E-AL MS 1 - DIAMM

E-AL MS 1

Biblioteca de la Colegiata, Alquézar, Spain

manuscript of polyphony, composite of many smaller collections: after 1598

Archive	Biblioteca de la Colegiata, Alquézar, Spain (E-AL)
Shelfmark	MS 1
Image Availability	DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Surface	Paper
Numbering System	Foliation
Measurements	425 x 305 mm
Other Identifiers	CCM: AlqBC 1 olim (Former shelfmark): manuscritto 88
Relationships	Huesca Cathedral (owner) ? Cathedral of Santa Maria Mayor (copied at) Snow, Robert (saw and described MS)
External Links	Musica Hispanica: Spanish Early Music Manuscripts Database Books of Hispanic Polyphony
Provenance	Church of Santa Maria Mayor , Alquézar, Spain
Contents	7 pieces from 5 composers

General Description

A choirbook, made up of a number of smaller collections of music bound together. At least 13 different scribal hands can be detected. Many pieces are incomplete. Probably originated at the collegiate church of Santa Maria Mayor. Temporarily removed to the cathedral archives in Huesca, where it was studied by Robert Snow in 1974.

Cristina Urchueguía; transl. Henry Hope, 2011

Binding

Original covers of soft white leather have been torn off, except for the spine.

Cristina Urchueguía; transl. Henry Hope, 2011

Notation

not indicated

Cristina Urchueguía; transl. Henry Hope, 2011

Foliation

Modern pencil foliation, 1-62 (the folio after f. 14 was not numbered).

Cristina Urchueguía; transl. Henry Hope, 2011

Surface

paper

Cristina Urchueguía; transl. Henry Hope, 2011

Census Catalogue of Music Description

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3 Masses, 1 Requiem Mass, 1 Kyrie, 2 Credos, 1 Te Deum, 1 Canticle, 3 psalms, 1 hymn, 5 motets = 18

(Ghersem)-1, Guerrero-1, Pujol-3, Robledo-2, Rogier-2, anon-9

63 paper folios, 425 x 305. Modern pencil foliation, 1-62 (the folio after f. 14 was not numbered). Ff. 30'-31, 32'-33, 54'-55, and 56'-61 have blank staves only. Original covers of soft white leather have been torn off, except for the spine. No index. The manuscript is composite, made up of a number of smaller collections of music bound together; at least 13 different scribal hands can be detected. Many pieces are incomplete.

Late 16th century. Probably originated at the collegiate church of Santa Maria Mayor. Temporarily removed to the cathedral archives in Huesca, where it was studied by Robert Snow in 1974.

