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Christe qui lux es; Veni creator spiritus; Tribulatio proxima est
Four-voice motet by Guillaume de Machaut

Sources

New York: Wildenstein Collection, fol. 280v (4/2);
Paris: Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français 1584 (MachA), fol. 434v (4/2); Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français 1585 (MachB), fol. 278v (4/2); Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français 9221 (MachE), fol. 145v (4/2); Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds français 22546 (MachG), fol. 122v (4/2).

Editions

1. Guillaume de Machaut: Musikalische Werke. Dritter Band: Motetten, edited by Friedrich Ludwig, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, 1929, p. 73.
2. The Works of Guillaume de Machaut, Second Part, edited by Leo Schrade, Monaco: Editions de L'Oiseau-Lyre, 1956. Polyphonic Music of the Fourteenth Century III, p. 13.
3. CALDWELL, John. Medieval Music, Bloomington: Indiana University Press, London: Hutchinson, 1978, no. 66 (incomplete).

Text Editions

Guillaume de Machaut: poésies lyriques, 2 vols., edited by V. Chichmaref, Paris: 1909, p. 526.

Literature

1. HAAS, Robert. Aufführungspraxis der Musik, Potsdam: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft Athenaion, 1931, p. 95.
2. MACHABEY, Armand. Guillaume de Machault, 130?-1377: La vie et l'oeuvre musicale, 2 vols, Paris: Richard-Masse-Editeur, 1955. Bibliothèque d'études musicales, pp. 104-107.
3. REICHERT, Georg. 'Das Verhältnis zwischen musikalischer und textlicher Struktur in den Motetten Machauts', Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, XIII (1956): 197ff.
4. GÜNTHER, Ursula. Der musikalische Stilwandel der französischen Liedkunst in der zweiten Hälfte des 14. Jahrhunderts, dargestelt an Virelais, Balladen und Rondeax von Machaut., Ph.D. dissertation, University of Hamburg: 1957, Chapter 4.5.
5. SANDERS, Ernest. 'The mediaeval motet', Gattungen der Musik in Einzeldarstellungen: Gedenkschrift Leo Schrade, Erste Folge, Bern, Munich: 1971, pp. 497-573.
6. REANEY, Gilbert. 'The part played by instruments in the music of Guillaume de Machaut', Studi Musicali, VI (1977), p. 4., p. 4.
7. WERNLI, A. 'La percettibilità delle strutture isoritmiche: osservazioni sui mottetti di Guillaume de Machaut', Studi Musicali, VI (1977), pp. 23-24.
8. LEGUY, Sylvette. 'Les procédés de composition dans l'oeuvre de Machaut (à l'exclusion de la Messe)', Guillaume de Machaut, poète et compositeur. Colloque - Table Ronde, 1978, pp. 307-320.
9. GÜNTHER, Ursula. 'Contribution de la musicologie à la biographie et à la chronologie de Guillaume de Machaut', Guillaume de Machaut, poète et compositeur. Colloque - Table Ronde, 1978, pp. 95-116.
10. MARKSTROM, Kurt. 'Machaut and the wild beast', Acta Musicologica, LXI/1 (1989), pp. 29-34.
11. YUDKIN, Jeremy. Music in Medieval Europe, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1989, pp. 476-482.

Recordings

1. Guillaume de Machaut. La Messe de Nostre Dame, Motetten, James Bowman and Tom Sutcliffe (CT), Capella Antiqua München, directed by Konrad Ruhland (1970): Telefunken AS6 41125 (SAWT 9566-B).
2. Music of the Gothic Era [c.1160 - 1400], Early Music Consort of London, directed by David Munrow (1975): Archiv 2723 045(3) (EUR)/ 2710 019(3) (GER/USA).
3. [Guillaume de Machaut], Séminaire Européen de Musique Ancienne, directed by Bernard Gagnepain (1977): Erato EFM 18041.
4. Guillaume de Machaut: le vray remède d'amour -- ballades, rondeaux, virelais, motets, Ensemble Gilles Binchois, directed by Dominique Vellard (1988): Harmonic Records H/CD 8825.

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