Missa L'homme armé

Over 40 settings of the Ordinary of the Mass using the tune L'homme armé survive from the period between 1450 and the end of the 17th century, making the tune the most popular single source from the period on which to base an imitation mass.

Some of the Missae L'homme armé are as follows:

Probably dating from the 1450s:

  • Missa L'homme armé (Antoine Busnois)
  • Missa L'homme armé (Guillaume Dufay)
  • Missa L'homme armé (Johannes Regis) (two: one lost)
  • Missa L'homme armé (Johannes Ockeghem)
  • Missa L'homme armé (Guillaume Faugues) (two)

Probably written before 1475:

  • Missa L'homme armé (Johannes Tinctoris)
  • Missa L'homme armé (Firminus Caron)
  • Missa L'homme armé (Cycle of six masses, from an anonymous manuscript from Naples)

Probably written before 1500:

Written after 1500:

More recent L'homme armé works

References

  1. ^ Maddocks, Fiona (2016). Music for Life: 100 Works to Carry You Through. Faber & Faber. p. 124. ISBN 978-0-571-32939-7.
  • David Fallows: "L'homme armé." Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (Accessed April 8, 2007), (subscription access)