This is a list of compositions by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, sorted by genre. The volume (given in parentheses for motets) refers to the volume of the Breitkopf & Härtel complete edition in which the work can be found. Six of the volumes of masses and some of his motets and other works were published in these editions during Palestrina's lifetime. Others were collected later, from papal choirbooks and other sources. The dates of most pieces are unknown, unless they were known to have been composed in connection with some celebration. Of those works published during Palestrina's lifetime, many were composed considerably earlier than their date of publication, and of the others a large number remained unpublished until the 19th century.
The 32 volumes of Palestrina's collected works were published by Breitkopf & Härtel between 1862 and 1907. The volumes of the masses maintain the order of works in the previously published volumes (with the Collected Works Vol. 10 corresponding to the first book of Masses, and so on.) Some of the pieces in the last three volumes, 30–32, are considered spurious or doubtful.
Masses +Masses Title Voices Opera Omnia Volume First published Composition type Model Missa Ad coenam agni 5 10 1554 Paraphrase Easter hymn Missa ad fugam 4 11 1567 Canon Missa Aeterna Christi munera 4 14 1590 Paraphrase Hymn from matins for Apostles and Evangelists Missa Alma redemptoris 6 20 1600 Paraphrase Marian antiphon for Advent & Christmastide Missa Ascendo ad patrem 5 21 1601 Parody Palestrina's motet Missa Aspice Domine 5 11 1567 Parody Motet by Jacquet de Mantua Missa Assumpta est Maria 6 23 Parody Palestrina's motet Missa Ave Maria 4 16 1594 Paraphrase Marian antiphon Missa Ave Maria 6 15 1594 Tenor Marian antiphon Missa Ave regina coelorum 4 18 1599 Paraphrase Ave Regina caelorum, Marian antiphon Missa Beatus Laurentius 5 23 Parody Palestrina's motet Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina (Missa sine titulo a6)624ParodyMotet by Josquin des Prez Missa brevis 4 12 1570 Freely composed Missa Confitebor tibi Domine 8 22 1585 Parody Palestrina's motet Missa de beata Marie Virginis (I) 5 ParaphraseMantuan Missa de beata Marie Virginis (II) 5 ParaphraseMantuan Missa de beata Marie Virginis (III) 5 ParaphraseMantuan Missa de beata Virgine 4 11 1567 Paraphrase Mass IX, Credo I, Mass XVII Missa de beata Virgine (vel dominicalis) 6 12 1570 Paraphrase Mass IX, Credo I, Mass XVII Missa de feria 4 12 1570 Paraphrase Plainsong Missa Descendit angelus Domini 4 20 1600 Parody Motet by Hilaire Penet Missa Dies sanctificatus 4 15 1594 Parody Palestrina's motet Missa Dilexi quoniam 5 15 1594 Parody Motet by MaffoniMissa Dominicalis5331592ParaphraseMass XI Missa Dum complerentur 6 17 1599 Parody Palestrina's motet Missa Dum esset summus pontifex 4 17 1599 Paraphrase Antiphon to Magnificat for 2nd Vesper Missa Ecce ego Joannes 6 24 Parody Unidentified Missa Ecce sacerdos magnus 4 10 1554 Tenor Antiphon in Missa de Confessore Pontifice Missa Emendemus in melius 4 16 1594 Parody Unidentified Missa Eripe me de inimicis (Missa prima a5)5131582ParodyMotet by Maillard Missa Festum nunc celebre (Missa octavi toni) 6 20 1600 Cantus firmus Latin hymn Missa Fratres ego enim accepi 8 22 1601 Parody Palestrina's motet Missa Gabriel archangelus 4 10 1554 Parody Motet by Philippe Verdelot Missa Già fu chi m'ebbe cara 4 19 1600 Parody Palestrina's madrigal Missa Hodie Christus natus est 8 22 1601 Parody Palestrina's motet Missa Illumina oculos meos 6 19 1600 Parody Motet by Andreas de Silva Missa in duplicibus minoribus (I) 5 ParaphraseMantuan Missa in duplicibus minoribus (II) 5 ParaphraseMantuan Missa in festis Apostolorum (I) 5 ParaphraseMantuan Missa in festis Apostolorum (II) 5 ParaphraseMantuan Missa In illo tempore 4 19 1600 Parody Motet by Pierre Moulu Missa in majoribus duplicibus 4 23 ParaphraseMass II, Gloria I ad lib, Mass IX Missa in minoribus duplicibus 4 23 ParaphraseMass IV, Credo IV Missa in