Pastor gregis egregius

Composer
Ostorog, Nicholas de (?)
Genre Motet

General Note

Perz1992 considered this a contrafact of a French ballade, but Gondko2020 argues for Central European origin

Attribution Note

Ostrorog's name is beside the Ct, and he may only be author of that voice-part (Szczepanska, Gondko2026b), of the whole piece (Perz, doubtfully) or of none (Jachimecki)

Appears in

Source Location Source Attribution Voices
PL-Wn Rps 8054 III (Codex Krasiński) 186 N. de Ostrorog
Voice: [no designation]
Clef: c2
Voice Text: Pastor gregis egregius Stanislaus
Voice: Tenor
Clef: c4
Voice: Contratenor
Clef: c4

Bibliography

Gondko, Michał. 2026. On the Authorship of Compositions Attributed to Nicolaus de Ostrorog in the ‘Krasiński Codex’. Muzyka, 71(1): 189–197. https://czasopisma.ispan.pl/index.php/m/article/view/4830/3583. pp. 190-2.

Budzinska-Bennett, Agnieszka, and Marc Lewon (editors). 2025. Kodeks Krasiński - Krasiński Codex (Warszawa, Biblioteka Narodowa, Rps 8054 III): A Performer's Edition with Essays and a Critical Commentary. 429. Krakow: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne (Polish Music Publishing House). 979-0-2740-3900-4. pp. 329-37.

Gondko, Michał. 2020. Some Latin Contrafacta of Ars Nova Songs in Central European Sources from the First Half of the Fifteenth Century. Hudební věda, 67/4: 479-94. pp. 484.

Perz, Miroslaw. 1992. Kontrafaktury ballad w rękopisie Kras 52 (Pl-Wn 8054) [Contrafacta of ballades in the manuscript Krasiński 52]. Muzyka, 37: 89–111. pp. .

Brewer, Charles Everett. 1984. The Introduction of the Ars Nova into East Central Europe: A Study of Late Medieval Polish Sources. City University of New York, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. pp. 297.

Perz, Miroslaw (editor). 1963-. Antiquitates Musicae in Polonia.  Warsaw and Graz. pp. (14), 273-275.

Jachimecki, Zdzisîaw. 1935. Łacińska Pieśń do Św. Stanisława z XV wieku [A fifteenth-century Latin song to St Stanislaus].  Kraków. pp. 6.

Szczepanska, Maria. 1928. Hymn ku czci św. Stanisława z XV wieku: Przyczynek do historii średniowiecznej muzyki w Polsce [A fifteenth-century hymn in honour of St Stanislaus: a contribution to the history of medieval music in Poland]. Przegląd Muzyczny, 4/7: . pp. 3.