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Short bio Jacobus Gallus

Birthday: 1550 in Carniola, Slovenia
Died: 1591 in Prague, Czech Republic
Genre: Classical
Period: Renaissance

Full biography Jacobus Gallus

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Jacobus Gallus was a late Renaissance composer believed to have been of Slovenian ethnicity, born around 1550 and died in 1591. He was also known by several other names, including Jakob Petelin Gallus and Jacob Handl-Gallus. Though his exact birthplace is not known, he is said to have hailed from modern-day Slovenia, and much of his life and work took place in the region.

Gallus was known for his compositional skill, particularly his use of word painting, a technique that involves using music to convey the meaning of the lyrics being sung. He wrote predominantly in the sacred vocal music style of the period, including masses, motets, and other liturgical works. He is widely considered one of the most important Slovenian composers of all time.

Gallus was known by his contemporaries for his highly complex polyphonic writing, with intricate interweaving vocal lines that often imitated one another. This style is particularly evident in his motets, which are considered to be among his finest works. His melodies are often characterized by their soaring, expressive quality, with abrupt changes in rhythm and mood.

Although he did not enjoy the fame and recognition of some of his contemporaries like Palestrina and Lassus, Gallus's music has nevertheless endured and is still performed and recorded today. Some of his best-known works include the motets "Omnes de Saba Venient" and "Ascendente Jesu in Naviculam," and his Requiem Mass.

In summary, Jacobus Gallus was a highly skilled late Renaissance composer of Slovenian origin who left behind a rich legacy of sacred music that remains admired and celebrated to this day.

