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Pater de caelis Deus~This six-voice work is, in the opinion of its editor William Kempster, "probably the most important" of de la Rue's largescale motets. It is constructed around an extended double canon between three voices, and lasts over 280 modern bars!

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Considera Israel~This motet sets much of the text from the Second Book of Samuel that Josquin chose for his fine work, Planxit autem David. Also scored for SATB, this is a fine example of de la Rue's late style. The two central sections are for three voice parts.

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Salve Mater salvatoris~Although ostensibly a Marian motet, William Kempster agrees with other de la Rue scholars that this fine four-voice piece was also written in praise of his greatest patron, Marguerite of Austria.

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