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.
| Archive | Biblioteca de la Colegiata, Alquézar, Spain (E-AL) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 1 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 425 x 305 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 7 compositions, 5 from 4 composers, 2 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of soft white leather have been torn off, except for the spine.
Notation
not indicated
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation, 1-62 (the folio after f. 14 was not numbered).
Surface
paper
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.
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‡ denotes primary source study
Pintus, Riccardo. 2021. The Three Requiem Masses by Palestrina: New Light on Some Doubtful Attributions. Journal of the Alamire Foundation, 13/2: 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, vol. 1-5. 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, 31-32: 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