semiduplicibus majoribus (I) 5 ParaphraseMantuan Missa in semiduplicibus majoribus (II) 5 ParaphraseMantuan Missa In te Domine speravi 4 15 1594 Parody Unidentified, possibly on motet by Lhéritier/Verdelot Missa In te Domine speravi 6 18 1599 Parody Motet by Lupus Hellinck Missa Inviolata 4 11 1567 ParaphraseMissa Io mi son giovinetta (Missa primi toni)4121570ParodyMadrigal by Domenico FerraboscoMissa Io mi son giovinetta (Sine titulo, S. Maria Maggiore 29)632 Missa Iste confessor 4 14 1590 Paraphrase Latin hymn Missa Jam Christus astra ascenderat 4 14 1590 Paraphrase Ascentiontide hymn Missa Je suis deshéritée (Missa sine nomine a4)4151594ParodyChanson by ?Lupi/CadéacMissa Jesu nostra redemptio (Missa tertia a4)4131582ParaphraseHymn for PentecostMissa L'homme armé (Missa quarta)4131582ParaphraseL'homme armé, secular song Missa L'homme armé 5 12 1570 Cantus firmus L'homme armé (secular song) Missa Lauda Sion (Missa prima a4)4131582ParodyPalestrina's motet Missa Laudate Dominum omnes gentes 8 22 1601 Parody Palestrina's motet Missa Memor esto 5 17 1599 Parody Palestrina's motet Missa Nasce la gioia mia 6 14 1590 Parody Madrigal by Gio. Leonardo Primavera dell' Arpa Missa Nigra sum 5 14 1590 Parody Jean l'Héritier's motet Nigra Sum Missa O admirabile commercium 5 17 1599 Parody Palestrina's motet Missa O magnum mysterium (Missa tertia a5)5131582ParodyPalestrina's motet O magnum mysterium Missa O regem coeli 4 10 1554 Parody Motet by Andreas de Silva Missa O rex gloriae 4 21 1601 Parody Palestrina's motet Missa O sacrum convivium 5 23 Parody Motet by Morales Missa O virgo simul et mater 5 19 1600 Parody Palestrina's motet Missa Panem nostrum 5 24 Cantus firmus Pater noster chant Missa Panis quem ego dabo 4 14 1590 Parody Motet by Lupus Hellinck Missa Papae Marcelli 6 11 1567 Freely composed Missa Pater noster 4 24 Parody Palestrina's motet, based on plainchant Missa Petra sancta 5 19 1600 Parody Palestrina's madrigal Io son feritoMissa Primi toni4131582Freely composed Missa pro defunctis 5 10 1590 Paraphrase Missa Qual è il più grand' amor? 5 21 1601 Parody Madrigal by Cypriano de Rore Missa Quam pulchra es 4 15 1594 Parody Motet by Lupi Missa Quando lieta sperai 5 20 1600 Parody Madrigal by Cypriano de Rore Missa Quem dicunt homines 4 17 1599 Parody Motet by Jean Richafort Missa quinti toni 6 19 1600 Freely composed Missa Regina coeli 5 20 1600 Paraphrase Marian antiphon for Eastertide Missa Regina coeli 4 21 1601 Paraphrase Marian antiphon for Eastertide Missa Repleatur os meum 5 12 1570 Motet by Jacquet de Mantua Missa Sacerdos et Pontifex 5 16 1594 Paraphrase Magnificat antiphon from Comm. Conf. Pont. Missa Sacerdotes Domini 6 17 1599 Canon Missa Salve Regina 5 24 Paraphrase Marian antiphon Missa Salvum me fac 5 11 1567 ParodyMotet by Jacquet de Mantua Missa Sanctorum meritis 4 16 1594 Paraphrase Hymn Missa Sicut lilium inter spinas 5 14 1590 Parody Palestrina's motet Missa sine nomine 4 11 1567 Missa sine nomine (a voci mutate)4Mantuan Missa sine nomine 5 18 1599 Canon Missa sine nomine 6 10 1590 Parody?Anon motet Cantabo Domine Missa Spem in alium 4 12 1570 ParodyMotet by Jacquet de Mantua Missa Te Deum laudamus 6 18 1599 Paraphrase Plainsong Missa Tu es pastor ovium 5 16 1594 Parody Palestrina's motet Missa Tu es Petrus (I) 6 21 1601 Paraphrase Antiphon for SS Peter & Paul Missa Tu es Petrus (II) 6 24 Parody Palestrina's motet Missa Ut Re Mi Fa Sol La 6 12 1570 Cantus firmus Guidonean hexachord Missa Veni creator Spiritus 6 23 Cantus firmus Veni Creator Spiritus, Pentecostal hymn Missa Veni Sancte Spiritus (Missa secunda) 5 131582 ParodyPalestrina's 4vv sequence in I-Rc MS 2760, which is itself a chant paraphrase Missa Veni sponsa Christi 4 18 1599 Parody Palestrina's motet Missa Vestiva i colli 5 18 1599 Parody Palestrina's madrigal Missa Viri Galilaei 6 21 1601 Parody Palestrina's motet Missa Virtute magna 4 10 1554 Parody Motet by Andrea de Siva
Motets The numbers in brackets represent the volume that the work is part of.
