Cantiones selectissimae liber primus (Sigmund Salminger)

General information

Title: Cantiones selectissimae liber primus

Full Title: Cantiones selectissimae. Quatuor vocum. Ab eximiis et praestatibus Caesareae maiestatis capellae musicis. M. Cornelio Cane. Thoma Crequilone. Nicolao Payen. & Johanne Lestainnier Organista, Compositae, & in Comitiis Augustanis studio & impensis SIGISMUNDI SALMINGERI in lucem aeditae. LIBER PRIMUS.

Composers: Cornelius Canis, Thomas Crecquillon, Nicolas Payen, & Johann Lestainnier

Editor-Compiler: Sigmund Salminger

Publication date and place: 1548 in Augsburg by Philipp Ulhart.

Genre, Subgenre: Sacred, Motets. Language: Latin, 4 voices.

Description: A collection of motets for four voices by members of the Imperial chapel, including Cornelius Canis, Thomas Crecquillon, Nicolas Payen, and organist Johann Lestainnier. This book was followed a year later by Cantiones selectissimae liber secundus, which primarily contained works by Jacobus Clemens non Papa.

Facsimile: Bavarian State Library

List of works

1. Clama ne cesses (Cornelius Canis) 2. Domine da nobis auxilium (Cornelius Canis) 3. Veni ad liberandum nos (Cornelius Canis) 4. Angeli archangeli throni dominationes (Cornelius Canis) 5. Tota vita peregrinamur homines (Cornelius Canis) 6. Servus tuus ego sum (Thomas Crecquillon) 7. Surge illuminare Jherusalem (Thomas Crecquillon) 8. Virgo gloriosa semper (Thomas Crecquillon) 9. Domine Pater et Deus vitae meae (Thomas Crecquillon)

10. Justum deduxit Dominus (Thomas Crecquillon) 11. Virgo prudentissima (Nicolas Payen) 12. Convertimini ad me in toto corde (Nicolas Payen) 13. Domine Deus salutis (Nicolas Payen) 14. Domine demonstrasti mihi (Nicolas Payen) 15. Confitemur delicta nostra (Nicolas Payen) 16. Domine Deus omnipotens (Johann Lestainnier) 17. Heu me Domine quia peccavi nimis (Johann Lestainnier)

Works at CPDL

Title	Year	Composer	No.	Subgenre	Voices
Confitemur delicta nostra	1548	Nicolas Payen	15	Motets	SATB
Convertimini ad me in toto corde	1548	Nicolas Payen	12	Motets	STTB
Domine Deus omnipotens	1548	Johann Lestainnier	16	Motets	STTB
Heu me Domine	1548	Johann Lestainnier	17	Motets	STTB
Virgo prudentissima	1539	Nicolas Payen	11	Motets	ATTB

References

External websites:

• RISM 1548²