Missa Fortuna desperata (Josquin des Prez)

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• (Posted 2023-06-04)  CPDL #74023:     

Editor: Drew Sellis (submitted 2023-06-04).   Score information: A4, 43 pages, 422 kB   Copyright: CPDL

Edition notes: Edited directly from the first edition in Missarum Josquin liber primus (Josquin des Prez).

General Information

Title: Missa Fortuna desperata
Composer: Josquin des Prez
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: ATTB
Genre: Sacred, Mass

Language: Latin
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1502 in Missarum Josquin liber primus, no. 4
    Manuscript 1505 in I-MOe MS {alpha}.M.1.2 (Modena F), no. 7
    Manuscript c.1511 in the Leopold Codex
    Manuscript c. 1525 in A-Wn Cod. 11778 Han, no. 4
    2nd published: 1538 in Trium vocum carmina (only Pleni sunt caeli), no. 10
    3rd published: 1539 in Liber quindecim missarum, no. 4
    Manuscript c. 1560 in D-Sl MS HB XVII, 26, no. 14
Description: A parody mass based on Fortuna desperata (Antoine Busnois).

Original text and translations

For information, refer to the Mass page. For texts and translations, see the individual pages:

Kyrie • Gloria • Credo • Sanctus & Benedictus • Agnus Dei