Four voices Ad Dominum cum tribularer. Sagittae potentis (5) Adoramus te, Christe (5) Ad te levavi oculos meos. Miserere nostri Domine (5) Alma Redemptoris Mater (5)YouTube video Ascendens Christus in altum (7) Ave Maria gratia plena (5) Ave Regina caelorum. Gaude gloriosa (5) Beatus Laurentius (5) Beatus vir qui suffert (5) Benedicta sit sancta Trinitas (5) Benedictus Dominus Deus (30) Confitemini Domino (5) Congratulamini mihi omnes (4) Deus, qui animae famuli tui Gregorii (7) Dies sanctificatus (5) Doctor bonus (5) Domine quando veneris. Commissa mea (5) Domine, secundum actum meum (7) Dum aurora finem daret (5) Ecce nunc benedicite Dominum (5) Ecce nunc benedicite Dominum (7) Ego sum panis vivus (5) Exaudi Domine (5) Fuit homo missus a Deo (5) Fundamenta ejus. Numquid Sion dicet (5) Gaude Barbara beata (7) Gaudent in coelis (5) Gloriosi principes (5) Haec dies quam fecit (5) Heu mihi Domine. Anima mea turbata (5) Hic est vere martyr (5) Hodie beata virgo Maria (5) In diebus illis (5) Innocentes pro Christo infantes (7) Iste est qui ante Deum (5) Isti sunt viri sancti (5) Jesus junxit se discipulis (5) Lapidabant Stephanum (5) Lauda Sion Salvatorem (5) Loquebantur variis linguis (5) Magnus haereditatis mysterium (5) Magnus sanctus Paulus (5) Miserere mei Deus (30) Missa Herodes spiculatore (5) Nativitatis tua (5) Ne recorderis peccata mea, Domine (7) Nos autem gloriari (5) O quam suavis est (30) O quantus luctus (5) O Rex gloriae (5) Princeps gloriosissime Michael Archangele (7) Pueri Hebraeorum (5) Quae est ista (5) Quam pulchri sunt (5) Quia vidisti me Thoma (5) Salvator mundi salva nos (5) Salve Regina. Eia ergo advocata nostra (5) Sicut cervus desiderat. Sitivit anima mea (5) Sub tuum praesidium (5) Super flumina Babylonis (5) Surge, propera amica mea (5) Surrexit pastor bonus (5) Tollite jugum meum (5) Tribus miraculis (5) Tu es pastor ovium (5) Valde honorandus est (5) Veni sponsa Christi (5)
Five voices Those marked with an asterisk form a cycle of 29 settings from the Canticum Canticorum. Adjuro vos, filiae Hierusalem* (4) Aegypte noli flere (4) Alleluia! tulerunt Dominum (1) Angelus Domini descendit de coelo. Et introeuntes in monumentum (3) Apparuit caro suo (4) Ardens est cor meum (4) Ascendo ad patrem meum. Ego rogabo patrem (2) Ave Maria (3) Ave Regina coelorum (4) Ave Trinitatis sanctuarium (4) Beatae Mariae Magdalenae (1) Beatus Laurentius orabat (1) Canite tuba in Sion. Rorate coeli (2) Cantantibus organis. Biduanis ac triduanis (3) Caput ejus aurum optimum* (4) Caro mea vere est cibus (3) Coenantibus illis accepit Jesus (2) Congrega, Domine. Afflige opprimentes nos (3) Corona aurea. Domine praevenisti eum (2) Crucem sanctam subiit (1) Cum pervenisset beatus Andreas (1) Derelinquat implus viam (2) Descendi in hortum meum* (4) Deus qui dedisti legem (1) Dilectus meus descendit in hortum suum* (4) Dilectus meus mihi et ego illi* (4) Domine Deus, qui conteris. Tu Domine (3) Domine secundum actum meum (4) Dominus Jesus in qua nocte (2) Duo ubera tua* (4) Ecce merces sanctorum (4) Ecce tu pulcher es, dilecte mi* (4) Ego sum panis vivus. Panis quem ego dabo (1) Exi cito in plateas (2) Exsultate Deo (4) Fasciculus myrrhae* (4) Fuit homo missus a Deo. Erat Joannes in deserto (3) Gaude Barbara beata. Gaude quia meruisti (2) Gaude gloriosa (4) Guttur tuum sicut* (4) Hic est discipulus ille (1) Hodie nata est beata Virgo (1) Homo quidam fuit (2) Inclytae sanctae virginis Catherinae (3) In illo tempore egressus (2) Introduxit me rex in cellam* (4) Jubilate Deo, omnis terra. Laudate nomen ejus (3) Laetus Hyperboream. O patruo pariterque (4) Laeva ejus sub capite meo* (4) Lapidabant Stephanum (1) Manifesto vobis veritatem. Pax vobis, noli timere (3) Memor esto verbi tui servo tuo (2) Nigra sum, sed formosa* (4) O admirabile commercium (1) O Antoni eremita (1) O beata et gloriosa Trinitas. O vera summa sempiterna Trinitas (1)