Orlando di Lasso – Justorum animae (SATB)

$12.00

Newly engraved performing edition by Maxwell Trombley

Details
Voicing: SATB
Duration: approx. 3–4 minutes
Language: Latin

Overview
Orlando di Lasso's Justorum animae is one of the finest and most enduring motets of the late Renaissance. Setting a text from the Book of Wisdom ("The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God"), the work offers a serene meditation on eternal rest, consolation, and divine protection.

Published in Lasso's Cantiones Sacrae of 1582, the motet exemplifies the clarity, balance, and expressive refinement that characterize the composer's mature sacred style. Smoothly flowing contrapuntal lines and carefully crafted imitative entries allow the text to unfold with exceptional transparency while maintaining the richness of four-voice polyphony. The work's restrained dignity and luminous sonority have made it a frequent choice for memorial services, All Souls observances, and concert performance alike.

This edition presents the motet in a modern performing score prepared directly from the original printed source. The original mensural notation has been rendered in modern notation, with editorial accidentals supplied according to established Renaissance performance practice and clearly distinguished from those found in the source. A proportional meter change from the original notation to modern 3/2 meter has been adopted to improve readability while preserving the work's rhythmic relationships and musical character.

The edition has also been transposed upward by a minor third from the original print, a practice commonly employed in modern performances of Renaissance vocal music to accommodate contemporary concert pitch while preserving the intervallic structure and contrapuntal integrity of the source.

Licensing & Access

Your purchase licenses this downloadable PDF score for unlimited printing and performance by one ensemble or organization. Please do not share or redistribute the file outside your group.

Scores are delivered digitally as a PDF immediately following purchase and are formatted for both print and tablet use.

If you would like to review a watermarked perusal score prior to purchase, feel free to contact me. I will be happy to provide one.

Thank you for supporting independent scholarly editing and helping ensure that carefully prepared editions remain available to the performers who rely on them.

Newly engraved performing edition by Maxwell Trombley

Details
Voicing: SATB
Duration: approx. 3–4 minutes
Language: Latin

Overview
Orlando di Lasso's Justorum animae is one of the finest and most enduring motets of the late Renaissance. Setting a text from the Book of Wisdom ("The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God"), the work offers a serene meditation on eternal rest, consolation, and divine protection.

Published in Lasso's Cantiones Sacrae of 1582, the motet exemplifies the clarity, balance, and expressive refinement that characterize the composer's mature sacred style. Smoothly flowing contrapuntal lines and carefully crafted imitative entries allow the text to unfold with exceptional transparency while maintaining the richness of four-voice polyphony. The work's restrained dignity and luminous sonority have made it a frequent choice for memorial services, All Souls observances, and concert performance alike.

This edition presents the motet in a modern performing score prepared directly from the original printed source. The original mensural notation has been rendered in modern notation, with editorial accidentals supplied according to established Renaissance performance practice and clearly distinguished from those found in the source. A proportional meter change from the original notation to modern 3/2 meter has been adopted to improve readability while preserving the work's rhythmic relationships and musical character.

The edition has also been transposed upward by a minor third from the original print, a practice commonly employed in modern performances of Renaissance vocal music to accommodate contemporary concert pitch while preserving the intervallic structure and contrapuntal integrity of the source.

Licensing & Access

Your purchase licenses this downloadable PDF score for unlimited printing and performance by one ensemble or organization. Please do not share or redistribute the file outside your group.

Scores are delivered digitally as a PDF immediately following purchase and are formatted for both print and tablet use.

If you would like to review a watermarked perusal score prior to purchase, feel free to contact me. I will be happy to provide one.

Thank you for supporting independent scholarly editing and helping ensure that carefully prepared editions remain available to the performers who rely on them.

About My Editions

My modern performing editions are prepared from early printed sources and edited for clarity, consistency, and rehearsal efficiency. They are intended for ensembles seeking reliable scholarly texts presented in clean, modern layouts.

Each edition includes an inner cover page containing a brief historical foreword, the full text with translation where applicable, editorial comments explaining notational decisions, and a reproduced facsimile page from the original source. To view an example of an editorial cover page, click here.

Editorial work includes careful source comparison, clearly marked accidentals, historically informed text underlay, and engraving designed for practical ensemble use, resulting in scores that are both scholarly reliable and performance ready.

Custom Options

If you are interested in a different voicing, key, or format for your ensemble, feel free to get in touch. In some cases, alternate versions can be prepared depending on the work and project schedule.