A Discantus ('Superannus') partbook from a set originally of four volumes. Scribal concordance with FlorBN Magl. 112 (BernC). Copied by a single scribe. Probably copied in Florence.
I-Fn MS Magl. XIX.111 [Discantus]
Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Florence, Italy
partbook: After 1528, probably c. 1530 (Fenlon/Haar)
| Archive | Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Florence, Italy (I-Fn) |
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| Shelfmark | MS Magl. XIX.111 [Discantus] |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 170 x 235 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 10 compositions, 7 from 6 composers, 3 are anonymous. |
General Description
Extent
4 ff.
Binding
Modern cardboard covers
Watermark
probably identical to Briquet #3903 and #5963; the same mark or a similar one is also found in FlorBN Magl. 112, 122-5, 164-7, and BolC Q21
Notation
black void mensural
Date
After 1528, as the 4 chansons may have been copied from Attaignant's "Chansons nouvelles" of that year; on repertorial grounds c. 1530 (Fenlon/Haar)
Ruling
6 staves per page
Foliation
Modern foliation
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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6 Italian secular pieces, 4 French secular pieces = 10
(Eustachius de Monte Regali)-1, (S. Festa)-1, (Sermisy)-3, (Verdelot)-1, anon-4
3 paper partbooks of an original 4 (D-4 folios, A-4, T-i parchment + 4), 170 x 235. Modern foliation. Modern cardboard covers. Scribal concordance with FlorBN Magl. 112 (BernC). Watermark is probably identical to Briquet #3903 and #5963; the same mark or a similar one is also found in FlorBN Magl. 112, 122-5, 164-7, and BolC Q21. The four French pieces are concordant with FlorBN Magl. 112 and RISM 1528/3; four of the Italian pieces are also found in BolC Q21.
After 1528. Copied in Florence.
Vol 4
Composers: Change "(S. Festa)-1" to "(C Festa/S. Festa)-1"; change "(Ser-misy)-3" to "(La Rue/Sermisy)-1, (Mouton/Sermisy)-1, (Sermisy)-1."
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MS Magl. XIX.111
Partbooks · 3 sources
‡ denotes primary source study
Bernstein, Lawrence F. 1973. La Courone et fleur des chansons a troys; A Mirror of the French Chanson in Italy in the Years between Ottaviano Petrucci and Antonio Gardano. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 26: 1-68. Pages: 18. Notes: mention of MS.
Jeppesen, Knud. 1968-70. La Frottola. Acta Jutlandica, vol. XL/2, XLI/1, & XLII/1. 3 vols. Copenhagen. Pages: II, 50-1. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Brown, Howard Mayer. 1963. Music in the French Secular Theater, 1400-1550. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Pages: 244, 248. Notes: concordances (partial).
Gallico, Claudio. 1961. Un Canzionere Musicale Italiano del Cinquecento (Bologna, Conservatorio di Musica "G. B. Martini" Ms. Q 21). Florence. Pages: 79, passim. Notes: concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Becherini, Bianca. 1959. Catalogo dei manoscritti musicali della Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze. Kassel. Pages: 46. Notes: physical description; contents list.
Rubsamen, Walter H. 1951. Music Research in Italian Libraries: An Anecdotal Account of Obstacles and Discoveries. Los Angeles. Pages: 91. Notes: mention of MS.
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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Watermark Note; Notation Note; Surface Note; DIAMM 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