Copied by one main scribe, probably Gaspar Fernandes, chapelmaster and organist at Guatemala Cathedral 1599-1606, and at Puebla Cathedral 1606-29; same scribe also wrote ff. 37'-39' of PueblaC 2, GuatC 2, and GuatC 4. Several folios at beginning and end, in a different hand, may be later additions to main corpus or replacements for worn original folios. Copied in Puebla, for use by cathedral choir (BarwickS).
MEX-Pc MS I
Archivo de Musica Sacra de la Catedral, Puebla, Mexico
manuscript of polyphony: second half of 17th century
| Archive | Archivo de Musica Sacra de la Catedral, Puebla, Mexico (MEX-Pc) |
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| Shelfmark | MS I |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 560 x 375 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 24 compositions, 21 from 8 composers, 3 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of leather over boards
Notation
not indicated
Foliation
Original ink foliation, 1-4 (numbers on ff. 3-4 lost to frayed corners) + 1-110 (last 10 folios unnumbered).
Decoration
Inked initials, most in calligraphic style, a few in plain block style.
Index
Original index on f. [Ill] groups pieces alphabetically by first letter of text or title, with subgrouping by number of voices.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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3 Masses, 4 Mass Ordinary sections, 2 office hymns, 1 processional hymn, 3 sets of Lamentations, 3 Passions, 18 motets, 5 Benedicamus dominos = 39
Bermudes-4, (R. Ceballos/Guerrero-anon)-1, Franco-2, Guerrero -1, (P. Guerrero)-1, Gutiérrez de Padilla [Padilla]-3, Morales-1, Palestrina-1, Robledo-1, Victoria-2, anon-22
124 paper folios, ca. 560 x 375. Original ink foliation, 1-4 (numbers on ff. 3-4 obliterated due to frayed corners) + 1-110 (last 10 folios unnumbered). Original covers of leather over boards. Original index on f. [Ill] groups pieces alphabetically by first letter of text or title, with subgrouping by number of voices. Copied by one main scribe, who also wrote ff. 37'-39' of PueblaC 2. Several folios at beginning and end, in a different hand, may be later additions to main corpus or replacements for worn original folios. Inked initials, most in calligraphic style, a few in plain block style.
Second half of 17th century. Copied in Puebla, for use by cathedral choir (BarwickS).
Vol 4
Composers: Add "(Anton de España)-1"; change "Bermudes-4" to "Bermudes -5"; change "Franco-2" to "Franco-5"; change "Morales-1" to "Morales/ Palestrina-1 "; change "anon-22" to "anon-17."
Physical: Main scribe probably Gaspar Fernandes, chapelmaster and organist at Guatemala Cathedral 1599-1606, and at Puebla Cathedral 1606-29; same scribe also wrote ff. 37'-39' of PueblaC 2, GuatC 2, and GuatC 4.
Date: First half of 17th century.
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‡ denotes primary source study
Snow, Robert Joseph. 1987. Music by Francisco Guerrero in Guatemala. Nassarre: Revista Aragonesa de Musicología, 3: . Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
Snow, Robert Joseph. 1980. The Extant Music of Rodrigo de Ceballos and Its Sources. Detroit Studies in Music Bibliography, vol. 44. Detroit. Pages: 29,69-70.
Stevenson, Robert. 1970. Renaissance and Baroque Musical Sources in the Americas. Washington, D.C. Pages: 209ff.
Spiess, Lincoln, and Thomas Stanford. 1969. An Introduction to Certain Mexican Musical Archives. Detroit Studies in Music Bibliography, vol. 15. Detroit. Pages: 27.
Stevenson, Robert. 1961. Spanish Cathedral Music in the Golden Age. Berkeley and Los Angeles. Pages: 90, 326.
Stevenson, Robert. 1954-1955. Sixteenth and seventeenth century resources in Mexico. Fontes Artis Musicae, 1/2: 69-78.
Catalyne, Alice Ray. 1953. The Double-Choir Music of Juan de Padilla, Seventeenth Century Composer in Mexico. University of Southern California, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 341ff, 354.
Barwick, Steven. 1949. Sacred Vocal Polyphony in Early Colonial Mexico. Harvard University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I,90,97,183-4; II,133-54,184-216,234-44.
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
Monday, 23 January, 2017
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