Missa Di Dadi

Josquin des Prez
(c. 1450–1521)
Missa Di dadi
Gimell
Edited by Timothy Symons for Gimell Records
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The Missa Di dadi takes as its cantus firmus the Tenor of the rondeau N’aray je jamais mieulx by the Eng-
lish composer Robert Morton (c. 1430–1479). Unusually for a mass by Josquin, it survives in only one
source, Petrucci’s Missarum Josquin liber tertius (1514). There, each statement of the cantus firmus in the
first four movements of the mass (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo and Sanctus) is preceded by a picture of two dice.
The numbers shown on the faces of the dice indicate the ratio between the note-values of the rondeau
and those of the mass. The original notation of the Tenor in Kyrie I is shown below.
2
1
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The note-values of the chanson Tenor must here be augmented in the ratio 2:1 to arrive at those of
the Tenor part of the mass. Kyrie I and Kyrie III use the prortion 2:1, the two cantus firmus sections in
the Gloria 4:1, those in the Credo 6:1, and the Sanctus 5:1. Petrucci also prints a ‘Resolutio’ part, which
gives the Tenor in the augmented note-values indicated by the dice and in the same mensuration as the
other voices. This is not merely a useful aid for the singers, but in the Sanctus is actually essential for
the correct realisation of the cantus firmus, for there only the semibreves of Morton’s original must be
multiplied in value, not the minims or the rests.
After the Sanctus, two obvious changes occur in the Tenor. First, the two dice disappear. Second, the
last three cantus firmus statements (Osanna, Agnus I and Agnus III) use the whole of Morton’s Tenor,
whereas the preceding movements of the mass had used only the first line.
Michael Long has written a substantial essay 1 which offers a symbolic interpretation both of the
numbers on the dice and of their sudden disappearance and the completion of the cantus firmus at the
Osanna. The following is a brief summary of its main points.2
The reader is invited to imagine a game of dice between two players, each attempting to throw a higher
score than his opponent. The first player’s initial roll is three (2+1), which may allude to the threefold
nature of the Kyrie or to the Trinity. The second player also rolls three and, as there is no winner, play
continues. In the next round (Gloria), each player rolls five (4+1), which may be an allusion to the five
wounds of Christ on the Cross. Again, there is no winner and so play goes on. In the third indecisive
round of play (Credo), each player rolls seven (6+1), a number which is frequently used in the Bible
to symbolise spiritual perfection, and which might also be a reference to the seven sacraments. In the
fourth and final round (Sanctus), the first player rolls six (5+1). This is a winning score in many dice
games: play ends and the dice disappear.
It is significant that the changes in the Tenor occur after the Sanctus, for it is at this point in the liturgy
that the focus moves from the preparation to receive the Host to its consecration and its adoration by the
worshipper. The elevation of the sacrament afforded a brief glimpse of the Redeemer and of redemption.
The game of dice is an allegory: the pursuit by the gambler of financial gain is a symbol for the labour of
the faithful, who win the reward of the Host. This reward could also be regarded in one sense as mon-
etary, for the Host itself resembled a coin in shape.
The text of N’aray je jamais mieulx and Josquin’s treatment of the cantus firmus reinforce the metaphor
of the game of dice. The first line of the rondeau, ‘Shall I never have better than I have?’ can be inter-
preted in a number of ways: as the conventional lament of the lover, as the grumble of the gambler, and
as the longing of the soul for redemption. To quote Bloxam, with the completion of the cantus firmus at
the Osanna ‘comes the implicit textual completion of the chanson, now elevated from the banal protests
of the ardent lover to affirmations of faith and love for the Redeemer made visible in the Host (“My love
and all my delight … I am yours and will so remain”).’
The Petrucci print does not by any means provide the whole of the verbal text of the mass, and a sub-
stantial amount of underlay must be supplied by the editor (printed here in italic). This deficiency is
particularly acute in the Tenor, where only textual incipits are provided. In the Gloria and Credo, the
long notes of the cantus firmus have been subdivided in order to accommodate the text; no such inter-
vention is required in the other movements.
1 Michael Long, ‘Symbol and Ritual in Josquin’s Missa Di dadi’, Journal of the American Musicological Society, 42 (1989), pp. 1–22.
2 See also M. Jennifer Bloxam’s chapter ‘Masses Based on Polyphonic Songs and Canonic Masses’ in The Josquin Companion,
ed. Richard Sherr (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000), pp.151–209, at pp. 152–9.
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Missa Di dadi
Edited by Timothy Symons JOSQUIN DES PREZ
(c. 1450–1521)
Kyrie
SUPERIUS o
Ky ri e e
ALTUS o
8
Ky ri e e lei
TENOR o
8
BASSUS o
lei son, ky ri e e
8
son, ky ri e e lei son,
8
Ky ri e e
Ky ri e e