Compositions featuring Jacobus Gallus

# Name Duration Genre Year
1 Alleluia, Cantate Domino, motet (from Opus Musicum II No. 34) 3:47 min Choral 1587
2 Lamentationes Jeremiae Choral 1587
3 Mirabile mysterium, madrigal 3:34 min Vocal Music 1586
4 Omnes de Saba venient, Epiphany motet 1:53 min Choral 1586
5 Opus musicum Miscellaneous (Classical) 1586
6 Ave Maria, motet for 5 voices 2:44 min Choral 1580
7 Canite Tuba in Sion 2:00 min Choral 1580
8 Chanson Si par souffrir 1:47 min Chamber Music 1544
9 Ab oriente venerunt magi, for 4 voices (Opus musicum) 2:27 min Choral 15??
10 Domine Deus exaudi orationem, for 16 voices (Opus musicum) 4:42 min Choral 15??
11 Ecce quomodo moritur iustus 3:14 min Choral 15??
12 Eripe me, for 5 voices (Opus musicum) 4:32 min Choral 15??
13 Jesus dulcis memoria, for 6 voices (Opus musicum) 3:29 min Choral 15??
14 Lamentatur Jacob, for 6 voices (Opus musicum) 6:33 min Choral 15??
15 Mirabile Mysterium, for 5 voices (Opus musicum) 3:04 min Choral 15??
16 O Beata Trinitas, for 8 voices (Opus musicum) 2:30 min Choral 15??
17 Obsecro Domine, for 4 voices (Opus musicum) 2:07 min Choral 15??
18 Planxit David, for 8 voices (Opus musicum) 4:19 min Choral 15??
19 Quo mihi crude dolor, colloquium Magdalenae cum Christo ad modum echo for 8 voices (Opus musicum) 3:43 min Choral 15??
20 Tribus Miraculis, antiphon for 12 voices (Opus musicum) 2:53 min Choral 15??
21 Venite ascendamus, for 8 voices (Opus musicum) 3:12 min Choral 15??
22 Versa est in luctum cithara mea, for 5 voices (Opus musicum) 3:38 min Choral 15??
23 Adeste Musae, maximi proles iovis, for 8 voices (Moralia, 9) 3:38 min Choral -
24 Adoramus Te Jesu Christe, motet for double choir 3:03 min Choral -
25 Adoramus te, Jesu Christe 2:14 min Choral -
26 Alleluia! In Resurrectione Tua 2:07 min Choral -
27 Anna soror, soror Anna, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 1, No. 9) 2:09 min Choral -
28 Anseris est giga, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 3, No. 47) 0:49 min Choral -
29 Archipoeta facit versus, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 3, No. 36) 0:54 min Choral -
30 Ascendit Deus 2:26 min Choral -
31 Ascendit Deus 1:42 min Choral -
32 Aspiciens a longe 2:12 min Choral -
33 Ave verum corpus 3:05 min Miscellaneous (Classical) -
34 Barbara, Celarent, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 2, No. 32) 2:48 min Choral -
35 Canite tuba in Sion, antiphon for choir 2:06 min Choral -
36 Cantante Domino, for orchestra 3:56 min Orchestral -
37 Carmina laudantur, for 6 voices (Moralia, 17) 1:04 min Choral -
38 Casta novenarum iacet aula, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 1, No. 5) 1:10 min Choral -
39 Cede repugnanti, for 8 voices (Moralia, 4) 1:43 min Choral -
40 Christus surrexit, for chorus 4:09 min Choral -
41 Civitatem istam, motet 2:01 min Choral -
42 Clare vi, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 3, No. 45) 2:10 min Choral -
43 Cogitate miseri, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 1, No. 14) 2:05 min Choral -
44 Conscia mens recti, for 5 voices (Moralia, 37) 1:15 min Choral -
45 Cui bene succedit, for 6 voices (Moralia, 13) 0:47 min Choral -
46 Cui dolus est gratus, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 3, No. 35) 1:20 min Choral -
47 Cui sunt multa bona, for 6 voices (Moralia, 16) 1:07 min Choral -
48 Cum moritum dives, for 5 voices (Moralia, 44) 2:11 min Choral -
49 Currit parvus lepulus, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 1, No. 3) 1:51 min Choral -
50 Diffusa est gratia 1:35 min Choral -
51 Dii tibi, si qua pios respectant nimina, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 1, No. 1) 1:54 min Choral -
52 Diligitur nemo, for 5 voices (Moralia, 32) 1:21 min Choral -
53 Diversos diversa iuvant, for 8 voices (Moralia, 1) 1:38 min Choral -
54 Doctus ait, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 3, No. 37) 1:33 min Choral -
55 Dulces exuvaie, for 5 voices (Moralia, 43) 2:18 min Choral -
56 Dulcis amica, veni, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 2, No. 21) 1:26 min Choral -
57 Duo Seraphim Clamabant 2:46 min Chamber Music -
58 Ecce concipies 2:21 min Choral -
59 Ecce Dominus veniet 1:23 min Choral -
60 Ecce virgo concipiet 1:36 min Choral -
61 Emitte Domine sapientiam, motet 2:21 min Choral -
62 En ego campana 2:07 min Choral -
63 En ego campana, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 3, No. 43) 1:54 min Choral -
64 Ergo mihi uxorem qualem ducam?, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 1, No. 8) 4:07 min Choral -
