This is an important addition to the pair of consecutive EECM volumes of John Sheppard's Latin compositions for the Use of Salisbury published in the 1970s.
Although he had evidently mastered the forms of Mass and votive antiphon, the composer is at his most characteristic in his settings of the plainsong melodies which form the bedrock of the Sarum liturgy.
These account for most of the contents of this volume, together with free-composed settings of Biblical texts and a small corpus of devotional polyphony, most of it fragmentary.
In general, textural richness is cultivated in preference to long arcs of melisma, and perfect time is favoured over imperfect, creating a directness of expression that seems to typify mid-Tudor polyphony.
The format of this volume follows EECM's house style for post-Reformation composers.
Adesto Sancta Trinitas I TrMCtCtTB
Adesto Sancta Trinitas II TrMCtCtTB
Aeterne rex altissime TrMMCtB
A solis ortus cardine TrTrMMCtCtTB
Ave maris stella TrMCtCtTB
Beata nobis gaudia TrMCtCtTBB
Beati omnes qui timent Dominum MCtCtTB
Christe redemptor omnium MCtCtTB
Confitebor tibi Domine TrMCtTB
Deus misereatur nostri MCtCtTB
Deus tuorum militum I CtCtTTB
Sheppard: Deus tuorum militum II CtCtTTB
Gaude virgo Christiphera TrMCtCtTBB
Hostis Herodes impie TrMCtCtTB
Igitur O Jesu (fragment) 3-part
Illustrissima omnium CtTB
Inclina Domine I TrMCtTB
Inclina Domine II CtTB
Jam Christus astra TrMCtCtTB
Jesu salvator saeculi redemptis CtCtTTB
Jesu salvator saeculi verbum TrMCtCtTB
Judica me Deus MCtCtTB
Kyrie - Lux et origo TrMCtCtTB
Laudes Deo dicam TT
Libera nos salva nos I TrTrMMCtTB
Libera nos salva nos II TrTrMMCtTB
Magnificat - a 6 TrMMCtCtTBB
Martyr Dei qui unicum TrMCtCtTB
Media vita in morte sumus TrTrMMCtCtTB
Sacris solemniis TrTrMMCtCtTB
Salvator mundi Domine TrMCtCtTB
Sancte Dei pretiose MMCtTB
Singularis privilegii TrTB
Te Deum laudamus TrMCtCtTB
Pages: 304
Format: Hardback
Dimensions (mm): 324 x 247 x 29