6
lei son, e lei
8
ky ri e e lei
8
lei son, ky
lei son, ky ri e
12
son, e lei son.
8
son.
8
ri e e lei son.
e lei son.
16
SUPERIUS C
Chri ste e lei
ALTUS C
8
Chri ste e lei
BASSUS C
Chri ste e lei
22
son, Chri ste e lei
8
son, Chri ste e
son, Chri ste

7
28
son, Chri ste e lei
8
lei son, Chri ste
e lei son, Chri
34
son.
8
e lei son.
te e lei son.
40
O
Ky ri e e lei
O
8
Ky
O
8
O
Ky ri e e lei
44
son, ky ri e e lei son,
8
ri e e lei
8
Ky ri e e lei
son, ky ri e e lei

8
48
ky ri e e lei
8
son, ky ri e e lei son, ky ri
8
son, ky ri
son, e lei
52
son.
8
e e lei son, e lei son.
8
e e lei son.
son, ky ri e e lei son.
Gloria
8
Glo ri a in ex cel sis De o.
SUPERIUS o
Et in ter ra pax ho mi ni
ALTUS o
8
Et in ter ra pax ho
TENOR o
8
BASSUS o

9
bus ho mi ni bus bo ne vo lun ta
8
mi ni bus bo ne vo lun ta
Et in ter ra pax ho mi ni bus
tis. Lau da mus te, be ne di ci mus te,
8
tis. Lau da mus te, be ne di ci mus te, ad o ra
8
Lau da mus te, be ne di ci mus te,
bo ne vo lun ta tis. Lau da mus te, be
13
ad o ra mus te, glo ri fi ca mus
8
mus te, glo ri fi ca mus
8
ad o ra mus te, glo ri fi ca mus
ne di ci mus te, glo ri fi ca mus

10
18
te. Gra ti as a gi mus ti bi prop
8
te. Gra ti as a gi mus ti bi
8
23
ter mag nam glo ri am tu
8
prop ter mag nam glo
8
prop ter mag nam glo ri am tu
prop ter mag nam glo
27
am.
8
ri am tu am.
8
am.
ri am tu am.

11
31
SUPERIUS C
Do mi ne de
ALTUS C
8
Do mi ne de
BASSUS C
Do mi ne de
37
us, rex ce les
8
us,
us, rex
43
8
rex ce les tis, de
ce les tis, de us
50
tis de us pa ter om ni
8
us pa ter om
pa ter om ni

12
56
po tens, om ni
8
ni
61
po tens.
8
po tens.
po tens.
66
ALTUS C
8
Do mi ne fi li u ni ge
BASSUS C
Do mi ne fi li u ni
72
8
ni te Je
ge ni te Je
78
su

13
83
8
su Chri ste.
Chri ste.
88
SUPERIUS C
Do mi
ALTUS C
8
Do mi ne de
BASSUS C
Do mi ne de us, de
93
ne de
97
us, ag nus de i, fi
8
us, ag nus de i, fi
us, ag nus de i, fi li

