| Archive | Civica Biblioteca 'Angelo Mai', Bergamo, Italy (I-BGc) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 1207 D |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 580 x 430 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 30 compositions, 29 from 4 composers, 1 is anonymous. |
Composite of many originally separate fascicles, gatherings, and individual folios later reordered in present form; see CrawGA for discussion. Scribal concordances with BergBC 1208 and 1209; one of the scribes may have been Gaspar de Albertis.
Contains primo coro parts of some double-choir pieces, of which secondo coro is in BergBC 1208.
Copied at Santa Maria Maggiore, Bergamo (JepGA); remained there until transferred recently to Biblioteca Civica.
Rebound in modern covers, with metal bosses and clasps
(1-3) anchor in circle, surmounted by six-pointed star (three different marks, none in Briquet; some also found in BergBC 1208); (4) anchor in circle, surmounted by unidentified design; (5) similar to Briquet #545; (6) resembles Briquet #6291; (7) bull's head (also found in BergBC 1208); (8) flower with eight petals (also found in BergBC 1209); (9) crossbow? (CrawGA)
not indicated
Completed ca. 1545 (dates 1524 and 1542 found in manuscript)
17, 19, 24
Modern pencil foliation 1-118, replaces earlier, incomplete ink foliation.
Inked calligraphic initials.
paper
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2 Masses, 1 Kyrie, 2 Magnificats, 4 Canticles, 9 psalms, 4 sets of Lamentations, 5 Passion sections, 4 motets = 31
G. Albertis-24, L. Padovano-1, anon-6
ii + 118 paper folios, 580 x 430. Modern pencil foliation. Modern covers. Scribal concordances with BergBC 1208 and 1209; one of the scribes may have been Gaspar de Albertis. Common watermarks with BergBC 1208 and 1209.
Completed ca. 1545 (dates 1524 and 1542 found in manuscript). Copied at Santa Maria Maggiore, Bergamo (JepGA); remained there until transferred recently to Biblioteca Civica.
Vol 4
BergBC 1207
BERGAMO. Biblioteca Civica. MS 1207 D
2 Masses, 1 Kyrie, 2 Magnificats, 4 canticles, 9 psalms, 5 Lamentations,
3 Passions, 1 Passion fragment, 4 motets (1 incomplete) = 31
G. Albertis-27 + 1?, (Jhan of Ferrara)-1, L. Padovano [Lurus Pa]/ (Mouton)-1, anon-1
ii + 118 + ii paper folios, 560-80 x 400-30. Composite of many originally separate fascicles, gatherings, and individual folios later reordered in present form; see CrawGA for discussion. Modern pencil foliation, 1-118, replaces earlier, incomplete ink foliation. Rebound in modern covers, with metal bosses and clasps. No index. Main scribe identified on f. 100' as Gaspar de Albertis, who also wrote most of BergBC 1208 and BergBC 1209; two additional scribes, one of whom also wrote ff. 16'-26 of BergBC 1209 (CrawGA). Staff heights 17, 19, 24. Inked calligraphic initials. Watermarks: (1-3) anchor in circle, surmounted by six-pointed star (three different marks, none in Briquet; some also found in BergBC 1208); (4) anchor in circle, surmounted by unidentified design; (5) similar to Briquet #545; (6) resembles Briquet #6291; (7) bull's head (also found in BergBC 1208); (8) flower with eight petals (also found in BergBC 1209); (9) crossbow? (CrawGA).
Ca. 1524-45 (dates 1524 and 1542 in manuscript). Copied in Bergamo, for use at Church of Santa Maria Maggiore; remained there until transferred recently to Biblioteca Civica.
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Crawford, David Eugene, and J Scott Messing. 1994. Gaspar de Albertis' SixteenthCentury Choirbooks at Bergamo. RMS, vol. 6. American Institute of Musicology. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; incipits (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Carver, Anthony F. 1975. The Psalms of Willaert and His North Italian Contemporaries. Acta Musicologica, 47: 270-83. Pages: 272,278-9. Notes: mention of MS.
Ravizza, Victor. 1972. Frühe Doppelchörigkeit in Bergamo. Die Musikforschung, 25: 127-42. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
Ravizza, Victor. 1972. Gasparo Alberti: Ein wenig bekannter Komponist und dessen Portrait. Festschrift Arnold Geering zum 70. Geburtstag, 63-80. Bern. Notes: contents list.
Kirsch, Winfried. 1966. Die Quellen der mehrstimmigen Magnificat- und Te Deum-Vertonungen bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts. Tutzing. Pages: 277-8. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Jeppesen, Knud (editor). 1962. Italia Sacra Musica, musiche corali italiane sconosciute della prima metà del Cinquecento. 3 vols. Copenhagen. Pages: III.viii.xiv,75-107,116-36. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Jeppesen, Knud. 1958. A Forgotten Master of the Early 16th Century: Gaspar de Albertis. The Musical Quarterly, 44: 311-28. Pages: 311-5. Notes: physical description; contents list; incipitsst of contents (partial).
d'Alessi, Giovanni. 1952. Precursors of Adriano Willaert in the practice of "coro spezzato". Journal of the American Musicological Society, 5: 187ff. Pages: 191-2. Notes: physical description.
Caversazzi, Ciro. 1930. Scoperta di Manoscritti musicali del Secolo XVI. Bergomum Bolletino della Civica Biblioteca , 4: 26-33. Notes: physical description; contents list.
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