Iacobus Gallus: Moralia

From the very beginning, one of the most important and ambitious goals of the MAMS collection has been the publication of the collected works of Iacobus Handl-Gallus in a modern transcription tailored to the needs of contemporary performers. After the publication of Gallus’s motets (Opus musicum) in thirteen volumes (1985–1990), the Masses (Selectiores quaedam missae) in four volumes (1991), and 4-part Harmoniae morales, the publication of Gallus’s Moralia followed in a transcription by Edo Škulj in 1996. The original edition was edited posthumosly by the composer’s brother Georg Handl, containing 47 8-, 6-, and 5-part settings. It was published by the Nuremberg printer Alexander Theodoricus in 1596. The 2025 digitized post-edition is accompanied by a new preface and an introductory study by Dr Marc Desmet that summarizes and compiles all recent findings about the composer and his work.