Pierre de la Rue

Alias: Petrus de La Rue

Life

Born: ca. 1452

Died: 20 November 1518

Biography

French Renaissance composer. La Rue's life before the beginning of his employment by the Hapsburg court in 1492 is a mystery; c. 1452 as a plausible birthdate seems to be based on his parents' marriage.

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List of choral works

New Grove list 33 masses, 6 Credos and a Kyrie, 7 Magnificats, 24 motets (not including contrafacta), and 24 chansons. Another 25 works have conjectural attributions, and there is a longer list of dubious and misattributed works.

Absalon, fili mi (Josquin des Prez), 4 vo. – The attribution to La Rue is the more fashionable Amicus fidelis, 2 vo. – Missing from New Grove Autant en emporte le vent, 4 vo. Ave Regina caelorum, 4 vo. – contrafact Ave apertor caelorum Considera Israel, 4 vo. – 2nda pars Doleo super te Credo L'amour du moi - Patrem omnipotentem, 4 vo. – Jena Choirbooks, D-Ju MS 8 (1512) Da pacem Domine, 4 vo. Delicta juventutis, 4 vo. Diligite inimicos vestros, 2 vo. – Missing from New Grove Filioli, si quis peccaverit, 2 vo. – Missing from New Grove Frange esurienti panem tuum, 2 vo. – Missing from New Grove Gaude Virgo, 4 vo. Incessament mon povre cueur lamente, 5 vo. Kyrie Paschale a 5, 5 vo. – Jena Choirbooks, D-Ju MS 4 (1513) Lauda anima mea Dominum, 4 vo. – Ps. CXLVI Laudate Dominum, omnes gentes, 4 vo. Lief, begheeft mij niet, 4 vo. Magnificat primi toni, 4–6 vo. – Jena Choirbooks, D-Ju MS 20 (ca. 1515) Magnificat secundi toni, 4 vo. – Jena Choirbooks, D-Ju MS 20 (ca. 1515) Magnificat quarti toni, 4 vo. – Another Mag. iv toni attrib. La Rue, Josquin, Brumel or Agricola Magnificat quinti toni, 4 vo. – Jena Choirbooks, D-Ju MS 20 (ca. 1515) Magnificat sexti toni, 5 vo. – Jena Choirbooks, D-Ju MS 20 (ca. 1515) Magnificat septimi toni, 4 vo. – Jena Choirbooks, D-Ju MS 20 (ca. 1515) Magnificat octavi toni, 4 vo. Maria mater gratiæ, 5 vo. – Missing from New Grove Miserere mei, 2 vo. – Missing from New Grove Missa Alleluia, 5 vo. – Jena Choirbooks, D-Ju MS 12 (1518) Missa Almana (Missa Missa Pourquoy non), 4 vo. – Jena Choirbooks, D-Ju MS 22 (1500) Missa Assumpta est Maria, 4 vo. – Jena Choirbooks, D-Ju MS 22 (1500) Missa Ave Maria, 5 vo. – Jena Choirbooks, D-Ju MS 12 (1518) Missa Ave sanctissima Maria a 6, 6 vo. – Jena Choirbooks, D-Ju MS 4 (1513) and 5 (1515) Missa Conceptio tua, 5 vo. – Jena Choirbooks, D-Ju MS 5 (1515) Missa feria a 5, 5 vo. – Jena Choirbooks, D-Ju MS 5 (1515) Missa Incessament mon pauvre coeur, 5 vo. – Jena Choirbooks, D-Ju MS 5 (1515) Missa Inviolata, 4 vo. – Jena Choirbooks, D-Ju MS 7 (1516)

Missa L'homme armé I, 4 vo. – Jena Choirbooks, D-Ju MS 22 (1500) Missa L'homme armé II, 4 vo. – Jena Choirbooks, D-Ju MS 2 (1515) Missa Ista est speciosa, 5 vo. – Jena Choirbooks, D-Ju MS 2 (1515) Missa Nunqua fue pena major, 4 vo. – Jena Choirbooks, D-Ju MS 22 (1500) Missa O gloriosa Domina Margareta, 4 vo. – Jena Choirbooks, D-Ju MS 5 (1515) Missa pro defunctis, 5 vo. Missa Puer natus est nobis, 4 vo. – Jena Choirbooks, D-Ju MS 22 (1500) Missa Resurrexit, 5 vo. – Or Missa pascale; Jena Choirbooks, D-Ju MS 5 Missa Sancta Anna, 4 vo. – Jena Choirbooks, D-Ju MS 7 (1516) Missa Sancta Dei genetrix, 4 vo. – Jena Choirbooks, D-Ju MS 21 (1523) Missa Sancto Antonio, 4 vo. – Jena Choirbooks, D-Ju MS 22 (1500) Missa Sancto Job, 4 vo. – Jena Choirbooks, D-Ju MS 7 (1516) Missa Sancta cruce, 5 vo. – Jena Choirbooks, D-Ju MS 12 (1518) Missa Sine nomine I, 4 vo. – Jena Choirbooks, D-Ju MS 12 (1518) Missa Sine nomine II, 4 vo. – Jena Choirbooks, D-Ju MS 12 (1518) Missa Sub tuum praesidium, 4 vo. – In Misse Antonii de Févin etc. (Ottaviano Petrucci), 1515 Missa Tandernaken, 4 vo. Missa Tous les regrets I, 4 vo. – Jena Choirbooks, D-Ju MS 12 (1518) Myn hert altyt heeft verlanghen, 4 vo. Ne temere quid loquaris, 2 vo. – Missing from New Grove Non salvatur Rex, 2 vo. – Missing from New Grove O domine Jesu Christe, 4 vo. O salutaris hostia, 4 vo. – See also Wir danken dir Pater de caelis deus, 6 vo. – Trinity Pourquoi non, 4 vo. Quis dabit pacem, 4 vo. – Text lost Regina caeli, 4 vo. Salve mater salvatoris, 4 vo. Salve Regina, 4 vo. –  ? 1 of 6 (all dorian and a 4; I is canonic, IV alternatim) Sancta Maria virgo, 3 vo. Si dormiero, 3 vo. – Ascriptions to Isaac, Agricola and Finck Vexilla Regis - Passio Domini, 4 vo. Wir danken dir, o Gottes Lamm, 4 vo. – Contrafact of O Salutaris

Works in Latin

Amicus fidelis Ave Regina caelorum Considera Israel Da pacem Domine Diligite inimicos vestros Filioli, si quis peccaverit Frange esurienti panem tuum Gaude Virgo Laudate Dominum, omnes gentes

Magnificat ii toni Magnificat iv toni Magnificat sexti toni Magnificat vii toni Maria mater gratiæ Miserere mei Missa de Beata Virgine Missa Ista est speciosa Missa Nunca fue pena mayor

Missa pro defunctis Missa Tandernaken Ne temere quid loquaris Non salvatur Rex O salutaris hostia Pater de caelis deus Salve Regina Salve Regina II Vexilla Regis - Passio Domini

Works in French

Autant en emporte le vent Incessament mon povre cueur lamente

Pourquoi non Secretz regretz

Soubz ce tumbel: Epitaphe de l'amant vert Tous les regretz

Works in other languages

Lief, begheeft mij niet

Myn hert altyt heeft verlanghen

Wir danken dir, o Gottes Lamm

 
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Publications

• Misse Petri de la Rue, 4vv (Venice, 1503)

External links

• Works by Pierre de la Rue in the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)