, he was provost at the cathedral in Tours, where he would have had access to a considerable library of the works of the great master, and previous incumbent, Johannes Ockeghem. For at least nine years, from 1545 to 1554, he held the post of maître de chapelle at Nôtre-Dame Cathedral in Tournai. On the death of the incumbent, Nicolas Payen, in 1559, Manchicourt was appointed maestro de capilla flamenca (master of the Flemish chapel) at the court of Philip II in Madrid, which post he held until his death five years later.

The fact that Pierre Attaingnant, publisher of the French Royal Court, devoted his fourteenth and final volume of motets in 1539 entirely to Manchicourt's work (an honour he bestowed on no other, and emulated by Flemish publishers Susato and Phalèse in 1545 and 1554 respectively) bears testament to the composer's reputation in his day. Around the time of his death, Manchicourt's highly polyphonic style of composition rapidly went out of fashion — a fate shared with his contemporaries Nicolas Gombert, Jacobus Clemens and Thomas Crecquillon — as the liturgical reforms of the Council of Trent took hold, marking the transition from the High Renaissance to the less florid Late-Renaissance style of Victoria and Palestrina.


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List of choral works

Sacred works

Manchicourt’s sacred works appear in more than fifty printed collections and at least twenty hand-copied manuscripts, dating from 1532 through to the late 16th century. His surviving sacred output consists of nineteen masses, a mass section, a Magnificat, 71 Latin motets (of which one has doubtful attribution and two have conflicting attribution), and two chansons spirituelles. A further nine sacred works — polychoral psalm settings — are contained in a degraded manuscript in Zaragoza whose contents are not documented.

Masses, mass section, Magnificat

Manchicourt’s surviving complete masses consist of eighteen settings of the Mass Ordinary and a setting of the Ordinary and Propers of the Mass for the Dead. Most of the former are parody masses, based either on his own motet (three settings) or on sacred or secular works by other Franco-Flemish composers (eleven settings). Two mass settings are based on unidentified models, and the remaining two use Gregorian chant as their basis (likewise the Missa de Requiem). As was common practice, the final Agnus Dei of many of the mass settings includes one or two additional voice parts: such cases are indicated by a number in parentheses.

  • Missa Ceste une dure departie 4vv — on Sermisy’s chanson
  • Missa Congratulamini 4(6)vv — on an unidentified model
  • Missa Cuidez vous que Dieu 5(6)vv — on Richafort’s chanson
  • Missa De retourner 4vv — on an anon. chanson [Attaingnant, RISM 1528/6]
  • Missa Deus in adjutorium 4(5)vv — on Sermisy’s motet
  • Missa de Domina Virgine Maria 4(5)vv — on Mass IV, IX as in Liber Usualis
  • Missa Ego flos campi 4vv — on Le Heurteur’s motet
  • Missa Gris et tannet 4(5)vv — on Sermisy’s chanson
  • Missa Nisi Dominus 4(5)vv — on L’Héritier’s motet
  • Missa Noe, noe 4(6)vv — on Mouton’s motet
  • Missa Non conturbetur cor vestrum 4(5)vv — on his own or Gosse’s motet
  • Missa Povre cuer 4vv — on an anon. chanson [Attaingnant, RISM 1528/4]
  • Missa Quo abiit dilectus tuus 4(5)vv — on his own motet
  • Missa Reges terrae I 4(5)vv [E-Mo 768, c.1545–55]on Mouton’s motet
  • Missa Reges terrae II 6vv [B-Bcx 27087, c.1549]on his own motet
  • Missa Se dire je losoie 4(5)vv — on Gombert’s chanson
  • Missa Surge et illuminare 4(5)vv — on an unidentified model
  • Missa Veni Sancte Spiritus 6vv — on the Sequence for Pentecost
  • Missa de Requiem 5vv — using chant settings of the Ordinary and Propers of the Mass for the Dead from the Liber Usualis as a cantus firmus
  • Domine Deus 2vv — mass fragment published in a collection of 2vv works [Gardano, RISM 1543/19] that includes mass fragments from other composers
  • Magnificat secundi toni 4(5)vv — alternating verses of polyphony and Tone II chant, published in a collection of Magnificat settings [Attaingnant, RISM 1534/7]

Latin sacred motets

Chansons spirituelles

These two chansons are a French paraphrase of Psalm 130, and appear in one printed source as two parts of a single work:

Summary of sacred works available at CPDL (listed automatically)

Secular works

Manchicourt's surviving secular output includes three dedicatory motets, and fifty French chansons that appear in at least sixteen publications (including one devoted entirely to Manchicourt's works).

Latin dedicatory motets

  • Nunc enim si centum 4vv (2.p. Ne dubitatis; 3.p. Innumeras unus) – in praise of Charles V
  • Nil pace est melius 5vv (2.p. Vive igitur felix) – in celebration of a treaty restoring possessions to Duke Moritz of Saxony
  • O decus, o patrie lux 5vv (2.p. Salve, pontificum) — in praise of Cardinal Granvelle, patron of the arts, to whom Manchicourt dedicated his 1554 volume of motets

Chansons

Summary of secular works available at CPDL (listed automatically)

 

Publications

Three of the pre-eminent publishers of the mid-16th century each devoted one of their volumes solely to Manchicourt’s works:

Two manuscripts that contain only Manchicourt’s works are held in the library of the Benedictine monastery in Montserrat, Catalunya:

  • Montserrat, Biblioteca del Monestir, MS 768 ‘Douze messe musicales composees par M.P. de Manchicourt’ (Brussels, c.1545–55) — from the court of Mary of Hungary (daughter of Philip the Fair and Juana of Spain, and Regent of the Netherlands 1531–55); contains twelve of his nineteen masses
  • Montserrat, Biblioteca del Monestir, MS 772 ‘Liber quatuor missarum musicalium nec non aliquot carminum ecclesiasticorum Petre de Manchicourt’ (Madrid, c.1560) — possibly copied by the composer himself during his tenure in the Court of Philip II; contains four masses, one 6vv motet, seven 5vv motets and three 4vv motets

Manchicourt's works also appear in the following printed collections catalogued at CPDL:

External links

Works by Pierre de Manchicourt in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)