The accurate identification of Juan de Anchieta’s musical creations could be likened to an ongoing and perpetual “work in progress.” This is due to the dispersion and diversity of sources that have persisted over 500 years since his passing. The recent scholarly investigations into his life and artistic output contribute to the challenge of constructing a comprehensive catalog of his body of work. Frequently, his compositions lack clear authorial markings, and there is no shortage of different attributions to the same work. This phenomenon elucidates why editions spanning the 20th century display shifting attributions and reattributions to diverse compositions, resulting in a fluctuating count of works, albeit always a modest one, contingent upon the preferences of various publishers.

For the development of this section of the website, it has been decided to adhere to the “Anchieta worklist” framework, meticulously formulated and developed by the esteemed musicologists Tess Knighton and Kenneth Kreitner in 2019 as part of their authoritative monograph, “The Music of Juan de Anchieta.” This choice is grounded in its up-to-date nature and its foundation in a thorough reassessment of primary sources. Knighton and Kreitner’s categorization divides Anchieta’s compositions into three distinct groups: “Works of Undoubted Attribution,” “Works of Probable Attribution,” and “Works of Doubtful Attribution.”

WORKS OF UNDOUBTED ATTRIBUTION

Johannes de Anchieta, according to the painter Gregorio Hombrados de Oñativia

RELIGIOUS MUSIC

• [Misa Rex Virginum / Missa de nostra Dona / Misa de nuestra señora] (Kyrie; Gloria; Credo)

  4 voices (Mezzo; Alto; Tenor; Bass) y (Mezzo; Tenor; Tenor; Bass)

• Missa [sine nomine / L’homme armé / quarti toni] (Kyrie; Gloria; Credo; Sanctus; Benedictus; Agnus)

  4 voices (Mezzo; Alto; Tenor; Bass)

Sources:

Barcelona, Biblioteca de Catalunya, Ms. M 454
Tarazona, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, Ms. 2/3

Source:

Tarazona, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, Ms. 2/3

• Conditor alme siderum

  3 voices (Mezzo; Alto; Baritone)

• Congratulamini mihi

  Tabulatura de tecla [a 3]

Source:

Segovia, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, Ms. s.s.

Source:

Gonzalo de Baena. Arte novamente inventada pera aprender a tãger. Lisboa, 1540.

• Domine Jesu Christe

  4 voices (Mezzo; Tenor; Tenor; Bass)

• Domine, non secundum peccata nostra

  4 voices (Tenor; Tenor; Tenor; Bass)

Sources:

Segovia, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, Ms. s.s.
Tarazona, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, Ms. 2/3
Tarazona, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, Ms. 5
Valladolid, Catedral Metropolitana, Archivo de Música, Ms. 5
Valladolid, Parroquia de Santiago, Ms. s.s. (códex Diego Sánchez)
Coimbra, Biblioteca Geral da Universidade, Ms. MM 12
Coimbra, Biblioteca Geral da Universidade, Ms. MM 32
Lisboa, Biblioteca Nacional, Colecçao Dr. Ivo Cruz, Ms. 60

Source:

Segovia, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, Ms. s.s.

• Libera me

  4 voices (Mezzo; Alto; Tenor; Bass)

• Magnificat [Sexti toni]

  3 voices (Mezzo; Alto; Baritone)

Sources:

Tarazona, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, Ms. 2/3
Tarazona, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, Ms. 5
Toledo, Biblioteca Capitular de la Catedral Metropolitana, Ms. 1
Toledo, Biblioteca Capitular de la Catedral Metropolitana, Ms. 21
Toledo, Biblioteca Capitular de la Catedral Metropolitana, Ms. 22
El Escorial, Real Monasterio de Sal Lorenzo del Escorial, Biblioteca y Archivo de Música, Ms. 10
Granada, Archivo de la Catedral, Ms. 6
Montserrat, Biblioteca del Monestir, Ms. 753
New York, The Hispanic Society Library, MS **380/871
Coimbra, Biblioteca Geral da Universidade, Ms. MM 53
Lisboa, Biblioteca Nacional, Colecçao Dr. Ivo Cruz, Ms. 60
Bloomington, Indiana University, Lilly Library, Latin American Manuscripts, Guatemala, Music MS 8
Jacaltenango (Guatemala), Santa Eulalia, Archivo Musical, Ms. 7

Sources:

Segovia, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, Ms. s.s.
Tarazona, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, Ms. 2/3

• Magnificat [Tertii toni]

  4 voices (Soprano; Alto; Tenor; Bass)

• O bone Jesu

  4 voices (Soprano; Alto; Tenor; Baritone)

Source:

Tarazona, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, Ms. 2/3

Sources:

Segovia, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, Ms. s.s.
Barcelona, Biblioteca de Catalunya, Ms. M 454
Tarazona, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, Ms. 2/3
Petrucci, Ottaviano. Motetti de la corona, Liber 3. Fossombrone: Ottaviano Petrucci, 1519.
Barcelona, Biblioteca del Orfeó Català, Ms. 5
Coimbra, Biblioteca Geral da Universidade, Ms. MM 12
Coimbra, Biblioteca Geral da Universidade, Ms. MM 32
Coimbra, Biblioteca Geral da Universidade, Ms. MM 53
Lisboa, Biblioteca Nacional, Colecçao Dr. Ivo Cruz, Ms. 60
Bloomington, Indiana University, Lilly Library, Latin American Manuscripts, Guatemala, Music MS 8
Jacaltenango (Guatemala), Santa Eulalia, Archivo Musical, Ms. 7

