Copied by two principal scribes; scribe I also copied some pieces in WashLC L25, and scribe II also copied some pieces in DijBM 517 (RifSC); GutiérrL disputes both these claims of scribal concordances by RifSC (RISM). Six additional scribes, one of whom was the composer Pietrequin (RifPB). The piece on ff. 60'-61 is text-less, but partial text for it is copied on f. 1. Probably copied at the French royal court (LitteMR).
| Archive | Biblioteca Riccardiana, Florence, Italy (I-Fr) |
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| Shelfmark | Ms. 2794 |
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| Surface | Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 240 x 166 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 73 compositions, 60 from 18 composers, 13 are anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
Two folios are missing.
Binding
Modern covers of reddish-brown tooled leather, with brass locks
Notation
black void mensural
Foliation
Modern stamped foliation
Decoration
Spaces were left for initials, but never used.
Surface
parchment
RISM Description
RISM
XVe s. 78ff. Parchemin, 245 x 170 mm. Foliotation moderne tamponée en haut des ff. 1f. (ou plusieurs?) mq. entre 75 et 76. Les ff. 1 et 78v ne portent pas de musique: auf. 1, En effet se ne reprenés, 2 str. de la chanson no 52 copiée sans paroles aux ff. 60v-61; au f. 78v, Les dames a vous je me rands, paroles d'un rondeau inconnu. Notation mesurée blanche. 5, 8 ou 9 portées par p. Presque toutes les initiales mq. Reliure moderne, cuir estampé, fermoirs cuivre.
Le fait qu'aucune pièce italienne n'y figure et que les textes français y soient particulièrement corrects, laisse penser que la copie a été faite en France par des scribes du pays (on peut en distinguer au moins 4 pour la musique et le double pour les paroles), copie que l'on peut situer dans le dernier quart du XVe s., époque qui correspond avec le répertoire et avec les 2 seules pièces pouvant être approximativement datées: no 30 peut-être exécutée à la Fête du Voeu donnée par Philippe le Bon à Lille en février 1454, mais plus certainement composée en 1455, et no 8 qui daterait de la période milanaise de Compère, 1474-1475 (cf. Finscher, in CMM 15, IV, 26).
Editions
Tout le ms. a été transcrit par G.M. Jones (cf. Bibliographie). Voir en outre à chaque pièce.
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Census Catalogue of Music Description
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3 Lamentations, 5 motets, 1 motet-chanson, 59 French secular pieces = 68
A. Agricola-12, (A. Agricola/Compere)-1, (A. Agricola/Ghiselin) -1, (Basiron)-1, (Binchois)-1, (Busnois)-3, (Busnois/Compère/ Mureau)-1, (Busnois/Japart/La Rue)-1, Compère-6, Compère/ (A. Agricola)-1, (Compère/Richafort)-1, Dufay-2 + Fresneau -2, Fresneau/(Hayne van Ghizeghem)-1, (Frye)-1, Hayne van Ghizeghem-6, Hayne van Ghizeghem/(A. Agricola)-1, Hayne van Ghizeghem/(Ockeghem)-1, Josquin-2, Ockeghem-3, Ockeg-hem/(Busnois)-1, Pietrequin-4, (Prioris)-1, anon-12
78 parchment folios, 240 x 166. Two folios are missing. Modern stamped foliation. Modern covers of reddish-brown tooled leather, with brass locks. No index. Copied by two principal scribes; scribe I also copied some pieces in WashLC L25, and scribe II also copied some pieces in DijBM 517 (RifSC); six additional scribes, one of whom was the composer Pietrequin (RifPB). Spaces were left for initials, but never used. The piece on ff. 60'-61 is text-less, but partial text for it is copied on f. 1.
1480's, probably before 1488. Probably copied at the French royal court (LitteMR)
Vol 4
Contents: 1 Lamentation (incomplete), 5 motets, 2 motet-chansons, 58 French secular pieces (1 incomplete) = 66
Composers: Change "A. Agrícola-12" to "A. Agricola-10"; change "anon-12" to "anon-13."
Physical: GutiérrL disputes RifSC claim of scribal concordance with WashLC L25.
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Gutiérrez-Denhoff, Martella. 1984. Untersuchungen zu Gestalt, Entstehung und Repertoire des Chansonniers Laborde. Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 41: 113-46. Pages: 122-3. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
Brown, Howard Mayer (editor). 1983. A Florentine Chansonnier from the Time of Lorenzo the Magnificent: Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale MS Banco Rari 229. Monuments of Renaissance Music, vol. VII. Chicago and London. Pages: 113,144,147,187,215ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
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, 245-246.
Perkins, Leeman L, and Howard Garey (editors). 1979. The Mellon Chansonnier. New Haven and London. Pages: II, 162-3,243-8,321-5. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Baker, Norma Klein. 1978. An Unnumbered Manuscript of Polyphony in the Archives of the Cathedral of Segovia: Its Provenance and History. University of Maryland, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 34-5, 365,423,429-34,448-9,476,478,482. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Pope, Isabel, and Masakata Kanazawa (editors). 1978. The Musical Manuscript Montecassino 871: A Neapolitan Repertory of Sacred and Secular Musk of the Late Fifteenth Century. Oxford. Pages: 401-8,544,611ff, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); texts (partial).
