Table Of Content1 Epitaph of Seikilos2 Euripides: Orestes: Stasimon chorus3 Mass for Christmas Day3a (a) Introit: Puer natus est nobis3b (b) Kyrie3c (c) Gloria3d (d) Gradual: Viderunt omnes3e (e) Alleluia: Dies sanctificatus3f (f) Credo3g (g) Offertory: Tui sunt caeli3h (h) Sanctus3i (i) Agnus Dei3j (j) Communion: Viderunt omnes3k (k) Ite, missa est4 Chants from Vespers for Christmas Day4a (a) First Psalm with Antiphon: Tecum principium and psalm Dixit Dominus4b (b) Hymn: Christe Redemptor omnium5 Tropes on Chants from Mass for Christmas Day5a Tropes on Introit, Puer natus: Quem queritis in presepe and melisma5B ALLELUIA MULTIPHARIE OLIM DEUS WITH PROSULA NATUS EST NOBIS/MULTIS LOQUUTIONIBUS5C TROPED OFFERTORY: QUI ES SINE PRINCIPIO--TUI SUNT CAELI6 Sequences Victimae paschali laudes and Dies irae6a Ascribed to Wipo of Burgundy (ca. 995-ca. 1050): Victimae paschali laudes6B ASCRIBED TO THOMAS OF CELANO (D. CA. 1250): DIES IRAE7 Hildegard of Bingen: Ordo virtutum: Closing chorus, In principio omnes8 Bernart de Ventadorn: Can vei la lauzeta mover9 Comtessa de Dia: A chantar10 Adam de la Halle: Jeu de Robin et de Marion: Rondeau, Robins m'aime11 Walther von der Vogelweide: Palästinalied (Nü alrëst lebe ich mir werde)12 Cantiga 159: Non sofre Santa María, from Cantigas de Santa Maria13 La quarte estampie royal, from Le manuscript du roi14 Organa from Musica enchiriadis14a (a) Tu patris sempiternus es filius14b (b) Sit Gloria domini14c (c) Rex caeli domine15 Alleluia Justus ut palma, from Ad organum faciendum16 Jubilemus, exultemus17 Leoninus and colleagues: Viderunt omnes18 Clausulae on Dominus, from Viderunt omnes18a (a) Dominus, clausula No. 2618b (b) Dominus, clausula No. 2919 Perotinus: Viderunt omnes20 Motets on Tenor Dominus20a (a) Factum est salutare/Dominus20b (b) Fole acostumance/Dominus20c (c) Super te/Sed fulsit virginitas/Dominus21 Adam de la Halle: De ma dame vient/Dieus, comment porroie/Omnes22 Petrus de Cruce: Aucun ont trouvé/Lonc tans/Annuntiantes23 Sumer is icumen in24 Philippe de Vitry: Cum statua/Hugo, Hugo/Magister invidie25 Guillaume de Machaut: La Messe de Nostre Dame25a (a) Kyrie25b (b) Gloria26 Guillaume de Machaut: Douce dame jolie27 Guillaume de Machaut: Rose, liz, printemps, verdure28 Philipoctus de Caserta: En remirant vo douce pourtraiture29 Jacopo da Bologna: Non al suo amante30 Francesco Landini: Così pensoso31 Francesco Landini: Non avrà ma' pietà32 Alleluia, A newë work33 John Dunstable: Quam pulchra es34 Binchois (Gilles de Bins): De plus en plus35 Guillaume Du Fay: Resvellies vous36 Guillaume Du Fay: Christe, redemptor omnium37 Guillaume Du Fay: Se la face ay pale37a (a) Se la face ay pale37b (b) Missa Se la face ay pale: Gloria38 Antoine Busnoys: Je ne puis vivre39 Jean de Ockeghem: Missa prolationum: Kyrie40 HENRICUS ISAAC: PUER NATUS EST, FROM MISSA NATALIS DOMINI IN CHORALIS CONSTANTINUS41 Henricus Isaac: Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen42 Josquin Desprez: Faulte d'argent43 Josquin Desprez (?): Mille regretz44 Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria . . . virgo serena45 Josquin Desprez: Missa Pange lingua45a (a) Kyrie45b (b) Credo, excerpt: Et incarnatus est and Crucifixus46 Juan del Encina: Oy comamos y bebamos47 Jacques Arcadelt: Il bianco e dolce cigno48 Cipriano de Rore: Da le belle contrade d'oriente49 Luca Marenzio: Solo e pensoso50 Carlo Gesualdo: "Io parto" e non più dissi51 Claudin de Sermisy: Tant que vivray52 CLÉMENT JANEQUIN: MARTIN MENNOIT SON PORCEAU53 Orlande de Lassus: La nuict froide et sombre54 Claude Le Jeune: Revecy venir du printans55A GIOVANNI GIACOMO GASTOLDI: A LIETA VITA55B THOMAS MORLEY: SING WE AND CHANT IT56 Thomas Weelkes: As Vesta was57 John Dowland: Flow, my tears58 Martin Luther: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland and Ein feste Burg58a
SynopsisThe definitive survey, combining current scholarship with a vibrant narrative. Carefully informed by feedback from dozens of scholars, it remains the book that students and teachers trust to explain what's important, where it fits, and why it matters. Peter Burkholder weaves a compelling story of people, their choices, and the western musical tradition that emerged. From chant to hip-hop, he connects past to present to create a context for tomorrow's musicians.