• Salve Regina

  4 voices (Mezzo; Tenor; Tenor; Bass)

• Virgo et Mater

  4 voices (Mezzo; Alto; Tenor; Bass)

Sources:

Tarazona, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, Ms. 2/3
Barcelona, Biblioteca de Catalunya, Ms. M 454
Sevilla, Catedral Metropolitana, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, Ms. 5-5-20
Segovia, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, D-1129
Barcelona, Biblioteca de Catalunya, Ms. M 681

Sources:

Segovia, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, Ms. s.s.
Tarazona, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, Ms. 2/3
Sevilla, Catedral Metropolitana, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, Ms. 5-5-20

SECULAR MUSIC

• Con amores mi madre

  4 voices (Soprano; Alto; Alto; Baritone)

• Donsella, madre de Dios

  3 voices (Alto; Tenor; Bass)

Source:

Madrid, Palacio Real, Biblioteca, Ms. 1335

Source:

Madrid, Palacio Real, Biblioteca, Ms. 1335

• Dos ánades, madre

  3 voices (Soprano; Alto; Baritone)

• En memoria d’Alixandre

  4 voices (Mezzo; Tenor; Tenor; Bass)

Source:

Madrid, Palacio Real, Biblioteca, Ms. 1335

Source:

Madrid, Palacio Real, Biblioteca, Ms. 1335

WORKS OF PROBABLE ATTRIBUTION

• Salve sancta parens

  4 voices (Mezzo; Tenor; Tenor; Bass)

• Benedicta et venerabilis

  4 voices (Mezzo; Tenor; Tenor; Bass)

Sources:

Barcelona, Biblioteca de Catalunya, Ms. M 454

Sources:

Barcelona, Biblioteca de Catalunya, Ms. M 454

• Alleluia: Dulcis mater

  4 voices (Mezzo; Tenor; Tenor; Bass)

• Felix namque es

  4 voices (Mezzo; Tenor; Tenor; Bass)

Source:

Barcelona, Biblioteca de Catalunya, Ms. M 454

Source:

Barcelona, Biblioteca de Catalunya, Ms. M 454

• Sanctus

  4 voices (Mezzo; Tenor; Tenor; Bass)

• Agnus Dei

  4 voices (Mezzo; Tenor; Tenor; Bass)

Source:

Barcelona, Biblioteca de Catalunya, Ms. M 454

Source:

Barcelona, Biblioteca de Catalunya, Ms. M 454

• Beata víscera

  4 voices (Mezzo; Tenor; Tenor; Bass)

• In passione Domini

  4 voices (Mezzo; Tenor; Tenor; Bass)

Source:

Barcelona, Biblioteca de Catalunya, Ms. M 454

Source:

Barcelona, Segovia, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, Ms. s.s.

• Musica quid defles

  4 voices (Soprano; Tenor; Tenor; Bass)

Source:

Georg Rhau.Symphoniae iucundae atque adeo breves. Wittenberg, 1538

WORKS OF DOUBTFUL ATTRIBUTION

• Ave sanctissima Maria

  3 voices (Mezzo; Tenor; Bajo)

• Ave verum corpus

  4 voices (Mezzo; Alto; Alto; Baritone)

Source:

Segovia, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, Ms. s.s.

Source:

Segovia, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, Ms. s.s.

• Salve sancta facies

  3 voices (Mezzo; Tenor; Bajo)

• Sancta Maria

  3 voices (Mezzo; Alto; Bajo)

Source:

Segovia, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, Ms. s.s.

Source:

Segovia, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, Ms. s.s.

• Kyrie … Qui expansis

  4 voices (Mezzo; Alto; Tenor; Bass)

• O crux ave

  4 voices (Alto; Tenor; Baritone; Bass)

Source:

Segovia, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, Ms. s.s.

Source:

Segovia, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, Ms. s.s.

• PasIón según San Mateo

  4 voices (Mezzo; Alto; Baritone; Bass)

• Pasión según San Marcos

  4 voices (Mezzo; Alto; Baritone; Bass)

Source:

Valladolid, Parroquia de Santiago, Ms. s.s. (códex Diego Sánchez)

Source:

Valladolid, Parroquia de Santiago, Ms. s.s. (códex Diego Sánchez)

• Pasión según San Lucas

  4 voices (Mezzo; Alto; Baritone; Bass)

• Pasión según San Juan

  4 voices (Mezzo; Alto; Baritone; Bass)

Source:

Valladolid, Parroquia de Santiago, Ms. s.s. (códex Diego Sánchez)

Source:

Valladolid, Parroquia de Santiago, Ms. s.s. (códex Diego Sánchez)

• Dixit Dominus

  4 voices (Soprano; Mezzo; Tenor; Bass)

• Confitebor tibi

  4 voices (Tiple; Mezzo; Alto; Tenor)

Source:

Valladolid, Parroquia de Santiago, Ms. s.s. (códex Diego Sánchez)

Source:

Valladolid, Parroquia de Santiago, Ms. s.s. (códex Diego Sánchez)

LOST AND INCOMPLETE WORKS

• Misa Ea iudios a enfardelar

• Adoramus te Christe

Source:

Quoted by Francisco de Salinas in De música libri septem. Salmanticae: Excudebat Mathias Gastius, 1577.

Source:

Quoted by Leocadio Hernández Ascunce. “Música y músicos en la Catedral de Pamplona”. Anuario Musical, 22 (1967)

• Beatus vir

  (Work of doubtful attribution)

Source:

Valladolid, Parroquia de Santiago, Ms. s.s. (códex Diego Sánchez)