A Discantus partbook from a set originally of four volumes. Copied by three scribes: the first, clearly professional, copied #1-45 (ff. 1v-60); the second, who added #46-75 (ff. 60v-94) five to ten years later, is probably the same scribe who copied FlorBN Magl. 99-102; a third scribe added #76-77 (ff. 94v-96) (Fenlon-Haar). Two pieces (#40 and #41) were copied from BolC Q21 (Rifkin). Copied in Florence; the manuscript once belonged to the Strozzi family (SlimGM).
I-Fc MS Basevi 2495 [Discantus] (Strozzi partbooks)
Conservatorio di Musica Luigi Cherubini, Florence, Italy
partbook: Part I (#1-45): c. 1530; Part II (#46-77): c. 1535-40 (Rifkin).
| Archive | Conservatorio di Musica Luigi Cherubini, Florence, Italy (I-Fc) |
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| Shelfmark | MS Basevi 2495 [Discantus] (Strozzi partbooks) |
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| Surface | Mixed Paper and Parchment |
| Measurements | 130 x 210 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 77 compositions, 62 from 6 composers, 15 are anonymous. |
General Description
Extent
i + 115 + i leaves (96v-114v blank).
Binding
leather covers with gold working; 16th-century, with tooling also found on the Newberry-Oscott partbooks and FlorBN Magl.XIX.99-102, and with half-moon stamp of the Strozzi family.
Watermark
Italian watermarks from the first half of the 16th century: an anchor within a circular frame with six-pointed star below (similar to Briquet #6298-6300); and the second close to Briquet #493.
Liminary Note
Erroneous title on cover: 'Madrigali a 3.' (All the pieces are for 4vv.) Italian watermarks from the first half of the 16th century.
Ruling
3 staves per page
Foliation
No foliation.
Index
Original alphabetical index in the T book (omits last five pieces); verso of 2nd flyleaf in Cantus lists the first 7 pieces
Surface
i parchment + 115 paper + i parchment
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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77 Italian secular pieces
(Arcadelt)-25, (Arcadelt/Verdelot)-1, (C. Festa/Verdelot)-1, (C. Festa/Verdelot/Willaert)-1, (Verdelot)-24 +1?, anon-24
3 partbooks of an original 4 (D-i parchment + 115 paper + i parchment folios, T-i parchment + 120 paper + i parchment, B-i parchment + 118 paper + i parchment), 130 x 210. No foliation. Blank folios: D-96'-114'; T-102-120'; B-93-118. 16th-century covers of leather, with gold working. Original index in the tenor book. Copied by two scribes: the first copied #1-45; the second, who added #46-77 five to ten years later, is probably the same scribe who copied FlorBN Magl. 99-102; two pieces (#40 and #41) were copied from BolC Q21 (Rifkin). Erroneous title on cover: "Madrigali a 3." Italian watermarks from the first half of the 16th century.
Part I (#1-45): ca. 1530; Part II (#46-77): ca. 1535-40 (Rifkin). Copied in Florence; the manuscript once belonged to the Strozzi family (SlimGM).
Vol 4
Composers: (Arcadelt)-30, (Arcadelt/Corteccia)-1, (Arcadelt/Verdelot)-1, (Corteccia)-2, (C. Festa)-3, (C. Festa/Verdelot)-3, (Verdelot)-23 + 1?, anon-13
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MS Basevi 2495
Partbooks · 3 sources
‡ 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: 159-163. Notes: contents list; concordances (partial).
D'Accone, Frank A (editor). 1981. Francesco Corteccia: Collected Secular Works. Vols. VIII-X of Music of the Florentine Renaissance [cited by these volume numbers]. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 32. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: VIII,xx-xxi,xxv; IX,xviii. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
D'Accone, Frank A. 1972. Transitional Text Forms and Settings in an Early 10th-Century Florentine Manuscript. Words and Music: The Scholar's View ... Compiled in Honor of A. Tillman Meniti, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Pages: 35. Notes: mention of MS.
Slim, H Colin. 1972. A Gift of Madrigals and Motets. Chicago and London. Pages: I, 22-3. Notes: mention of MS.
Osthoff, Wolfgang. 1969. Theatergesang und Darstellende Musik in der Italienischen Renaissance. Münchner Veröffentlichungen zur Musikgeschichte, vol. 14. Tutzing. Pages: II, 25, 65-8. Notes: concordances (partial); transcription (partial).
Jeppesen, Knud. 1968-70. La Frottola. Acta Jutlandica, vol. XL/2, XLI/1, & XLII/1. 3 vols. Copenhagen. Pages: II, 52. Notes: physical description; contents list; incipitsst of contents (partial).
Becherini, Bianca. 1964. I Manoscritti e le stampe rare della Biblioteca del Conservatorio 'L. Cherubini' di Firenze. La Bibliofilia, 66: 255-99. Pages: 268-70. Notes: physical description; contents list.
Hersh, Donald Lee. 1963. Verdelot and the Early Madrigal. University of California at Berkeley, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 283. Notes: mention of MS.
Main, Alexander, and Albert Seay (editors). 1962-. Costanza Festa: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 25. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: VIII, xv-xvi,18-9. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Gandolfi, Riccardo. 1911. Intorno al Codice membranaceo di ballate et di canzoncine ... R. Instituto Musicale di Firenze, N. 2440. Rivista Musicale Italiana, 18: 537-48. Pages: 247-8. Notes: physical description; contents list.
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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