Main scribe was Gaspar de Albertis, who also wrote most of BergBC 1207 and BergBC 1208; two additional scribes, one of whom also wrote ff. 71-81 of BergBC 1207 (CrawGA). Copied in Bergamo, for use at Church of Santa Maria Maggiore; remained there until transferred recently to Biblioteca Civica.
I-BGc MS 1209 D
Civica Biblioteca 'Angelo Mai', Bergamo, Italy
manuscript of polyphony: Second quarter of 16th century
| Archive | Civica Biblioteca 'Angelo Mai', Bergamo, Italy (I-BGc) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 1209 D |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 565 x 420 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 84 compositions, 74 from 27 composers, 10 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of red tooled leather over wooden boards, with brass edges
Watermark
(1-5) anchor in circle, surmounted by six-pointed star (five different marks, none in Briquet); (6) anchor in circle; (7) flower with eight petals (also found in BergBC 1207); (8) bow and arrow; (9) unidentified
Notation
not indicated
Ruling
Staff height 24mm
Foliation
Original ink foliation, 1-128, on right center rectos (first folio, one folio between 83/84, and four folios between 37/38 not numbered; '89' applied to two consecutive folios).
Decoration
Inked calligraphic initials.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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3 Magnificats, 3 Canticles, 21 psalms, 1 hymn, 53 motets, 1 textless piece = 82
G. Albertis-1?, Bartolucci d'Assisi [F. Ruffin. Patav.J-8, Beneincasa-1, Compère-1, Divitis-1, C. Festa-3, Freminot-1, Fressin-1, Gascongne-1, Jaquet of Mantua-1, Jaquet of Mantua/(Mouton)-1, Josquin-1, (Lebrun/Moulu)-1, Lhéritier-3, (Lupi/Lupus)-1, (Lupus)-1, Masson [Maffoni]-3, Masson/(Ducis)-1, (Mouton)-1, Mouton/(Josquin)-1, L. Padovano-3, Richafort-1, Silva-5, Verdelot/(Jaquet of Mantua)-1, Werrecore-2, Willaert [Adrianus]-2, anon-19
134 paper folios, 570 x 420. Original foliation, 1-128. Original covers of leather over boards. No index. Scribal concordances with BergBC 1207 and 1208; the three manuscripts also share common watermarks. Inscription on cover: "Lib. variaram ecc."
Completed ca. 1545 (KirschQM). Copied at Santa Maria Maggiore, Bergamo; remained there until transferred recently to Biblioteca Civica.
Vol 4
BergBC 1209
BERGAMO. Biblioteca Civica. MS 1209 D
3 Magnificats, 3 canticles, 20 psalms, 1 hymn, 53 motets (1 without text), 1 litany, 1 Latin secular piece, 1 textless fragment = 83
G. Albertis-19 + 8?, Bartolucci d'Assisi [Frater Ruffinus Pata-vinus]-8 + 1?, Beneincasa-1, Compère-1, Divitis-1, C. Festa-2, C. Festa/(Senfl)-1, Freminot-1, Fressin-1, Gascongne-1, Jaquet of Mantua-1, Jaquet of Mantua/(Mouton)-1, Josquin-1, (Lebrun/ Moulu)-1, Lhéritier-3, (Lupi/Lupus)-1, (Lupus)-1, Maffoni-3, Maffoni/(Ducis)-1, (Mouton)-1, Mouton/(Josquin)-1, L. Pado-vano-3, Richafort-1, Silva-3, Silva/(Josquin)-1, Silva/(Moulu)-1, Verdelot/(Jaquet of Mantua)-1, Werrecore-1, Werrecore/(Appen-zeller)-1, Willaert-2, anon-9
135 paper folios, 565 x 420. Original ink foliation, 1-128, on right center rectos (first folio, one folio between 83/84, and four folios between 37/38 not numbered; "89" applied to two consecutive folios). Original covers of red tooled leather over wooden boards, with brass edges. No index. Main scribe was Gaspar de Albertis, who also wrote most of BergBC 1207 and BergBC 1208; two additional scribes, one of whom also wrote ff. 71-81 of BergBC 1207 (CrawGA). Staff height 24. Inked calligraphic initials. Watermarks: (1-5) anchor in circle, surmounted by six-pointed star (five different marks, none in Briquet); (6) anchor in circle; (7) flower with eight petals (also found in BergBC 1207); (8) bow and arrow; (9) unidentified.
Second quarter of 16th century. 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.
Lowinsky, Edward E. 1982. Humanism in the Music of the Renaissance. Medieval and Renaissance Studies: Proceedings of the Southeastern Institute of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Summer, 1978, 87-220. Durham, N.C. Pages: 114-6, 161-5. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Kirsch, Winfried. 1977. Die Motetten des Andreas de Silva: Studien zur Geschichte der Motette im 16. Jahrhundert. Frankfurter Beiträge zur Musikwissenschaft, vol. 2. Tutzing. Pages: 37,91-2,421,440,444-5,448, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Carver, Anthony F. 1975. The Psalms of Willaert and His North Italian Contemporaries. Acta Musicologica, 47: 270-83. Pages: 272-3. Notes: mention of MS.
Nugent, George Edward. 1973. The Jacquet Motets and Their Authors. Princeton University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 151ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
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 (editor). 1970-. Andreas de Silva: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 49. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: II,xx-xxi. Notes: facsimile (partial).
Blackburn, Bonnie J. 1970. The Lupus Problem. University of Chicago, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 364, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Perkins, Leeman L (editor). 1969. Johannis Lhéritier: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 48. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: I,xl,liv-lv,lxii. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Lowinsky, Edward E (editor). 1968. The Medici Codex of 1518: A Choirbook of Motets Dedicated to Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino. Monuments of Renaissance Music, vol. III-V. Chicago. Pages: III, 150ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Böker-Heil, Norbert. 1967. Die Motetten von Philippe Verdelot. Frankfurt am Main. Pages: 245,306-7. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (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).
Kirsch, Winfried. 1965. Andreas de Silva, ein Meister aus der ersten Hälfte des 16. Jahrhunderts. Analecta Musicologica, 2: 6-23. Pages: 19. Notes: mention of MS.
Main, Alexander, and Albert Seay (editors). 1962-. Costanza Festa: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 25. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: V,x,xiv-xv,xvii. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); discussion; cussion of the MS.
Jeppesen, Knud (editor). 1962. Italia Sacra Musica, musiche corali italiane sconosciute della prima metà del Cinquecento. 3 vols. Copenhagen. Pages: I,xi,xvii-xix,102-8,144-6,157-60 II,xiii-xv, 114-40. 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. Notes: physical description; contents list; incipitsst of contents (partial).
Lowinsky, Edward E. 1957. The Medici Codex: A Document of Music, Art, and Politics in the Renaissance. Annales Musicologiques, 5: 61-178. Pages: 120ff. Notes: concordances (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.
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: XI, Tafel 59. Notes: facsimile (partial).
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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