Hudson, Barton (editor). 1977. Hayne van Ghizeghem: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 74. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: III,xviii, 113. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Plamenac, Dragan. 1977. On Reading Fifteenth-Century Chanson Texts. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 30: 320-4. Pages: 320f. Notes: facsimile (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Benthem, Jaap van. 1976. Josquin's Three-part 'Chansons rustiques': A Critique of the Readings in Manuscripts and Prints. Josquin des Prez: Proceedings of the International Josquin Festival-Conference ... 21-25 June 1971, London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: 422ff. Notes: contents list (partial); transcription (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Brown, Howard Mayer. 1976. The Performance and Interpretation of Josquin's Secular Music [Workshop]. Josquin des Prez: Proceedings of the International Josquin Festival-Conference 21-25 June 1971, London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: 665-8,673. Notes: mention of MS; transcription (partial).
Jeffery, Brian. 1976. The Literary Texts of Josquin's Chansons. Josquin des Prez: Proceedings of the International Josquin Festival-Conference ... 21-25 June 1971, 401-420. London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: 408. Notes: mention of MS.
Litterick, Louise. 1976. The Manuscript Royal 20. A. XVI of the British Library. New York University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
Rifkin, Joshua. 1976. Pietrequin Bonnel and Ms. 2794 of the Biblioteca Riccardiana. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 29: 284-96. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
Rifkin, Joshua. 1973. Scribal Concordances for Some Renaissance Manuscripts in Florentine Libraries. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 26: 305-26. Pages: 318-9,322,324. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion; facsimile (partial).
Drake, George Warren James. 1972. The first printed book of motets, Petrucci's Motteti A numero trentatre (Venice 1502) and Motetti de Passione De cruce De sacramento De beata virgine et huius modi B (Venice 1503): A critical study and complete edition. University of Illinois, Ph.D. Dissertation. Pages: 148. Notes: concordances (partial).
Jones, George Morton. 1972. The "First" Chansonnier of the Biblioteca Riccardiana, Codex 2794: A Study in the Method of Editing l6th-Century Music. New York University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation.
D'Accone, Frank A. 1970. Some Neglected Composers in the Florentine Chapels, ca. 1475-1525. Viator, 1: 263-88. Pages: 273. Notes: mention of MS.
Douglas, Conrad Edward Mary. 1969. The motets of Johannes Prioris with a prefatory bio-bibliographical study. University of Illinois, Ph.D. Dissertation. Pages: 63-5. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
Lerner, Edward R (editor). 1961-70. Alexandrí Agricola: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 22. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: IV.xix-xx; V,v-ff, 15-6,31-2,35-7. Notes: concordances (partial); transcription (partial).
Kenney, Sylvia W (editor). 1960. Walter Frye: Collected Works. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 19. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: ix,10-2. Notes: concordances (partial); transcription (partial).
Picker, Martin. 1960. The Chanson Albums of Marguerite of Austria: Manuscripts 228 and 11239 of the Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Bruxelles. University of California at Berkeley, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 358-9. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Picker, Martin. 1959. Polyphonic Settings c. 1500 of the Flemish Tune, 'In minen sin'. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 12: 94-5. Pages: 94. Notes: concordances (partial).
Plamenac, Dragan. 1954. The 'Second' Chansonnier of the Biblioteca Riccardiana (Codex 2356). Annales Musicologiques, 2: 105-87. Pages: 105f. Notes: physical description; contents list; incipitsst of contents (partial).
Plamenac, Dragan. 1952. Deux pièces de 1a Renaissance tirées de fonds florentins. Revue Belge de Musicologie, 6: 12ff.
Rubsamen, Walter H. 1951. Music Research in Italian Libraries: An Anecdotal Account of Obstacles and Discoveries. Los Angeles. Pages: 28. Notes: mention of MS.
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: V, Tafel 83. Notes: facsimile (partial).
de Van, Guillaume, and Heinrich Besseler (editors). 1948-66. Guillaume Dufay: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 1. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: VI,xx, passim. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); facsimile (partial).
Becherini, Bianca. 1948. Cimeli musicali alla mostra d'arte fiam minga e olandese in Firenze. La Bibliofilia, 50: 219ff.
Becherini, Bianca. 1942-43. Alcuni canti dell'Odhecaton e del codice fiorentino 2794. Bulletin de l'Institut historique belge de Rome, 21: 327ff. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial); transcription (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Hewitt, Helen Margaret (editor). 1942. Harmonice Musices Odhecaton A. Studies and Documents, vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Mediaeval Academy of America. Pages: 108. Notes: concordances (partial).
Becherini, Bianca. 1941. Due canzoni di Dufay del Codice Fiorentino 2794. La Bibliofilia, 43: 124-35. Notes: concordances (partial); transcription (partial).
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