Motet intabulations – the instrumental versions of polyphonic vocal pieces – were long neglected by publishers, even though this arrangement technique was widely practiced in the early 17th century. And, to judge from the twelve surviving intabulations by the Hamburg organist Heinrich Scheidemann (c. 1596-1663), they were anything but occasional works. Painstakingly transcribed and frequently based on famous original works (by Orlando di Lasso, Hans Leo Hassler and others), Scheidemann’s motet i...

• Alleluja, laudem dicite deo nostro
• Angelus ad pastores ait
• Benedicam domino
• Benedicam domino
• Confitemini domino
• De ore prudentis procedit mel
• Dic nobis Maria
• Dixit Maria ad angelum
• Ego sum panis vivus
• Omnia quae fecisti nobis
• Surrexit pastor bonus
• Verbum caro factum est