Two volumes (59 and 194ff each), 9 folios of which bear music, from a set of 8 liturgical books.

Black mensural

7 systems per page

Various older and modern foliation

Parchment

RISM

XVe s. 2 voi. 59 et 194ff. dont 9 p. de musique. Parchemin, 530 à 550 x 420 mm. Diverses foliotations anciennes et modernes. Notation mesurée noire. 7 portées par p.

La collégiale de S. Maria Maggiore possède 8 grands livres liturgiques in-fol. sur parchemin dont seuls les 2 derniers vol. du Graduale (en 3 vol. dont le 1er porte la date 1333) contiennent quelques pièces polyphoniques. Dans ces mss. de plusieurs mains, les nos 2-5 des pièces polyphoniques dénotent cependant des habitudes graphiques communes que l'on peut dater des 1ères décennies du XVe s. Ces pièces constituent à notre connaissance le 1er témoignage de la diffusion de la musique polyphonique en Italie centro-méridionale. D'autre part, la parenté qu'on a pu relever entre l'Agnus (no 4) et la Ballata de Landini Questa fanciulla (qui s'identifie aussi à un Kyrie du ms. D-brd-Mbs 3232a. Cf. FischerK, 46) montre que pour la musique se vérifient les rapports, déjà signalés dans d'autres domaines, que la région des Abruzzes entretenait avec la culture aux XlVe et XVe siècles.

Editions

Toutes les pièces sont transcrites dans Cattin/Mischiati/Ziino, avec, facs. de tous lesff., sauf 53v à 54v.

[Translation] 15th cent. 2 vols. 59 and 194ff. of which 9p. are music. Parchment, 530-550 x 420 mm. Various older and modern foliations. Black mensural notation. 7 systems per page.

The collegiate church of S. Maria Maggiore posseses 8 major liturgical books in-fol. on parchment. Only the last two volumes of the Graduale (itself in 3 vol., of which the first bears the date 1333) contain some polyphonic pieces. In these MSS, which are in several hands, numbers 2-5 of the polyphonic pieces show common graphical properties which can be dated to the first decades of the fifteenth century. As far as is known, these parts are the first evidence of the spread of polyphonic music in Central-Southern Italy. All the same, the relationship that has been revealed between the Agnus (No. 4) and Landini's Ballata 'Questa fanciulla' (which is identical to a Kyrie in MS D-brd Mbs-3232a.Cf. FischerK, 46) shows that the connections that the region of Abruzzo maintained with culture in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries - connections that have already been suggested for other areas - are verified for music.

Editions

All parts are transcribed in Cattin / Mischiati / Ziino, with facs. of all folios except 53v to 54v.

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