A Tenor partbook from a set originally of five volumes; the Discantus & Altus are now lost. Copied by a single scribe, identified by Rifkin as Jean Michel. Copied in Ferrara (LockMM). The Quintus book also contains sixth voice for some compositions.
I-REsp s.s. [Tenor]
Archivio della Chiesa di San Prospero, Reggio Emilia, Italy
manuscript of polyphony: c. 1534-7
| Archive | Archivio della Chiesa di San Prospero, Reggio Emilia, Italy (I-REsp) |
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| Shelfmark | s.s. [Tenor] |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | landscape |
| Measurements | 137 x 215 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 21 compositions, 17 from 12 composers, 4 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of dark brown leather over cardboard, inscribed with voice designations and decorative floral borders; gold tooling on back.
Watermark
crossed arrows surmounted by six-pointed star (not in Briquet)
Notation
not indicated
Ruling
Staff height 13mm
Foliation
Original ink foliation on upper right rectos 1-167
Decoration
Inked calligraphic initials
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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14 Masses, 7 motets = 21
(Berchem/Jaquet of Mantua)-2, (Gombert)-1, (Hellinck/Hesdin/ Lupi)-1, (Hesdin/Willaert)-1, (Jaquet of Mantua)-2, (Jhan of Ferrara)-1, (Josquin/Verdelot)-1, (Morales)-1, (Mouton)-6, (Verdelot)-1, anon-4
3 paper partbooks (TB-i + 167 folios each, Q-i + 85), 137 x 215. Original ink foliation on upper right rectos - TB: 1-167; Q: 85-169. Blank folios, or blank staves only - T: ff. 1-1', 77-84', 105', 116', 129-129', 138', 148', 159-167'; B: ff. 1-1', 77-84', 105', 116', 129', 138', 148', 159-167'; Q. ff. 105', 116', 129', 138', 148', 162'-169'. Original covers of dark brown leather over cardboard, inscribed with voice designations and decorative floral borders; gold tooling on back. No index. Copied by a single scribe. Staff height 13. Inked calligraphic initials. Watermark: crossed arrows surmounted by six-pointed star (not in Briquet). Q book also contains sixth voice for some compositions.
Ca. 1534-7 (McmuF). Copied in Ferrara (LockMM).
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Jas, Eric. 2002. A Sixteenth-Century Ferrarese Partbook from a Private Collection. Tijdschrift Van De Koninklijke Vereniging Voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 52, no. 1: 35-65. Pages: 40-46. Notes: description; discussion.
Rifkin, Joshua. 1997. Ercole's Second-Hand Coronation Mass. Music in Renaissance Cities and Courts: Studies in Honour of Lewis Lockwood, 381-389. Warren, Michigan. Notes: identifies scribe.
Lewis, Mary Stuart. 1979. Antonio Gardane and His Publications of Sacred Music, 1538-55. Brandeis University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 358,457,462-3,807.
Lockwood, Lewis Henry. 1979. Jean Mouton and Jean Michel: New Evidence on French Music and Musicians in Italy, 1505-1520. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 32: 191-246. Pages: 233.
Jackson, Philip T. 1978. Two Descendants of Josquin's 'Hercules' Mass. Music and Letters, 59: 188-205.
McMurtry, William M. 1977. Ferdinand, Duke of Calabria, and the Estensi: A Relationship Honored in Music. The Sixteenth Century Journal, 8/3: 17-30. Pages: 27-30.
Crawford, David Eugene. 1975. Sixteenth Century Choirbooks in the Archivio Capitolare at Casale Monferrato. RMS, vol. 2. American Institute of Musicology. Pages: 163-4.
Gasperini, Guido. 1911 R 1970. Catalogo Generale delle Opere Musiche ... Città di Reggio-Emilia. Parma: (1911) Bologna (1970 reprint). Pages: 15.
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description