Passibus ambiguis (Greiter, Matthias)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	2 movements
First Publication	1553 in Gregor Faber's Musices practiae erotematum
Genre Categories	Sacred songs; Religious works; Songs; For 4 voices; For unaccompanied voices; Scores featuring the voice; Latin language

Sheet Music

Complete Score
*#413292 - 0.06MB, 2 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 521×⇩ - Agarvin

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Complete Parts
*#413293 - 0.34MB, 6 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - !N/!N/!N - 103×⇩ - Agarvin

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Editor	Allen Garvin
Publisher. Info.	Dallas: Hawthorne Early Music, 2016.
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Work Title	Passibus ambiguis
Alternative. Title	Fortuna desperata
Composer	Greiter, Matthias
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IMG 1
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	2 movements
First Publication.	1553 in Gregor Faber's Musices practiae erotematum
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Renaissance
Piece Style	Renaissance
Instrumentation	4 instruments (SATB); see below, Comments

This very unusual piece is centered on the 6-note start of the famous chanson Fortuna Desperata, played as a cantus firmus by the tenor, and cycles through the circle of fifths, starting in F major in the first part, and ending up in F-flat major in the second.
RISM lists it as for 4 voices. Tagged as such.