A single Discantus partbook. The main scribe (ff. 1-71, 98v-104) was Antonius Morus, who also copied BrusC 27766 (Rifkin), FlorBN II.I.285, and RomeV 35-40 (Perkins); additions by two scribes (ff. 71-74v, and 74v-82v, 104v-105v) c. 1545-50; and a final group of pieces added after 1569 (ff. 83v-89) which include a series by Striggio for an intermedio of that year. Probably copied in Florence.
B-Bc MS 27731
Library Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles / Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
partbook: c. 1535-40
| Archive | Library Conservatoire royal de Bruxelles / Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel, Brussels, Belgium (B-Bc) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 27731 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 164 x 227 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 97 compositions, 73 from 10 composers, 24 are anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
An unknown number of folios are missing from the beginning and end of the manuscript, though the opening piece would have been numbered iv
Binding
Modern cardboard covers
Watermark
One of the watermarks resembles Briquet #5926; the same mark or a similar one also appears in BrusC 27511, FlorBN Magl. 99-102, FlorBN Magl. 122-5, FlorBN Magl. 125bis, and RomeV 35-40
Notation
black void mensural
Date
Ca. 1535-40, with additions from ca. 1545-50 and ca. 1569 (HaarM).
Foliation
Other numberings: original numbering of pieces, v-lxxiv.
Foliation
New foliation by Charles van den Borren, 1-105
Decoration
Inked calligraphic initials decorated with grotesque heads.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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96 Italian secular pieces
(Arcadelt)-34, (Arcadelt/Berchem)-2, (Arcadelt/Corteccia)-5, (Arcadelt/F. Layolle)-2, (Arcadelt/Willaert)-1, (Cimello)-2, (Corteccia)-4, Danckerts [Ghisilij]-4, (C. Festa)-6, (F. Layolle)-3, Reulx-3, Striggio-6, anon-24
1 paper partbook (D-105 folios), 164 x 227. An unknown number of folios are missing from the beginning and end of the manuscript. New foliation by Charles van den Borren, 1-105; original numbering of pieces, v-lxxiv. Ff. 89'-98 are blank. Modern cardboard covers. The main scribe was Antonius Morus, who also copied BrusC 27766 (Rifkin), FlorBN II.I.285, and RomeV 35-40 (Perkins); additions by several later scribes. Inked calligraphic initials decorated with grotesque heads. One of the watermarks resembles Briquet #5926; the same mark or a similar one also appears in BrusC 27511, FlorBN Magl. 99-102, FlorBN Magl. 122-5, FlorBN Magl. 125bis, and RomeV 35-40 (Rifkin).
Ca. 1535-40, with additions from ca. 1545-50 and ca. 1569 (HaarM). Copied in Florence.
Vol. 4
Composers: Change "(C Festa)-6" to "(C. Festa)-9"; change "anon-24" to "anon-21."
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‡ denotes primary source study
Fenlon, Iain, and James Haar. 1988. The Italian Madrigal in the Early Sixteenth Century: Sources and Interpretation. Cambridge University Press. Pages: 149-153. Notes: inventory, description.
Fenlon, Iain, and James Haar. 1978. Fonti e Cronologia dei Madrigali di Costanzo Festa. Revista Italiana di Musicologia, 13: 212-42. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Haar, James. 1975. Madrigals from Three Generations: The MS Brussels, Bibl. du Conservatoire Royal, 27.731. Revista Italiana di Musicologia, 10: 242-64. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; transcription (partial).
Sutherland, David Angus. 1968. Francesco de Layolle (1492-1540): Life and Secular Works. University of Michigan, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 85-7. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion; contents list (partial).
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: V, 67-8, VI,1311-2. Notes: facsimile (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: VI, 65-8. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial).
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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