Jacob Regnart
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Jacob Regnart (French: Jacques Regnart; 1540s – 16 October 1599) was a
, where he wrote both sacred and secular music.Biography
Regnart was born at
; Regnart claimed to have worked there since 1557. In 1564 his first works were published; he moved to Vienna and then Italy, where he studied from 1568 to 1570. The first fruits of these studies, Il primo libro delle canzone italiane, would be published in 1574, with many subsequent volumes to follow.In November 1570 he became an instructor for Maximilian's chapel choir, and upon Maximilian's death,
In 1588, Regnart published a collection of motets which displayed his support for Catholic reform. In 1590, Regnart and three of his four brothers, all of whom were accomplished musicians, published a joint collection of motets. Ferdinand had planned to make him a noble for his efforts, but died before he could do so; Archduke Matthias, his successor, completed the process in 1596. When Ferdinand died, his Hofkapelle was dissolved, and Regnart moved from Innsbruck back to Prague in 1596, where he became vice-Kapellmeister under Monte until his death in 1599.
Regnart's works were regularly anthologized well into the 17th century, and his music was held in high regard by such theorists as
Works
- Sacred vocal
- Sacrae aliquot cantiones, quas moteta vulgus appellat, 5/6 voices (Munich, 1575)
- Aliquot cantiones, vulgo motecta appellatae, ex veteri atque novo testamento collectae, 4 voices (Nuremberg, 1577)
- Mariale, hoc est, Opusculum sacrarum cantionum omnibus Beatissimae Virginis Mariae festivitatibus, 4–8 voices (Innsbruck, 1588)
- Novae cantiones sacrae, quator, quinque et sex vocum, Franciscus Regnart, Jacobus Regnart, Pascasius Regnart, Carolus Regnart, published by Augustinus Regnart (canon at Lille), 1590
- Missae sacrae ad imitationem selectissimarum cantionum suavissima harmonia, 5–8 voices (Frankfurt, 1602)
- Continuatio missarum sacrarum, ad imitationem selectissimarum cantionum suavissima harmonia, 4–10 voices (Frankfurt, 1603)
- Corollarium missarum sacrarum ad imitationem selectissimarum cantionum suavissima harmonia compositarum (Frankfurt, 1603)
- Sacrarum cantionum, 4–8, 12 voices (Frankfurt, 1605)
- Canticum Mariae, 5 voices (Dillingen, 1605); lost
- Missarum flores illustrium numquam hactenus visi (Frankfurt, 1611); lost
- Magnificat, ad octo modos musicos compositum cum duplici antiphona, Salve regina, 8 and 10 voices (Frankfurt, 1614); lost
- Numerous other motets, hymns, etc. published. Appearing in manuscript are ~20 masses, many motets, a St. Matthew Passion, ca. 100 hymns, and other miscellanea.
- Secular vocal
- Il primo libro delle canzone italiane, 5 voices (Vienna, 1574; rpt. in a German edition)
- Kurtzweilige teutsche Lieder, nach Art der Neapolitanen oder welschen Villanellen, 3 voices (Nuremberg, 1574, 2nd ed. 1578)
- Der ander Theyl kurtzweiliger teutscher Lieder, 3 voices (Nuremberg, 1577)
- Der dritter Theyl schöner kurtzweiliger teutscher Lieder, 3 voices (Nuremberg, 1579)
- Newe kurtzweilige teutsche Lieder, 5 voices (Nuremberg, 1580)
- Il secundo libro delle canzone italiane, 5 voices (Nuremberg, 1581; rpt. in a German edition)
- Teutsche Lieder ... in ein Opus zusamendruckt, 3 voices (Munich, 1583)[complete edn of songs, 3vv]
- Tricinia: kurtzweilige teutsche Lieder, 3 voices (Nuremberg, 1584) [complete edn. of songs, 3vv]
- Kurtzweilige teutsche Lieder, 4 voices (Munich, 1591), survives incomplete
- Schoene Comedie: Speculum vitae humanae, auff teutsch ein Spiegel des menschlichen Lebens genandt (music to accompany a play by Archduke Ferdinand), 1584, lost
- 46 other German songs, 2 madrigals, 2 Latin odes, etc.
- Instrumental
Recordings
- Regnart: Missa super "Oeniades Nymphae" Cinquecento; Hyperion CDA67640
- Regnart: Mariale 1588, Marian Motets for the Innsbruck Court. Weser-Renaissance Bremen, dir. Manfred Cordes CPO 999 507-2 1996
Sources
- Pass, Walter. Regnart, Jacob. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Retrieved 29 October 2010.
- Pratt, Waldo Selden (1907). The History of Music. New York: G. Schirmer, Inc. p. 133.
External links
- Free scores by Jacob Regnart in the Choral Public Domain Library (ChoralWiki)
- Free scores by Jacob Regnart at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)