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

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Folio / Pages	Composition / Item title	Source attribution	Composers (? Uncertain)
1–12v	Missa Ave virgo sanctissima	-	Ghersem, Gery de
Missa Ave virgo sanctissima Ghersem, Gery de Appears on: 1–12v Genres: none Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: [various] General Note [7 voces] Kyrie (fragment: beginning missing, cantus II, altus II, and end of bassus only); Gloria; Credo: 4 partes (Crucifixus: 2 voces; Et resurrexit: 3 voces); Sanctus (including Pleni: 2 voces; Benedictus: 3 voces); Agnus I; Agnus II: 2 voces; Agnus III: 5 voces.
20	Kyrie	-	Anonymous
Kyrie Anonymous Appears on: 20 Genres: none Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: Kyrie eleison General Note Kyrie I (altus, bassus only)
22v–23	Missa [4 voces]	-	Anonymous
Missa [4 voces] Anonymous Appears on: 22v–23 Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: patrem omnipotentem General Note = E-RO [Roncesvalles, Monasterio de S. Maria]: Ms. 3
24v–31v, and 32v-33	Missa Inclita stirps Iesse	-	Rogier, Philippe (ca. 1561–1596)
Missa Inclita stirps Iesse Rogier, Philippe (ca. 1561–1596) Appears on: 24v–31v, and 32v-33 Genres: none Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: [various] General Note Kyrie; Gloria: 2 partes; Credo: 4 partes; Sanctus (including Osanna; Benedictus: 3 voces).
42v–48	Requiem	-	Belli, Giulio (ca. 1560–ca. 1620) (?)
Requiem Belli, Giulio (ca. 1560–ca. 1620) (?) Appears on: 42v–48 Genres: Requiem Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: [various] General Note [Note by Owen Rees: all movements except the Tract of this Requiem are from the four-voice Requiem of Giulio Belli, published in his Missarum quatuor vicious liber primus (Venice: Angelo Gardano, 1599, RISM B1758)] Sections copied: Introit, Kyrie, Tract, Offertory, Sanctus, Agnus Dei Item Bibliography Pintus, Riccardo. 2021. The Three Requiem Masses by Palestrina: New Light on Some Doubtful Attributions. Journal of the Alamire Foundation, 221-244. Pages: 223-231.
48v–51, and 62v-63	Missa Ego sum [qui sum]	-	Rogier, Philippe (ca. 1561–1596)
Missa Ego sum [qui sum] Rogier, Philippe (ca. 1561–1596) Appears on: 48v–51, and 62v-63 Genres: none Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin, Greek Voice Text: [various] General Note Kyrie; Sanctus; (including Osanna; Benedictus: 4 voces); Agnus.
56v–57	Et incarnatus (Yncarnatus para los Domingos de Adviento y Quaresma)	-	Robledo, Melchor
Et incarnatus (Yncarnatus para los Domingos de Adviento y Quaresma) Robledo, Melchor Appears on: 56v–57 Voice: [no designation] Languages: Latin Voice Text: et incarnatus est

Composer	Compositions
Anonymous	Kyrie – 20 Missa [4 voces] – 22v–23
Belli, Giulio (ca. 1560–ca. 1620)	(?) Requiem – 42v–48
Ghersem, Gery de	Missa Ave virgo sanctissima – 1–12v
Robledo, Melchor	Et incarnatus (Yncarnatus para los Domingos de Adviento y Quaresma) – 56v–57
Rogier, Philippe (ca. 1561–1596)	Missa Ego sum [qui sum] – 48v–51, and 62v-63 Missa Inclita stirps Iesse – 24v–31v, and 32v-33

Composition	Composers (? Uncertain)	Folios / Pages
Et incarnatus (Yncarnatus para los Domingos de Adviento y Quaresma)	Robledo, Melchor	56v–57
Kyrie	Anonymous	20
Missa [4 voces]	Anonymous	22v–23
Missa Ave virgo sanctissima	Ghersem, Gery de	1–12v
Missa Ego sum [qui sum]	Rogier, Philippe (ca. 1561–1596)	48v–51, and 62v-63
Missa Inclita stirps Iesse	Rogier, Philippe (ca. 1561–1596)	24v–31v, and 32v-33
Requiem	Belli, Giulio (ca. 1560–ca. 1620) (?)	42v–48

‡ denotes primary source study

Pintus, Riccardo. 2021. The Three Requiem Masses by Palestrina: New Light on Some Doubtful Attributions. Journal of the Alamire Foundation, 221-244. Pages: 223-231. Notes: discussed the Belli Requiem.

Hamm, Charles E, and Herbert Kellman (editors). 1979-1988. Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550. Renaissance Manuscript Studies. 5 vols. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag. Pages: I, 3; IV, 219.

Calahorra Martínez, Pedro. 1977-78. Música en Zaragoza Siglos XVI-XVII. Saragossa. Pages: II, 47-50 plates [2], [9].

Calahorra Martínez, Pedro. 1976-77. El polifonista Melchor Robledo y su obra (T1586). Anuario Musical, 1-35.

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Riccardo Pintus

Tuesday, 29 August, 2023

Added bibliography item relating to the copy of Belli's Requiem

Riccardo Pintus

Wednesday, 7 November, 2018

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