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Praeter rerum seriem. Josquin des Prez. Peter Phillips, The Tallis Scholars.

Praeter rerum seriem Josquin des Prez (born Josquin Lebloitte) (c. 1450/1455 – 27 August 1521) Josquin’s Praeter rerum seriem must rank amongst his very greatest achievements. It takes the form of a succession of carefully worked motifs around the devotional song on which it is based. For much of the piece the polyphony is presented antiphonally between the three upper voices, when the song is in the first soprano, and the three lower voices, when it is in the tenor. This method is introduced at the very opening with the lower scoring, resulting in so powerful a piece of writing that Rore based the openings of all five of his movements on it, as well as one subsidiary section (at ‘Et iterum’ in the Credo). The second part of Josquin’s motet is rather freer than the first, concealing the song in what has become a more consistently six-part texture, which breaks into triple-time where the text makes final reference to the mystery of the Trinity, before returning to the duple time of ‘Mater ave’. from notes by Peter Phillips, Tallis Scholars “If one were looking for a superstar among Renaissance composers then Josquin is unquestionably the front runner. He was a star in his lifetime and he has become a star again more recently, aided in part when the recording of the two Masses on the first disc of this collection won the Gramophone Record of the Year Award.” Peter Phillips, Tallis Scholars Præter rerum seriem parit deum hominem virgo mater. Nec vir tangit virginem nec prolis originem novit pater. Virtus sancti spiritus opus illud cœlitus operatur. Initus et exitus partus tui penitus quis scrutatur? Dei providentia quæ disponit omnia tam suave. Tua puerperia transfer in mysteria, mater ave. Surpassing the natural order, a virgin mother bears God as man. No man touched the virgin, nor did the father know the child’s origin. The power of the Holy Spirit brings that work about, divinely. Who fully comprehends the ins and outs of thy birth? God’s providence, which disposes all things so harmoniously, transforms your childbearing into a mystery. Hail, mother!