14
102
li
8
li us pa tris,
us pa
107
us, fi li us pa
8
fi li us pa
tris, fi li us, fi li us pa
112
tris.
8
tris.
tris.
117
c
Qui tol lis pec ca ta mun di,
c
8
Qui tol lis pec ca ta
c
8
c
Qui tol lis pec

15
123
mi se re re no
8
mun di, mi se re
ca ta mun di, mi se re
129
bis, no
8
re no
re no bis.
134
bis.
8
bis. Qui tol lis pec ca ta mun
Qui tol lis pec ca ta

16
139
sus ci pe de pre
8
di, sus ci pe de pre
8
sus ci pre de pre
mun di, sus ci pe de pre
145
ca ti o nem nos tram.
8
ca ti o nem nos tram, nos
8
151
Qui se des ad dex te ram
8
tram. Mi
8
Mi
Qui se des ad dex te ram pa tris.

17
156
no bis.
8
se re re no bis.
8
se re re no bis.
no
161
Quo ni am tu so
8
Quo ni am, quo ni am
8
Quo ni am
bis. Quo ni am
166
lus sanc
8
tu so lus sanc
8
tu so lus sanc
tu so lus sanc

18
171
tus. Tu so lus do
8
tus. Tu so lus,
8
tus. Tu so lus do
tus.
176
mi nus. Tu so
8
tu so lus do mi nus. Tu
8
mi nus, tu so lus do mi nus. Tu
Tu so lus do mi nus. Tu
182
lus al tis si mus,
8
so lus al tis si mus,
8
so lus al tis si mus,
so lus al tis si mus

19
187 =
O
Je su Chri ste. Cum sanc
O
8
Je su Chri ste.
8
Je su Chri ste. Cum
O
Je su Chri ste.
193
to spi ri tu, in glo ri a de i
8
Cum sanc to spi ri tu, in glo ri a de i pa
8
sanc to spi ri tu, in glo ri a de i
Cum sanc to spi ri tu, in glo ri a de i
198
pa tris. A men.
8
tris. A men.
8
pa tris. A men.
pa tris. A men.

20
Credo
8
Cre do in u num de um.
SUPERIUS o
Pa
ALTUS o
8
Pa trem om
TENOR o
8
BASSUS o
trem om ni po ten tem,
8
ni po ten tem, fac to rem ce li
fac to rem ce li et ter
8
et ter re, vi si bi li um om ni um et in vi si bi li
re, vi si bi li um om ni um et in vi si bi li

21
13
Et in u num do mi num Je sum Chris tum, fi
8
um. Et in u num do mi num Je sum Chris tum,
8
Et in u num do mi num Je sum Chris
um. Et in u num do mi
18
li um de i u ni ge ni
8
fi li um de i u ni ge ni tum. Et
8
tum, u ni ge ni tum.
num Je sum Chris tum. Et
23
tum. Et ex pa tre na tum an te om ni
8
ex pa tre na tum an te om ni a
8
Et ex pa tre na tum an te om ni a
ex pa tre na tum

22
28
a se cu la.
8
se cu la. De um de de o, lu men de lu mi
8
se cu la.
se cu la. De um de de o, lu men de lu
33
8
ne, de um ve rum de de o ve
mi ne de um ve rum de de o ve
37
Ge ni tum, non fac tum, con sub stan ti a lem pa tri: per
8
ro. Ge ni tum, non fac tum, con sub stan ti a lem pa
ro.
41
quem om ni a fac ta sunt. Qui prop ter nos ho
8
tri: per quem om ni a fac ta sunt. Qui prop ter nos ho mi
8
Qui prop ter nos ho mi nes,
Qui prop ter nos ho mi nes,

