US-Cn Case MS VM2147.C36 (#4)

Newberry Library, Chicago, United States

manuscript of polyphony: Late 16th century

Archive Newberry Library, Chicago, United States (US-Cn)
Shelfmark Case MS VM2147.C36 (#4)
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 385 x 270 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: ChiN C36
Notations
  • black void mensural
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Provenance
Contents Contains 2 uninventoried works or miscellaneous sections.
General Description

One of a set of six choirbooks catalogued under this number at the Newberry Library; the other five apparently contain no pre-1550 repertory. From the Convento de la Encarnación, Mexico City.

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Binding

Original covers of brown leather tooled with gold, with metal clasps

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Notation

black void mensural

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Date

Late 16th century (from repertory and notation); early 18th century (BarwickFF)

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Foliation

Original ink foliation

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Index

Original index ('Table de las obras deste Libro de salmos, himnos, magnificas, Misses, i otros oficios')

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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2 Masses, 1 Requiem Mass, 3 Magnificats, 4 psalms, 8 hymns, 12 motets = 30

(Guerrero)-8, (Morales)-2, anon-20

iii + 102 + i paper folios, 385 x 270. Original ink foliation. Original covers of brown leather tooled with gold, with metal clasps. Original index ("Table de las obras deste Libro de salmos, himnos, magnificas, Misses, i otros oficios"). One of a set of six choirbooks catalogued under this number at the Newberry Library; the other five apparently contain no pre-1550 repertory.

Late 16th century (from repertory and notation); early 18th century (BarwickFF). From the Convento de la Encarnación, Mexico City. Donated to the Newberry Library by Charles Lawrence Hutchinson in 1899.

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

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Known composers

Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages Item title Attribution in Source
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denotes primary source study

Schleifer, Eliyahu A. 1979. The Mexican Choirbooks at the Newberry Library (Case MS VM 2147 C 36). University of Chicago, unpublished Ph.D. thesis. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion; contents list; transcriptions (patrtial).

Schleifer, Eliyahu A. 1973-74. New Light on the Mexican Choirbooks at the Newberry Library. Notes, 231-41. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.

Stevenson, Robert. 1972-73. Mexican Colonial Music Manuscripts Abroad. Notes, 203-14. Pages: 204, 213-4. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion; contents list (partial).

Barwick, Steven. 1970. A Recently Discovered Miserere of Fernando Franco. Yearbook for Inter-American Musical Research, 77ff. Pages: 77-80. Notes: mention of MS.

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Notation Note; Date Note; Foliation Note; Contents Note; Surface Note

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

Monday, 23 January, 2017

NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description