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Confraternities at the Oratory of San Felipe Neri

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
June 14, 2023

Confraternities at the Oratory of San Felipe Neri.

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Works by Francisco Guerrero in Valencia cathedral

Juan Ruiz Jiménez
May 28, 2023

Works by Francisco Guerrero in Valencia cathedral.

Francisco Guerrero. Liber primus missarum (1565/1566) [G 4870] Francisco Guerrero. Missarum liber secundus (1582) [G 4872] Francisco Guerrero. Liber vesperarum (1584) [G 4873] Francisco Guerrero. Motecta (1597) [G 4877] Francisco Guerrero. Mottecta (1589) [G 4875] Francisco Guerrero. Canciones y villanescas espirituales (1589) [G 4876] Jesu nostra redemptio / Salutis humane sator (hymn) hymn AAT psalm AAT motet villanescas (secular songs) Conditor alme siderum / Creator alme siderum (hymn) Christe redemptor omnium / Jesu redemptor omnium (hymn) Hostis Herodes / Crudelis Herodes (hymn) Vexilla regis (hymn) Jesu nostra redemptio / Salutis humane sator (hymn) Veni creator spiritus (himn) O lux beata Trinitas / iam sol recedit igneus (hymn) Ut queant laxis (hymn) Aurea luce / Decora lux (hymn) Christe redemptor omnium conserva / Placare Christe servulis (hymn) Exsultet caelum laudibus / Exsultet orbis gaudiis (hymn) Tristes erant apostoli (hymn) Deus tuorum militum (hymn) Sanctorum meritis (hymn) Iste confessor (hymn) Jesu corona virginum (hymn) Missa pro defunctis (1565/1566/1582) Lauda Jerusalem, Dominum. III tono. 6vv (Liber vesperarum, 1584) Dixit Dominus (4vv). Primer tono [E-GRmf 975, fols. 5v-6r] Sicut erat (4vv). Primer tono [E-Vac Llibre d'atril 179, pp. 47-48] Simile est regnum caelorum (motet) Cum turba plurima (motet) In illo tempore assumpsit Jesus (motet) Ecce nunc tempus acceptabile (motet) Ductus est Jesus (motet) Clamabat autem mulier Cananea (motet) In illo tempore erat Dominus Jesus (motet) Accepit Jesus panes (motet) Dicebat Jesus turbis iudaeorum (motet) O Domine Jesu Christe (motet) mapping Francisco Guerrero Pastores loquebantur (motet) Beata Dei genitrix (motet) Francisco Guerrero (composer, chapel master) Carlos Grau (copyst, regular canon of Saint Anthony) Mariano Mendoza (copyst, Dominican) Ambrosio de Cotes (chapel master, composer) Narciso de Leysa (chapel master) cathedral of La Asunción de Nuestra Señora
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