23
46
mi nes, et prop ter nos tram sa lu tem,
8
nes, des cen dit de ce lis.
8
et prop ter nos tram sa lu tem, des cen dit de ce lis.
et prop ter nos tram sa lu tem, des cen dit de ce lis.
50
Et in car na tus est de spi ri tu sanc to ex Ma ri a
8
Et in car na tus est de spi ri tu sanc to ex
8
Et in car na tus est de spi ri tu sanc to ex Ma ri
Et in car na tus est de spi ri tu sanc to ex Ma ri
54
vir gi ne: et ho mo fac tus est.
8
Ma ri a vir gi ne: et ho mo fac tus est.
8
a vir gi ne: et ho mo fac tus est.
a vir gi ne: et ho mo fac tus est.

24
59
c
Cru ci fi xus e ti am pro no
c
8
Cru ci fi xus e ti
c
8
65
bis
8
am pro no bis sub
71
sub Pon ti o Pi la to: pas
8
Pon ti o Pi la to: pas
77
sus et se pul
8
sus et se pul
83
tus
8
tus est.

25
89
est. Et re sur re xit ter ti a di
8
Et re sur re xit ter ti a di e,
95
e,
8
se cun dum scrip tu
se cun dum scrip tu
101
Et as cen dit in ce
8
Et as cen dit
8
ras. Et as cen dit in
ras. Et as
107
lum:
8
in ce lum: se det ad
8
ce lum:
cen dit in ce lum: se det ad

26
113
se det ad dex
8
dex te ram pa tris.
8
se det ad dex
dex te ram pa tris,
119
te ram pa tris.
8
Et i te rum ven tu rus
8
te ram pa tris. Et i te
se det ad dex te ram pa tris. Et i te rum ven tu rus
125
Et i te rum ven tu rus est cum
8
est cum glo ri a
8
rum ven tu rus est cum glo ri a
est cum glo ri a

27
131
glo ri a ju di ca re vi vos et mor tu os:
8
ju di ca re vi vos et mor tu os:
8
137
cu ius reg ni non e rit fi nis. Et in spi ri tum
8
cu ius reg ni non e rit fi nis. Et
8
cu ius reg ni non e rit fi nis. Et in
cu ius reg ni non e rit fi nis.
143
sanc tum do mi num, et vi vi fi can tem: qui ex pa
8
in spi ri tum sanc tum do mi num, et vi vi fi can tem: qui ex pa
8
spi ri tum sanc tum do mi num, et vi vi fi can tem:
Et in spi ri tum sanc tum do mi num,

28
149
tre fi li o que pro ce dit. Qui cum pa tre et fi li
8
tre fi li o que pro ce dit. Qui cum pa tre
Qui cum pa tre et fi li
155
o si mul a do ra
8
et fi li o si mul a do
o si mul a do ra tur, si mul a do
162
tur et con glo ri fi
8
ra tur et con glo
ra tur et con glo ri

29
169
ca tur:
8
ri fi ca tur: qui lo cu tus
fi ca tur:
176
qui lo cu tus est per pro phe tas, qui lo cu tus est per pro phe
8
est per pro phe tas, per pro phe tas, qui lo cu tus est per pro phe
qui lo cu tus est per pro phe
182
tas. Et u nam sanc tam ca tho li cam
8
tas, per pro phe tas. Et u nam sanc tam
8
Et u nam sanc tam ca tho li
tas per pro phe tas.

30
188
et a po sto li cam ec cle si am. Con fi te
8
ca tho li cam et a po sto li cam ec cle si am. Con fi te
8
cam et a po sto li cam ec cle si am. Con fi te
Con fi te or
194
or u num bap tis ma in re mis si o
8
or u num bap tis
8
or u num bap tis ma in re mis si
u num bap tis ma in re mis
200
nem pec ca to rum. Et
8
ma. Et ex pec to
8
o nem pec ca to rum. Et ex pec
si o nem pec ca

31
206
ex pec to re sur rec ti o nem mor tu
8
re sur rec ti o nem
8
to re sur rec ti o nem mor tu o
to rum. Mor tu o
212
o rum. Et vi tam ven tu ri se cu li. A
8
mor tuo rum. Et vi tam ven tu ri se
8
rum. Et vi tam ven tu ri se cu li.
rum. Et vi tam ven tu ri se cu li.
218
men.
8
cu li. A men.
8
A men.
A men.

