A Discantus partbook from an incomplete set of three volumes. 'Cantus' written on cover. One of the two scribal hands also appears in BolC Q24. Each book is in two sections; the first section (20 pieces) is separated from the second section (6 pieces) by several blank openings. Copied in northern Italy, possibly at Bologna (Rifkin).
I-Bc Q.23 [Cantus]
Museo Internazionale e Biblioteca della Musica di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
partbook: 1540-50 (John Brawley)
| Archive | Museo Internazionale e Biblioteca della Musica di Bologna, Bologna, Italy (I-Bc) |
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| Shelfmark | Q.23 [Cantus] |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Measurements | 232 x 171 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 40 compositions, 35 from 10 composers, 5 are anonymous. |
General Description
Extent
25 leaves
Binding
Covers of thick paper, possibly original.
Watermark
no watermarks
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation.
Decoration
Black inked calligraphic initials on front covers.
Index
no index.
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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1 Canticle, 1 processional hymn, 14 Lamentations (2 incomplete), 2 Passions (incomplete), 8 motets = 26
Arcadelt-1, (Berchem/Jaquet of Mantua)-1, Jaquet of Mantua-1, Jhan of Ferrara [Mro Jam]-2, Lupus-2, Morales-2, Ruffo-3, Simon of Ferrara-1, Tudual-2, Verdelot-1, Willaert-5, anon-5
3 paper partbooks (D-25 folios, A-29, T-31), 232 x 171. Modern pencil foliation. Covers of thick paper, possibly original. No index. One of the two scribal hands also appears in BolC Q24. Black inked calligraphic initials on front covers. Each book is in two sections; the first section (20 pieces) is separated from the second section (6 pieces) by several blank openings. No watermarks.
1540-50 (John Brawley). Copied in northern Italy, possibly at Bologna (Rifkin).
Vol. 4
Contents: 1 canticle, 1 processional hymn, 26 Lamentations, 2 Passions, 7 motets = 37
Composers: Arcadelt-1, Jaquet of Mantua-6, Jhan of Ferrara [Matre Jam]-4, Lupus-2, Morales-2, Ruffo-8, Simon of Ferrara-3, Tudual [Tugdualj-2, Verdelot-1, Willaert-4, anon-4
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Q.23
Partbooks · 3 sources
‡ denotes primary source study
Nugent, George Edward. 1973. The Jacquet Motets and Their Authors. Princeton University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 143.
Blackburn, Bonnie J. 1970. The Lupus Problem. University of Chicago, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 364, passim. Notes: mention of MS; 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, 108. Notes: mention of MS; concordances (partial).
Böker-Heil, Norbert. 1967. Die Motetten von Philippe Verdelot. Frankfurt am Main. Pages: 245, passim. Notes: mention of MS; concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Lockwood, Lewis Henry. 1959. The Counter-Reformation and the Sacred Music of Vincenzo Ruffa. Princeton University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 307-13. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
Lowinsky, Edward E. 1950. A Newly Discovered Sixteenth-Century Motet Manuscript at the Biblioteca Vallicelliana in Rome. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 3: 173-232. Pages: 223. Notes: concordances (partial).
Torchi, Luigi. 1906. I Monumenti dell'antica musica francese a Bologna. Rivista Musicale Italiana, 13: 451-505,575-615. Pages: 504. Notes: mention of MS.
Gaspari, Gaetano (compiler). 1905. Catalogo della biblioteca del Liceo musicale di Bologna compilato da Gaetano Gaspari: compiuto e pubblicato da Dr Raffaele Cadolini, aggiunto al bibliotecario. 4 vols. Bologna. Pages: II, 169. Notes: mention of MS.
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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