65 Facta est cum angelo, motet 1:41 min Choral -
66 Filiae Jerusalem, nolite, motet for 8 voices 4:48 min Choral -
67 Gallus amat Venerem, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 1, No. 6) 1:11 min Choral -
68 Gaudia principium, for 6 voices (Moralia, 20) 1:47 min Choral -
69 Haec dies à 8 2:14 min Choral -
70 Hanc volo, quae non vult, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 2, No. 18) 1:22 min Choral -
71 Harmoniae Morales, for 4 voices (in 3 books) Vocal Music -
72 Heroes, pugnate viri fortissimi, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 1, No. 12) 2:51 min Choral -
73 Heu, crucior certe, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 1, No. 10) 2:00 min Choral -
74 Heu, quam difficile est, for 5 voices (Moralia, 40) 1:38 min Choral -
75 Hodie Christus natus est, motet for 6 voices 2:10 min Vocal Music -
76 In Nomine Jesu 1:49 min Miscellaneous (Classical) -
77 In terra sumus rex, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 3, No. 34) 0:55 min Choral -
78 Inveni portum, for 5 voices (Moralia, 31) 1:28 min Choral -
79 Lex et natura, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 3, No. 51) 1:14 min Choral -
80 Libertas animi cibus, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 2, No. 31) 1:20 min Choral -
81 Linguarum non est praestantior ulla Latina, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 3, No. 49) 1:03 min Choral -
82 Linquo coax ranis, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 3, No. 46) 0:48 min Choral -
83 Livide, quare tibi mea musica displicet uni?, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 3, No. 50) 1:47 min Choral -
84 Missa "Adesto dolori meo," for 5 voices 19:40 min Choral -
85 Missa Ad Imitationem Pater Noster for double chorus 26:23 min Choral -
86 Missa super "Elisabeth Impletum Est Tempus" 14:35 min Choral -
87 Missa super "Sancta Maria" 22:55 min Choral -
88 Missa Undique Flammatis Concentus Cantorum Choral -
89 Moralia (2) Miscellaneous (Classical) -
90 Moralia for 5, 6 & 8 voices Choral -
91 Multum deliro, for 5 voices (Moralia, 30) 0:51 min Choral -
92 Musica Musarum germana, for 6 voices (Moralia, 29) 2:45 min Choral -
93 Musica noster amor, for 6 voices (Moralia, 28) 2:17 min Choral -
94 Natus est nobis, motet 1:53 min Choral -
95 Ne iactes, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 2, No. 26) 1:09 min Choral -
96 Nec Veneris, nec tu vini capiaris amore, for 8 voices (Moralia, 6) 2:37 min Choral -
97 Nemo placet stultis, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 2, No. 29) 0:53 min Choral -
98 Nescio quid sit amor, for 6 voices (Moralia, 11) 1:15 min Choral -
99 Nil est asperius misero, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 2, No. 17) 2:05 min Choral -
100 Nobile vincendi genus, for 5 voices (Moralia, 39) 1:22 min Choral -
101 Noli laudari, for 6 voices (Moralia, 14) 1:31 min Choral -
102 Nunquam bella bonis, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 3, No. 44) 0:52 min Choral -
103 Nusquam tuta fides, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 1, No. 11) 2:49 min Choral -
104 O admirabile commercium, motet 2:34 min Choral -
105 O Fortuna potens, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 1, No. 2) 2:00 min Choral -
106 O homo, si scires, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 2, No. 28) 2:28 min Choral -
107 O Magnum Mysterium 2:22 min Choral -
108 O magnum mysterium, motet for 2 choirs 1:49 min Choral -
109 O mores, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 3, No. 42) 2:10 min Choral -
110 O, quam dure premit miseros conditio vitae, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 3, No. 39) 3:20 min Choral -
111 Oderunt hilarem tristes, for 6 voices (Moralia, 23) 2:30 min Choral -
112 Odi et amo, for 6 voices (Moralia, 19) 1:39 min Choral -
113 Omnia vincit amor, for 6 voices (Moralia, 18) 1:35 min Choral -
114 Omnis homo nihil est, for 5 voices (Moralia, 34) 1:26 min Choral -
115 Opto placere bonis, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 3, No. 52) 1:00 min Choral -
116 Orientur stella ex Jacob from Opus Musicum 1:35 min Choral -
117 Pascitur in vivis livor, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 3, No. 53) 1:35 min Choral -
118 Pater noster, for 8 voices 4:26 min Choral -
119 Pater Noster, for 8-part chorus 4:35 min Choral -
120 Pater noster, motet for choir 4:21 min Choral -
121 Pauperiem modico contentus, for 5 voices (Moralia, 38) 1:03 min Choral -
