The complete Gombert Magnificats. Copied by Robert Quercentius of Cambrai, identified on title page. Copied at Liège. Inscription pasted inside back cover gives name of 17th-century Spanish owner: 'Este libro es Del Señor Dn. Damaso Santos Martinez.' Owned in 19th century by the Spanish composer and scholar Francisco Asenjo Barbieri (1823-94); bequeathed to Biblioteca Nacional.
| Archive | Biblioteca Nacional, Madrid, Spain (E-Mn) |
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| Shelfmark | Sección de Música, MS M. 2433 |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 530 x 386 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 8 compositions from 1 composer. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of brown leather over cardboard, with ornamental pattern stamped in gold; suede spine.
Watermark
No watermarks visible
Notation
black void mensural
Date
1552 (date on title page).
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-53.
Decoration
Inked calligraphic initials.
Surface
Paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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8 Magnificats
Gombert -8
53 paper folios, 530 x 386. New pencil foliation, 1-53. Original covers of brown leather over cardboard, with ornamental pattern stamped in gold; suede spine. No index. Copied by Robert Quercentius of Cambrai, identified on title page. Inked calligraphic initials. No watermarks visible.
1552 (date on title page). Copied at Liège. Inscription pasted inside back cover gives name of 17th-century Spanish owner: "Este libro es Del Señor Dn. Damaso Santos Martinez." Owned in 19th century by the Spanish composer and scholar Francisco Asenjo Barbieri (1823-94); bequeathed to Biblioteca Nacional.
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Vander Straeten, Edmond. 1969. La Musique aux Pays-Bas Avant le XIX' Siècle. Brussels, 1867-88. Reprinted New York. Pages: VII, 344-8. Notes: physical description; contents list; facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Kirsch, Winfried. 1966. Die Quellen der mehrstimmigen Magnificat- und Te Deum-Vertonungen bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts. Tutzing. Pages: 146. Notes: contents list; incipits.
Schmidt-Görg, Joseph (editor). 1951-75. Nicolai Gombert: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 6. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: IV. Notes: physical description; contents list; texts; discussion.
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: V, Tafel 22. Notes: facsimile (partial).
Anglès, Higinio, and José Subirá. 1946. Catálogo Musical de 1a Biblioteca Nacional de Madrid. I: Manuscritos. Catálogos de 1a Música antigua conservada en Espana. Barcelona. Pages: 215-6, #110, Facs. XX. Notes: physical description; contents list; facsimile (partial).
Schmidt-Görg, Joseph. 1938. Nicolas Gombert, Kapellmeister Kaiser Karls V.: Leben und Werk. Bonn. Pages: 213-8, 365. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; discussion.
[No Author] None. Catalogue of Valuable PrintedBooks, Illuminated and Other Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, etc. ... Sotheby & Co. London: Sotheby & Co. Pages: 12. Notes: contents list.
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
Monday, 23 January, 2017
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