32
Sanctus
SUPERIUS o
Sanc tus, sanc
ALTUS o
8
Sanc tus, sanc
TENOR o
8
BASSUS o
tus, sanc tus, sanc tus, sanc
8
tus, sanc
8
Sanc tus,
Sanc tus, sanc
tus, sanc tus do
8
tus, sanc tus, sanc tus do
8
sanc tus
tus, sanc tus

33
13
mi nus
8
mi nus, do mi nus de
8
do mi nus
do mi nus, do mi nus, do mi nus de
17
de us, de us, de us
8
us, de us, de
8
de us, sa ba oth, sa
us, do mi nus de us, do mi nus
21
sa ba oth, sa ba oth.
8
us sa ba oth, sa ba oth.
8
ba oth.
de us sa ba oth, sa ba oth.

34
26
SUPERIUS o
ALTUS o
8
Ple ni sunt ce
BASSUS o
Ple ni sunt ce
31
8
li et
35
8
ter
li et ter ra, et ter
39
glo ri
8
ra glo
ra

35
43
a tu a, glo
8
ri a, glo ri a tu a, glo
glo ri a,
47
ri a tu a,
8
ri a tu a, glo
glo
51
glo
8
ri a tu a, glo
ri a tu a,
55
ri a tu a.
8
ri a tu a.
glo ri a tu a.

36
59
O
O san na, O san
O
8
O san na, O san na,
O
8
O san na, O san
O
O san na, O san na, O
63
na, O san
8
O san
8
na, O san
san na, O
67
na, O san
8
na, O san
8
na, O san
san na, O san

37
71
na in ex cel
8
na in ex cel
8
na in ex cel
na in ex cel
75
8
sis, in ex cel
8
sis, in ex cel
sis, in ex cel
79
sis, in ex cel sis.
8
sis, in ex cel sis.
8
sis.
sis, in ex cel sis, in ex cel sis.

38
83
TENOR C
8
Be ne dic tus qui ve
BASSUS C
Be ne dic tus qui
89
ve
95
101
108
8
nit in no
nit in no

39
114
119
124
8
mi ne do
mi ne do
130
135
8
mi ni.
mi ni.
Osanna ut supra
40
Agnus dei
SUPERIUS C
Ag nus de i, ag
ALTUS C
8
Ag nus de
TENOR C
8
Ag nus de i, ag
BASSUS C
Ag nus de i,
nus de i, ag nus de
8
i, ag nus de i,
8
nus de
ag nus de
10
i, ag nus de
8
ag nus de
8
i, ag nus de
i, ag nus de i, qui

41
15
i, qui tol lis, qui tol
8
i, qui tol lis, qui tol lis, qui
8
i, qui tol
tol lis, qui tol
20
lis, qui tol
8
tol lis, qui tol
lis, qui tol lis, qui
25
lis, qui tol
8
lis, qui tol
8
lis, qui tol
tol lis,

42
30
lis,
qui tol
35
40
pec ca ta, pec ca
8
lis pec ca
8
lis pec ca ta
lis pec ca ta,

43
45
ta mun
8
ta, pec ca
8
mun di, qui tol lis
pec ca ta, pec ca ta
49
di,
8
ta mun di, mun di, mun
8
pec ca ta mun
mun di, pec ca ta,
54
mun di, mi se re
8
di,
8
di, mi se re
pec ca ta mun di, mi

