Theoretical treatises by Gafori (Extractus parvus musicae' and 'Tractatus brevis cantus plani' on ff. 1-34 and ff. 55'-73, respectively) with polyphonic pieces on ff. 34'-38, 44'-46', 47'-49, and 51'-53. The main scribe was Franchino Gafori, who also wrote parts of MilD 1-4; ff. 34'-38 copied by a different hand. Texts of two Italian pieces praise Guglielmo VIII, Marquis of Monferrato (1404-83). Main corpus copied in Lodi; marginal notes probably copied in Naples (MilleG). Originally owned by the theorist and composer Franchino Gafori (1451-1522).
| Archive | Biblioteca Palatina, Parma, Italy (I-PAp) |
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| Shelfmark | MS Parmense 1158 |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 295 x 222 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 11 compositions, 8 from 2 composers, 3 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Watermark on front guard sheet suggests manuscript may have been rebound (or bound for first time in present arrangement?) in Parma or vicinity during second half of 16th century.
Watermark
Briquet #2649 (CrawSC); watermark on front guard sheet resembles Briquet #531 (Crawford)
Notation
black void mensural
Date
Ca. 1472-4 (CrawSC), with marginal notes added ca. 1478-80 (MilleG).
Foliation
i + 74 + i
Foliation
Modern foliation on upper right rectos, 1-73 (omits last folio)
Decoration
Small inked Gothic initials
Surface
paper
RISM Description
RISM
XVe s. 73ff. Papier, 300 x 225 mm. Foliotation moderne en haut des ff. Les ff. 39 à 44, 47, 49 à 51, 53 à 55, 73v sont blancs. Notation mesurée blanche. 7 portées par p.
Ce ms. considéré comme un autographe de Franchino Gaffurio (dont on trouve des gloses concernant un traité inconnu de Dufay: Musica) contient, outre les pièces musicales faisant l'objet du dépouillement suivant, 2 traités de Gaffurio suivis d'un traité anonyme:
f. 1-34 «Exordium presbiteri Franchini Gafori laudensis super extractum parvum musice ad Philippum Trexenum clericum laudensem musice professorem … Incipit ars musice breviter descripta …»
f. 56-64v [Précédé d'une main guidonienne au f. 55v] «Incipit tractatus brevis cantus plani extractus a musicis doctoribus per Franchinum Gaforum laudensem ad Paulum Grecum …»
«Incipit quoddam opusculum cantus plani valde fructuosum cantoribus …»
Le fait que 2 des pièces du ms. (Nos 10 et 12) sont dédiées à Guglielmo marquis de Monferrato (l'une des plus illustres familles du Milanais) mort en 1483, fixe cette date comme limite extrême de la compilation du ms., date d'autant plus vraisemblable que Gaffurio se désigne ici lui-même simplement comme «presbiter et cantor» (explicit du 1er traité) n'ayant en effet obtenu sa première fonction officielle de maître de chapelle à Bergame qu'en 1483.
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Census Catalogue of Music Description
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Theoretical treatises by Gafori, with polyphony:
1 Kyrie-Gloria pair, 4 Italian secular pieces, 2 French secular pieces, 4 textless pieces = 11
Gafori-6, Morton-1, anon-4
i + 74 + i paper folios, 295 x 222. Modern foliation on upper right rectos, 1-73 (omits last folio). Blank staves on ff. 39-44, 47, 49'-51, 53'-55, 73'-74'. Rebound in modern cardboard covers. Gafori treatises "Extractus parvus musicae" and "Tractatus brevis cantus plani" on ff. 1-34 and ff. 55'-73, respectively; polyphonic pieces on ff. 34'-38, 44'-46', 47'-49, and 51'-53. The main scribe was Franchino Gafori, who also wrote parts of MilD 1-4; ff. 34'-38 copied by a different hand. Small inked Gothic initials. Main watermark is Briquet #2649 (CrawSC); watermark on front guard sheet resembles Briquet #531 (Crawford). Texts of two Italian pieces praise Guglielmo VIII, Marquis of Monferrato (1404-83).
Ca. 1472-4 (CrawSC), with marginal notes added ca. 1478-80 (MilleG). Main corpus copied in Lodi; marginal notes probably copied in Naples (MilleG). Originally owned by the theorist and composer Franchino Gafori (1451-1522). Watermark on front guard sheet suggests manuscript may have been rebound (or bound for first time in present arrangement?) in Parma or vicinity during second half of 16th century.
55v
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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: III, 40.
Fallows, David. 1978. Robert Morton's Songs: A Study in Styles in the Mid-Fifteenth Century. University of California at Berkeley, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 137, 440, 495. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Crawford, David Eugene. 1975. Sixteenth Century Choirbooks in the Archivio Capitolare at Casale Monferrato. RMS, vol. 2. American Institute of Musicology. Pages: 23-4. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Jeppesen, Knud. 1968-70. La Frottola. Acta Jutlandica, vol. XL/2, XLI/1, & XLII/1. 3 vols. Copenhagen. Pages: II, 88 f. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); facsimile (partial).
Gallico, Claudio. 1966. Per la Compilazione di un Inventario di Poesia e Musica Italiana del Primo Rinascimento. Revista Italiana di Musicologia, 1: 88-93. Pages: 93. Notes: mention of MS.
Gallo, Franco Alberto. 1966. Citazioni da un Trattato di Dufay. Collectanea Historiae Musicae IV, 149-52. Pages: 149ff.
Jeppesen, Knud. 1962. Über italienische Kirchenmusik in der ersten Hälfte des 16. Jahrhunderts. Studia Musicologica, 3: 149-60. Pages: 153. Notes: mention of MS.
Valeri, Francesco Malaguzzi. 1923. La Corte di Lodovico il Moro: le arti industriali, la letteratura la musica. 208ff. Milano. Pages: 208f-GaffurioS, 55f.
[No Author] 1911-. Città di Firenze, Biblioteca del R. Istituto musicale (del R. Conservatorio de Musica), 1911 - Città di Modena, R. Biblioteca Estense. 1916 - Città di Parma, [Archivio di Stato e Ba Palatina], 1911 - Città di Torino, R. Biblioteca Nazionale, 1928 - Città di Venezia, R. Biblioteca di S. Marco, 1941 - Città di Verona, Biblioteca della Società Accademia Filarmonica, Fondo musicale antico, 1935-36. Catalogo generale delle opere musicali... fino ai primi decenni del secolo XIX, esistenti nelle biblioteche e negli archivi pubblici e privati d'Italia. Parma: Associazione dei musicologi italiani. Pages: Città di Parma, 18f (avec facs. des ff. 2, 47v, 48, 55v, 56).
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Eric Jas
Monday, 27 February, 2023
untexted fragment of f. 38v is not the chanson La plus dolente. It seems that the mass on the chanson was not copied in full and breaks off here.
DIAMM, 2016
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Watermark Note; Notation Note; Date Note; Foliation Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note; Surface Note
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