B-Bc MS 27088

Library Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles / Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

manuscript of polyphony: Before 1549

Archive Library Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles / Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, Brussels, Belgium (B-Bc)
Shelfmark MS 27088
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 562 x 402 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: BrusC 27088
Notations
  • black void mensural
Copyists
Relationships
Provenance
  • Beaumont, Belgium
Contents Contains 58 compositions, 57 from 12 composers, 1 is anonymous.
General Description

Scribal concordance with BrusC 27087 (Bori). Copied in Beaumont (ClemensO). Once in the library of Federico Olmeda de San José (1865-1909). Following Olmeda's death, the manuscript was offered for sale by Hiersemann Antiquariat in Leipzig; it was purchased in 1912 by the Brussels Conservatoire.

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Binding

Covers probably date from 1563. The font cover has the title 'Liber motetarum'.

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Notation

black void mensural

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Foliation

Original foliation

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Index

Index on ff. ii-iii. All pieces in this source attributed to 'Jacquet' over the music itself are works of Jaquet of Mantua; they are incorrectly attributed to Jachet Berchem in the index; see NugentJ I, 203-4.

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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47 motets

Clemens non Papa-28, Crecquillon-4, Gombert-1, Hellinck-1, Jaquet of Mantua [Jacquet*]-6, Jaquet of Mantua [Jacquet*]/(Conseil)-1, Lupi-3, Lupi/(Berchem)-1, Manchicourt-1, anon-1

*All pieces in this source attributed to "Jacquet" over the music itself are works of Jaquet of Mantua; they are incorrectly attributed to Jachet Berchem in the index; see NugentJ I, 203-4.

iii + 217 paper folios. Original foliation. Covers probably date from 1563. Index on ff. ii-iii. Scribal concordance with BrusC 27087 (Bori). Title "Liber motetarum' ' appears on cover.

Before 1549 (ClemensO); "1563" appears on inner side of the binding. Copied in Beaumont (ClemensO). Once in the library of Federico Olmeda de San José (1865-1909). Following Olmeda's death, the manuscript was offered for sale by Hiersemann Antiquariat in Leipzig; it was purchased in 1912 by the Brussels Conservatoire.

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Beebe, Ellen Scott. 2005. The Repertoire of Brussels, Bibliothèque du Conservatoire Royal, MS 27088. Beyond Contemporary Fame: Reassessing the Art of Clemens non Papa and Thomas Crecquillon, edited by Ellen Scott Beebe, 57–88. Turnhout: Brepols.

Blackburn, Bonnie J (editor). 1980-. Johannes Lupi: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 84.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: I,xxiv-xxv,xxix-xxxi; II,xviii-xix,xxi,67-75,86-97. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); texts (partial); discussion; cussion of the MS.

Nugent, George Edward. 1973. The Jacquet Motets and Their Authors. Princeton University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 267,272,320-1,341-2.

Wicks, John D (editor). 1971-. Pierre de Manchicourt: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 55.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: IV,ix; VI, xx. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Blackburn, Bonnie J. 1970. The Lupus Problem. University of Chicago, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 364, passim. Notes: mention of MS; concordances (partial).

Kempers, Karel Philippus Bernet. 1964. Bibliography of the Sacred Works of Jacobus Clemens non Papa. Musica Disciplina, 18: 85-150. Pages: 89; 99-150. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion; concordances (partial).

Kempers, Karel Philippus Bernet, and Chris J. Maas (editors). 1951-76. Jacobus Clemens non Papa: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 4.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: III, Foreword; XIV, ix; III; XIV. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion; transcription (partial).

Borren, Charles van den. 1933-34. Inventaire des manuscrits de musique polyphonique qui se trouvent en Belgique. Acta Musicologica, 5 & 6: V:66-71,120-7,177-83;VI:23-9,65-73,116-21. Pages: V, 181-2. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.

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