44
59
re no
8
mi se re re no
8
re no
se re re no bis, no
63
bis, no bis.
8
bis.
8
bis.
bis, no bis.
68
ALTUS C
8
Ag nus de i, qui tol
BASSUS C
Ag nus de i, qui
74
tol

45
79
84
8
lis pec ca
89
lis pec ca
94
8
ta mun
99
ta mun
104
8
di,
di, mi

46
109
8
mi se re re, mi se re re,
se re re, mi se re re, mi se
115
8
mi se re re no bis.
re re, mi se re re no bis.
121
C
Ag us de i,
C
8
Ag nus de i, ag nus de i, ag
C
8
Ag nus de i, ag nus de
127
ag nus de i,
8
nus de
8
i, ag nus de i, ag
Ag nus de i, ag nus

47
133
ag nus de
8
i, ag nus de
8
nus de
de i, ag
139
i,
8
i, ag
8
i,
nus de i qui
145
ag nus de
8
nus de i, ag nus de
8
ag nus de
tol

48
151
i, qui tol lis pec ca ta mun
8
i, qui tol lis pec ca ta
8
i, qui tol lis pec ca ta
lis, qui tol lis
157
di, qui tol
8
mun di, qui tol lis pec ca
8
mun di, qui tol lis pec ca
pec ca ta mun
162
lis pec ca ta mun di, do
8
ta mun di, do
8
ta mun di, do na no
di,

49
168
na no bis pa cem,
8
na no bis pa cem, do na
8
bis pa cem, do na no
pec ca ta mun di,
173
do
8
no bis pa cem, do
8
bis pa cem, pa cem, do na no
qui tol lis pec ca
178
na no bis pa
8
na no bis pa cem,
8
bis pa
ta mun di, do

50
183
Missa Di dadi JOSQUIN
cem, do na no bis pa
8
do na no bis pa cem,
8
cem, do na no bis pa
na no bis
188
cem, do na no bis pa cem, do na no bis pa cem, do
8
do na no bis pa cem, do na no bis pa cem,
pa
194
na no bis pa cem.
8
do na no bis pa cem.
8
cem, do na no bis pa cem.
cem.

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lei son, e lei

son, e lei son.

son, Chri ste e lei

son, Chri ste

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son, Chri ste e lei

e lei son, Chri

son, ky ri e e lei son,

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son, ky ri e e lei son.

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bus ho mi ni bus bo ne vo lun ta

Et in ter ra pax ho mi ni bus

tis. Lau da mus te, be ne di ci mus te,

bo ne vo lun ta tis. Lau da mus te, be

ad o ra mus te, glo ri fi ca mus

ne di ci mus te, glo ri ﬁ ca mus

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te. Gra ti as a gi mus ti bi prop

te. Gra ti as a gi mus ti bi

ter mag nam glo ri am tu

prop ter mag nam glo

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us, rex ce les

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Qui tol lis pec ca ta

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mun di, sus ci pe de pre

ca ti o nem nos tram.

ca ti o nem nos tram.

Qui se des ad dex te ram

Qui se des ad dex te ram pa tris.

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lus al tis si mus,

so lus al tis si mus

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to spi ri tu, in glo ri a de i

Cum sanc to spi ri tu, in glo ri a de i

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trem om ni po ten tem,

fac to rem ce li et ter

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Et in u num do mi num Je sum Chris tum, fi

num Je sum Chris tum. Et

tum. Et ex pa tre na tum an te om ni

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quem om ni a fac ta sunt. Qui prop ter nos ho

Qui prop ter nos ho mi nes,

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mi nes, et prop ter nos tram sa lu tem,

et prop ter nos tram sa lu tem, des cen dit de ce lis.

Et in car na tus est de spi ri tu sanc to ex Ma ri a

Et in car na tus est de spi ri tu sanc to ex Ma ri

vir gi ne: et ho mo fac tus est.

a vir gi ne: et ho mo fac tus est.

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sub Pon ti o Pi la to: pas

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