Copied by a single scribe ('Mary of Hungary's scribe' (GGTMontserrat)), who also wrote MontsM 769, MontsM 776, and ff. 66'-90 of MontsM 765. Copied in Brussels, at the court of Mary of Hungary (daughter of Philip the Fair and Juana of Spain), Regent of the Netherlands 1531-55. Subsequent history same as for MontsM 765; manuscript listed as #38 in both inventories of Philip II's books.
| Archive | Monasterio de S Maria, Montserrat, Spain (E-MO) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 771 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 550 x 385 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 20 compositions from 7 composers. |
General Description
Binding
Rebound in new covers, but original brown leather spine preserved.
Watermark
Letter 'P' with '4' & four-petalled flower, not in Briquet.
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
Staff height 20
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-158
Decoration
Spaces left for large initials, but none added. Voice part names written vertically in red ink
Surface
paper
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8 Masses
Appenzeller [Benedictus]-2, Gascongne-1, Hesdin-1, Lupi-1, Moulu-1, Verelst-1, anon-1
158 paper folios, 550 x 385. New pencil foliation, 1-158. Blank folios: 1, 28'-29, 52'-53, 72'-73, 95'-96, 114'-115, 130'-131, 143'-144, 158'. Rebound in new covers, but original brown leather spine preserved. No index. Copied by a single scribe, who also wrote MontsM 769, MontsM 776, and ff. 66'-90 of MontsM 765. Staff height 20. Titles in red and black ink; space left for decorative initials, but initials never added. Watermark (letter "P" with four-petalled flower) not in Briquet.
Ca. 1540. Copied in Brussels, at the court of Mary of Hungary (daughter of Philip the Fair and Juana of Spain), Regent of the Netherlands 1531-55. Subsequent history same as for MontsM 765; manuscript listed as #38 in both inventories of Philip II's books.
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Thompson, Glenda Goss. 1988. Spanish-Netherlandish Musical Relationships in the Sixteenth Century: Mary of Hungary's Manuscripts at Montserrat. '. Musique des Pays-Bas anciens. Musique espagnole ancienne (+/-1450 -- +/- 1650), Colloquia Europalia III. 69-113. Louvain. Notes: physical description (partial), contents list; concordances (partial).
Manns, Charles Gregor. 1977. The Manuscripts Montserrat 774 and 775. University of Illinois, Unpublished Master's thesis. Pages: l-2, 5-6, 15. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial).
Olivar, Alexandre. 1977. Catàleg dels Manuscrits de la Biblioteca del Monestir de Montserrat. Montserrat. Pages: 177. Notes: physical description; contents list.
Crawford, David Eugene. 1975. Sixteenth Century Choirbooks in the Archivio Capitolare at Casale Monferrato. RMS, vol. 2. American Institute of Musicology. Pages: 115. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Thompson, Glenda Goss. 1975. Benedictus Appenzeller: Maître de la Chapelle to Mary of Hungary and Chansonnier. University of North Carolina, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 79-80, 85-6, 523-5. Notes: contents list; concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Stevenson, Robert. 1973. The Toledo Manuscript Polyphonic Choirbooks and some other lost or little known Flemish Sources. Fontes Artis Musicae, 20: 87-107. Pages: 89. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Blackburn, Bonnie J. 1970. The Lupus Problem. University of Chicago, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 398. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Swing, Peter Gram. 1969. Parody and Form in Five Polyphonic Masses by Mathieu Gascongne. University of Chicago, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 4, 22, 27. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Vander Straeten, Edmond. 1969. La Musique aux Pays-Bas Avant le XIX' Siècle. Brussels, 1867-88. Reprinted New York. Pages: VIII, 369. Notes: mention of MS.
Lenaerts, René Bernard (editor). 1960. Drie Missen van Pierre de La Rue. Monumenta Musicae Belgicae, vol. VIII. <em>NederlandsePolyfonieuitspannseBronnen</em>MonumentaMusicaeBelgicaeVol.IX(1963). Berchem-Antwerpen. Pages: IX, viii-ix, 31-75. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).
Lenaerts, René Bernard. 1957. Niederländische Polyphone Musik in der Bibliothek von Montserrat. Festschrift für Joseph Schmidt-Görg zum 60. Geburtstag, 196-201. Bonn. Pages: 198. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.
Pujol O.S.B., David. 1950, 1952. Maniscritos de Mùsica Neerlandesa conservados en la Biblioteca del Monasterio de Montserrat. Atti del Congresso Internazionale di Musica Sacra ... (Roma, 25-30 Maggio 1950), 319-22. Tournai. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: XIII, 1487. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
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