122 Perfer et obdura, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 2, No. 23) 1:35 min Choral -
123 Permultos liceat cuculus, for 6 voices (Moralia, 27) 1:02 min Choral -
124 Plus laudatori, for 5 voices (Moralia, 47) 1:13 min Choral -
125 Preparate corda vestra, introit for choir 1:32 min Choral -
126 Principibus placuisse viris, for 6 voices (Moralia, 24) 1:20 min Choral -
127 Proditor est ut hypocrita, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 1, No. 13) 1:18 min Choral -
128 Pueri, Concinite 1:35 min Miscellaneous (Classical) -
129 Quam bene apud memore, for 5 voices (Moralia, 42) 1:35 min Choral -
130 Quam gallina suum parit ovum, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 1, No. 7) 1:27 min Choral -
131 Qui cantum corvi cras imitatur, for 6 voices (Moralia, 26) 1:15 min Choral -
132 Qui capit uxorem, for 6 voices (Moralia, 22) 2:20 min Choral -
133 Qui cito dat, for 6 voices (Moralia, 25) 1:30 min Choral -
134 Qui fugat intrepidos, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ morales, book 1, no. 4) 1:01 min Choral -
135 Qui leviter credit, for 5 voices (Moralia, 35) 1:11 min Choral -
136 Qui sermone placet, for 6 voices (Moralia, 12) 1:19 min Choral -
137 Quid mihi, livor edax, for 8 voices (Moralia, 5) 4:34 min Choral -
138 Quid petitur sacris, for 8 voices (Moralia, 8) 2:35 min Choral -
139 Quid sis, quid fueris, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 3, No. 41) 2:12 min Choral -
140 Quisquis amat dictis, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 2, No. 25) 1:10 min Choral -
141 Quod later, ignotum est, for 8 voices (Moralia, 10) 2:09 min Choral -
142 Quod licet, ingtratum est, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 2, No. 20) 1:54 min Choral -
143 Quod vitae sectabor iter, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 3, No. 38) 1:39 min Choral -
144 Regnum mundi, for 4 voices 2:10 min Choral -
145 Repleti Sunt 2:10 min Choral -
146 Resonet in Laudibus 1:48 min Choral -
147 Rorate caeli 2:06 min Miscellaneous (Classical) -
148 Scilicet extremis, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 3, No. 48) 1:04 min Choral -
149 Semper pauper eris, for 5 voices (Moralia, 41) 1:07 min Choral -
150 Si prolixa facit sapientem barba, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 2, No. 24) 0:57 min Choral -
151 Si tibi gratia, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 2, No. 16) 1:52 min Choral -
152 Si vis laudari, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 2, No. 15) 1:43 min Choral -
153 Si vitare velis, for 6 voices (Moralia, 15) 1:45 min Choral -
154 Si vox est, canta, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 2, No. 22) 1:17 min Choral -
155 Sperne lucrum, for 8 voices (Moralia, 7) 2:38 min Choral -
156 Stella quam viderant magi, for 6 voices 3:01 min Choral -
157 Stola iucunditatis 1:43 min Choral -
158 Sunt tibi vitandi sermones, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 3, No. 40) 1:08 min Choral -
159 Tempore felici multi numerantur amici, for 8 voices (Moralia, 2) 1:32 min Choral -
160 Tempore felici non cognoscuntur amici, for 5 voices (Moralia, 36) 1:08 min Choral -
161 Tu ne cede malis, for 5 voices (Moralia, 45) 1:22 min Choral -
162 Turpe referre pedem, for 5 voices (Moralia, 33) 1:20 min Choral -
163 Turpe sequi casum, for 6 voices (Moralia, 21) 0:58 min Choral -
164 Usibus edocto si quicquam credis amico, for 8 voices (Moralia, 3) 4:25 min Choral -
165 Usus amicorum bonus, for 5 voices (Moralia, 46) 1:12 min Choral -
166 Utinam dirumperes coelos, for 6 voices 2:40 min Choral -
167 Uxor, amice, tibi est semper mala, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 2, No. 19) 1:06 min Choral -
168 Vae nobis, motet 1:55 min Choral -
169 Veni Domine 2:03 min Choral -
170 Veni Domine 2:06 min Choral -
171 Veni redemptor gentium 1:32 min Choral -
172 Venite, ascendemus ad montem Domini from Opus musicum 3:05 min Choral -
173 Vespere autem Sabbati, for chorus 1:44 min Choral -
174 Viri sancti, 6 voice motet for double chorus 2:17 min Choral -
175 Vitam quae faciunt beatiorem, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 2, No. 30) 1:16 min Choral -
176 Vivite felices, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 2, No. 33) 1:53 min Choral -
177 Vos, qui nulla datis, for 4 voices (Harmoniæ Morales, Book 2, No. 27) 1:08 min Choral -
178 Zwei der Seraphim, sie riefen, for 8-part double chorus 2:57 min Choral -
179 Zwei der Seraphim, sie riefen, motet for choir 2:57 min Choral -
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