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Settings of Fortuna Desperata scores

Fortuna desparata was a quite well-known 15th century Italian song and tune that composers used for nearly a century, until the 1540s, for reworking into polyphonic pieces, both secular and religious.

Hawthorne Early Music editions: fortuna scores
ComposerTitleSubtitle# PartsLanguageModeFiles
[? Antoine Busnois (c.1430-1492)] Fortuna Desperata 4 instrumental Mixolydian Score + Parts
Felice (fl. late 15c) Fortuna desperata 5 instrumental Ionian Score + Parts
Heinrich Isaac (c.1450-1517) Fortuna disparata / Sancte Petre / Ora pro nobis 5 instrumental Ionian Score + Parts
Johannes Martini (c.1430-1497) Fortuna disperata 4 instrumental Ionian Score + Parts
Ludwig Senfl (c.1486-c.1543) Es taget vor dem Walde/Fortuna desperata 5 german/italian Ionian Score + Parts
Ludwig Senfl (c.1486-c.1543) Ich stund / Fortuna desperata 5 german Ionian Score + Parts
Mattias Greiter (c.1494-c.1550) Passibus Ambiguis - Fortuna Desperata Pars prior 4 instrumental Lydian Score + Parts
Jacob Obrecht (1457/8-1505) Missa Fortuna Desperata Kyrie eleison 4 latin Ionian Score + Parts
Pinarol, Jean (fl. late 15c) Fortuna Desperata 4 instrumental Ionian Score + Parts
Anonymous Fortuna Desperata 4 instrumental Lydian Score + Parts