| Archive | Civica Biblioteca 'Angelo Mai', Bergamo, Italy (I-BGc) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 1208 D |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 558-83 x 405-20 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 36 compositions, 34 from 7 composers, 2 are anonymous. |
Composite of many originally separate fascicles, gatherings, and individual folios later reordered in present form. Scribal concordances with BergBC 1207 and 1209; one of the scribes may have been Gaspar de Albertis. Common watermarks with BergBC 1207 and 1209.
Contains secondo coro parts of some double-choir pieces, of which primo coro is in BergBC 1207.
Copied in Bergamo, for use at Church of Santa Maria Maggiore; remained there until transferred recently to Biblioteca Civica.
Original covers of parchment over pasteboard, badly decayed.
(1-2) anchor in circle, surmounted by six-pointed star (two different marks, neither in Briquet; both also found in BergBC 1207); (3) similar to Briquet #545; (4) resembles Briquet #6291; (5) bull's head (also found in BergBC 1207); (6) resembles Briquet #10681 (CrawGA)
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19, 24
Early ink and modern pencil foliation, 1-134, on lower right rectos replaces second system of modern foliation on right center rectos. (Latter foliation, cited in many studies, is one number higher than first foliation).
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5 Magnificats, 1 Canticle, 8 psalms, 1 hymn, 4 sets of Lamentations, portions of 3 Passions, 14 motets = 36
G. Albertis-24, G. Fogliano-1, Hesdin-1, Verdelot-1, anon-9
135 + ii paper folios, 600 x 440. Modern pencil foliation. Original covers of parchment over pasteboard, badly decayed. No index. Scribal concordances with BergBC 1207 and 1209; one of the scribes may have been Gaspar de Albertis. Common watermarks with BergBC 1207 and 1209.
Completed ca. 1545 (date 1541 found on f. 124). Copied at Santa Maria Maggiore, Bergamo; remained there until transferred recently to Biblioteca Civica.
Vol 4
BergBC 1208
BERGAMO. Biblioteca Civica. MS 1208 D
4 Mass Proper sections, 5 Magnificats, 1 canticle, 8 psalms, 1 hymn, 7 Lamentations, 3 Passions, 1 Passion fragment, 8 motets = 38
G. Albertis-27 + 3?, G. Fogliano-1, Hesdin-1, (Jaquet of Mantua) -1, (Stoltzer)-1, Verdelot-1, (Willaert)-1, anon-2
i + 134 + i paper folios, 558-83 x 405-20. Composite of many originally separate fascicles, gatherings, and individual folios later reordered in present form; see CrawGA for discussion. Early ink and modern pencil foliation, 1-134, on lower right rectos replaces second system of modern foliation on right center rectos. (Latter foliation, cited in many studies, is one number higher than first foliation). Rebound in modern covers of dark brown tooled leather on boards. No index.
Copied by Gaspar de Albertis, who also wrote most of BergBC 1207 and BergBC 1209 (CrawGA). Staff heights 19, 24. Inked calligraphic initials. Watermarks: (1-2) anchor in circle, surmounted by six-pointed star (two different marks, neither in Briquet; both also found in BergBC 1207); (3) similar to Briquet #545; (4) resembles Briquet #6291; (5) bull's head (also found in BergBC 1207); (6) resembles Briquet #10681 (CrawGA).
Second quarter of 16th century (date 1541 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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‡ denotes primary source study
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. Gasparo Alberti: Ein wenig bekannter Komponist und dessen Portrait. Festschrift Arnold Geering zum 70. Geburtstag, 63-80. Bern. Notes: contents list.
Ravizza, Victor. 1972. Frühe Doppelchörigkeit in Bergamo. Die Musikforschung, 25: 127-42. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
Böker-Heil, Norbert. 1967. Die Motetten von Philippe Verdelot. Frankfurt am Main. Pages: 245,306-7. 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, xii, 75-83. 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: 122. 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: I, xi, xvii, xix, 64-9,147-56 III,xiv,75-107. 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: 312-6. 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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