Abbreviations and Sigla . . vi 
Acknowledgments . . vii 
Introduction . . ix 
  Ferdinand Ill's Patronage of Music and the Thirty Years' War . . ix 
  The Imperial Musical Establishment . . x 
  The Composers and Works in This Edition . . xi 
  Notes on Performance . . xviii 
  Notes . . xx 
Texts and Translations . . xxv 
Plates . . xxxv 

Motets and Hymns by Emperor Ferdinand III 
1. Miserere (3 Sopranos, 3 Altos, 3 Tenors, 3 Basses, Basso continue) . . 3 
2. Popule meus (AT, Basso continue) . . 19 
3. Ave maris stella (Violin, Tenor Viol, SA, Basso continue) . . 26 
4. Jesu corona Virginum (4 Viols, S, Basso continue) . . 35 
5. Iste Confessor (3 Violins, TB, Basso continue) . . 46 
6. Jesu Redemptor omnium (3 Recorders, 3 Trumpets, SATB, Basso continuo) . . 53 
7. Deus, tuorum nulitum (Cornetto, Bassoon, SB, Basso continue) . . 66 
8. Crudelis Herodes (5 Viols, SATB, Basso continue) . . 76 
9. Egregie Doctor Paule (2 Violins, Bass Viol, AT, Basso continue) . . 93 
10. Humanae salutis sator (2 Violins, 2 Cornetti, 4 Trombones, Bassoon, SATB, Basso continue) . . 100 
11. Veni Creator Spiritus (3 Viols, SSATTB, Basso continue) . . 114 
12. Pange lingua (5 Viols, SATB, Basso continue) . . 133 
13. Deus misereatur nostri (SSATTB, Basso continue) . . 146 

Motets by Composers from Ferdinand's Court 
14. O felix Maria, Giovanni Valentini (S solo, SATB, Basso continuo) . . 155 
15. In te, Domine, speravi, Valentini (2 Violins, B, Basso continue) . . 161 
16. Exultate et cantate, Antonio Bertali (SAB, Basso continue) . . 167 
17. O Domina gloriae, Giovanni Felice Sances (B, Basso continue) . . 179 
18. O dulcis Virgo virginum, Sances (B, Basso continue) . . 183 
19. Miserere servorum tuorum, Sances (ATB, Basso continue) . . 188 
20. Excita furorem, et memento belli, Sances (SATB, Basso continuo) . . 198 
21. Delectare in Domino, Wolfgang Ebner (2 Violins, B, Basso continue) . . 210 
22. Canite tuba in Sion, Georg Pichelmair (2 Violins, 7 Sopranos, Basso continuo) . . 219 

Critical Report . . 235 
Sources . . 235 
Editorial Methods . . 237 
Critical Notes . . 240 
Notes . . 243