A Discantus partbook from a set originally of five volumes (the remaining partbooks in BolC Q27 are unrelated). Copied by a single scribe. Copied in northern Italy.
I-Bc Q.27 Iº
Museo Internazionale e Biblioteca della Musica di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
partbook: Second quarter of 16th century
| Archive | Museo Internazionale e Biblioteca della Musica di Bologna, Bologna, Italy (I-Bc) |
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| Shelfmark | Q.27 Iº |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | landscape |
| Measurements | 142 x 215 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 97 compositions, 92 from 19 composers, 5 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original pasteboard covers, bound in thin parchment; modern spine
Watermark
(1) resembles Briquet #5926-7; (2) star in circle (ff. 60-66).
Notation
black void mensural
Foliation
Original ink and modern pencil foliation, 1-84 (ff. 70-71 and 76-80 now missing; ff. 61-65 not numbered originally, but pencil foliation later added; present f. 1, with blank staves only, replaces missing original folio which contained beginning of first motet).
Decoration
Small inked initials.
Surface
paper
RISM Description
RISM 5
XVIe s. 84 ff. Papier, 143X210 mm.
Foliotation ancienne. Les ff. 70, 71, 76, 80 mq. Les ff. lr-v, 24v à 27, 38v à 45, 60v à 66, 83 à 84v sont blancs. Notation mesurée blanche. 5 portées par p. Livre du Discantus seul* de motets à 5vx.
Le répertoire et l'écriture permettent de dater ce ms. des environs de 1540, date que confirment 16 concordances avec I-Rv 107 bis.
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Census Catalogue of Music Description
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61 motets (a few incomplete)
Bauldeweyn-1, Conseil-3, C. Festa-1, Gombert-7, Hellinck [Lupus]/(Senfl/Verdelot)-1, Jaquet of Mantua-5, Jaquet of Mantua/ (Berchem)-1, Jaquet of Mantua/(Gombert)-1, Jaquet of Man-tua/(Lupus)-2, Jhan of Ferrara-4, Lupus-1, Mouton-2, Mouton/ (Hesdin/Richafort)-1, Penet-1, Richafort-1, Silva-6, Verdelot-10, Willaert-8, anon-5
1 paper partbook (D-ii + 76 + i folios), 142 x 216. Original foliation, 1-84 (ff. 1, 70-71, and 76-80 are now missing). Original cardboard covers, bound in thin parchment; modern spine. No index. Scribal hand shows marked affinity with script found in BolSP 39 and other San Petronio manuscripts. Watermarks similar to Briquet #5926 and 5927. BolC Q27 is a composite manuscript made up of five partbooks, of which this is the first. Only the first and second books, which are unrelated to each other, contain repertory rele-vant to this catalogue.
1525-45, on basis of watermarks and repertory; ca. 1540 (LowMCE). Probably copied in Bologna.
Vol 4
60 motets (4 incomplete)
Bauldeweyn-1, Conseil-2, Conseil/(C. Festa)-1, C. Festa-1, Gom-bert-8, Hellinck [Lupus]/(Senfl/Verdelot)-1, Jaquet of Mantua [Jachet]-4, Jaquet of Mantua/(Berchem)-1, Jaquet of Mantua/ (Conseil)-1, Jaquet of Mantua/(Gombert)-1, Jaquet of Mantua/ (Lupus)-2, Jhan of Ferrara [Matre Jam]-4, Lupus-1, Mouton-2, Mouton/(Hesdin/Richafort)-1, Penet-1, Richafort-1, Silva-5, Silva/(Werrecore)-1, Verdelot-8, Verdelot/(Richafort)-1, Verdelot/ (Willaert)-1, Willaert [Adrian]-8, anon-3
1 paper partbook of an original 5 (D-i + 77 + i folios), 142 x 215. Original ink and modern pencil foliation, 1-84 (ff. 70-71 and 76-80 now missing; ff. 61-65 not numbered originally, but pencil foliation later added; present f. 1, with blank staves only, replaces missing original folio which contained beginning of first motet). Original pasteboard covers, bound in thin parchment; modern spine. No index. Copied by a single scribe. Small inked initials. Watermarks: (1) resembles Briquet #5926-7; (2) star in circle (ff. 60-66).
Second quarter of 16th century. Copied in northern Italy.
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‡ denotes primary source study
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, 78.
Lewis, Mary Stuart. 1979. Antonio Gardane and His Publications of Sacred Music, 1538-55. Brandeis University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 195,335ff, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Kirsch, Winfried. 1977. Die Motetten des Andreas de Silva: Studien zur Geschichte der Motette im 16. Jahrhundert. Frankfurter Beiträge zur Musikwissenschaft, vol. 2. Tutzing. Pages: 32-3,439ff, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Silbiger, Alexander. 1977. An Unknown Partbook of Early Sixteenth Century Polyphony. Studi Musicali, 6: 43-67. Pages: 58-60. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Constant, John George. 1975. Renaissance Manuscripts of Polyphony at the Cathedral of Padua. University of Michigan, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 83-4,92, 151-2,201ff, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Nugent, George Edward. 1973. The Jacquet Motets and Their Authors. Princeton University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I,143ff, 206-7. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Jackson, Philip T, and George Edward Nugent (editors). 1971-. Jachet of Mantua: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 54. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: V,xx-xxii.xxv.xxvii. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Kirsch, Winfried (editor). 1970-. Andreas de Silva: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 49. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: II,xix. Notes: facsimile (partial).
Blackburn, Bonnie J. 1970. The Lupus Problem. University of Chicago, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 364, passim. Notes: mention of MS; concordances (partial).
Lowinsky, Edward E (editor). 1968. The Medici Codex of 1518: A Choirbook of Motets Dedicated to Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino. Monuments of Renaissance Music, vol. III-V. Chicago. Pages: III,61,114-5,182ff,205ff,233-4. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Lowinsky, Edward E. 1968. The Medici Codex of 1518, a choirbook of motets dedicated to Lorenzo de Medici, duke of Urbino. Monuments of Renaissance Music, vol. 3-5. Chicago and London. Pages: I, 114f.
Böker-Heil, Norbert. 1967. Die Motetten von Philippe Verdelot. Frankfurt am Main. Pages: 245ff, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Bragard, Anne-Marie (editor). 1966-. Philippe Verdelot: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 28. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: III,vii.xii,66-74. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Kirsch, Winfried. 1966. Die Quellen der mehrstimmigen Magnificat- und Te Deum-Vertonungen bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts. Tutzing. Pages: 124. Notes: concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Lowinsky, Edward E. 1950. A Newly Discovered Sixteenth-Century Motet Manuscript at the Biblioteca Vallicelliana in Rome. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 3: 173-232. Pages: 223. Notes: concordances (partial).
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Final piece in MS identified as Gombert's setting of Judica me Deus
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
Répertoire Internationale des Sources Musicales
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. RISM Description