US-NYhsa **HC 380/861

Hispanic Society Library, New York, United States

manuscript of polyphony: 1604

Archive Hispanic Society Library, New York, United States (US-NYhsa)
Shelfmark **HC 380/861
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 550 x 400 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: NYorkH 861
Notations
  • black void mensural
Copyists
Relationships
Provenance
Contents 26 pieces from 8 composers
General Description

Scribal concordances with MontsM 750, NYorkH 278, and NYorkH 870 (Charles Manns). Manuscript copied at the Escorial (Charles Manns), possibly by Fray Pedro de Estremera, in 1604 (fol. 50v - "Año Dei 1604"). Owned by the collegiate church of San Pedro in Lerma (StevnsnSCM). Later acquired by Federico Olmeda de San José (1865-1909) of Burgos, a Spanish organist, historian, and bibliophile. Purchased by The Hispanic Society c. 1910 at Hiersemann Antiquariat sale of items from Olmeda's library.

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Binding

Original covers of dark brown leather over boards, tooled in gold with ornamental designs and coat of arms of Duke of Lerma.

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Notation

black void mensural

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Ruling

Staff heights: 25, 37

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Foliation

Original ink foliation, 1-117

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Decoration

Large plain inked initials; double-line borders. Some text in red ink.

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Index

Original index on f. 1 groups pieces by number of voices

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Surface

Paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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6 Masses, 1 Requiem Mass, 1 Requiem Mass section, 2 motets = 10

A. Lobo-anon-1, Morales-2, Palestrina-3, Villa Nueva-1, anon-3

117 paper folios, 552 x 390. Original ink foliation, 1-117. Original covers of dark brown leather over boards, tooled in gold with ornamental designs and coat of arms of Duke of Lerma. Original index on f. 1 groups pieces by number of voices. Scribal concordances with MontsM 750, NYorkH 278, and NYorkH 870 (Charles Manns). Large plain inked initials; double-line borders. Some text in red ink.

Early 17th century. Copied at the Escorial (Charles Manns). Owned by the collegiate church of San Pedro in Lerma (StevnsnSCM). Later acquired by Federico Olmeda de San José (1865-1909) of Burgos, a Spanish organist, historian, and bibliophile; purchased by The Hispanic Society ca. 1910 at Hiersemann Antiquariat sale of items from Olmeda's library.

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

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1v–8r Missa de duplicibus maioribus (4vv): KG - -
Appears on: 1v–8r
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
8v–15r [Credo] Patrem omnipotentem Del maestro Alonso Lobo
Appears on: 8v–15r
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem)
Source Attribution: Del maestro Alonso Lobo
15v–18r Missa de duplicibus minoribus (4vv): SA - Anonymous
Appears on: 15v–18r
Genres: Agnus Dei, Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
18v–29r Missa de Beata Maria fray Martin de villa nueba
Appears on: 18v–29r
Genres: Agnus Dei, Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Gloria (et in terra pax), Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Source Attribution: fray Martin de villa nueba
29v–50r Missa pro defunctis [Requiem] (4vv) - Anonymous
Appears on: 29v–50r
Genres: Agnus Dei, Kyrie eleison, Requiem, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
44v–45 Ne recorderis dirige dum veneris / Kyrie eleison -
Appears on: 44v–45
Genres: Responsory, Verse
General Note

interpolated in the anonymous Requiem (Stevenson, Spanish Cathedral Music, p.127). Identified as concordant with the de la Torre 'Ne recorderis' (Nelson2010)

50v–65r Missa Iste confessor: Kyrie Palestrina
Appears on: 50v–65r
Genres: Kyrie eleison
Source Attribution: Palestrina
50v–65r Missa Iste confessor: Gloria -
Appears on: 50v–65r
50v–65r Missa Iste confessor: Credo -
Appears on: 50v–65r
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem)
50v–65r Missa Iste confessor: Sanctus -
Appears on: 50v–65r
Genres: Sanctus [& Benedictus]
50v–65r Missa Iste confessor: Agnus Dei -
Appears on: 50v–65r
Genres: Agnus Dei
65v–84r Missa Ut re mi fa sol la: Kyrie Palestrina
Appears on: 65v–84r
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Palestrina
65v–84r Missa Ut re mi fa sol la: Gloria -
Appears on: 65v–84r
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
65v–84r Missa Ut re mi fa sol la: Credo -
Appears on: 65v–84r
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
65v–84r Missa Ut re mi fa sol la: Sanctus -
Appears on: 65v–84r
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
65v–84r Missa Ut re mi fa sol la: Agnus Dei -
Appears on: 65v–84r
Genres: Agnus Dei, Mass Ordinary
84v–102r Missa Nasce la gioia mia: Kyrie Palestrina
Appears on: 84v–102r
Genres: Kyrie eleison
Source Attribution: Palestrina
84v–102r Missa Nasce la gioia mia: Gloria -
Appears on: 84v–102r
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax)
84v–102r Missa Nasce la gioia mia: Credo -
Appears on: 84v–102r
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem)
84v–102r Missa Nasce la gioia mia: Sanctus -
Appears on: 84v–102r
Genres: Sanctus [& Benedictus]
General Note

Lacks Osanna

84v–102r Missa Nasce la gioia mia: Agnus Dei -
Appears on: 84v–102r
Genres: Agnus Dei
General Note

Lacks Agnus I

102v–117r Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina: Kyrie morales
Appears on: 102v–117r
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: morales
102v–117r Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina: Gloria -
Appears on: 102v–117r
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
102v–117r Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina: Credo -
Appears on: 102v–117r
Genres: Credo (patrem omnipotentem), Mass Ordinary
102v–117r Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina: Sanctus -
Appears on: 102v–117r
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
102v–117r Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina: Agnus -
Appears on: 102v–117r
Genres: Agnus Dei, Mass Ordinary
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Guerrero, Francisco
Lobo, Alonso
Morales, Cristóbal de (ca. 1500–1553)
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da (1525–1594)
Schein, Johann Hermann
Torre, Francisco de la
Villanueva, Martín de
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
[Credo] Patrem omnipotentem 8v–15r
Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina: Agnus 102v–117r
Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina: Credo 102v–117r
Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina: Gloria 102v–117r
Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina: Kyrie 102v–117r
Missa Benedicta es caelorum regina: Sanctus 102v–117r
Missa de Beata Maria 18v–29r
Missa de duplicibus maioribus (4vv): KG - 1v–8r
Missa de duplicibus minoribus (4vv): SA Anonymous 15v–18r
Missa Iste confessor: Agnus Dei 50v–65r
Missa Iste confessor: Credo 50v–65r
Missa Iste confessor: Gloria 50v–65r
Missa Iste confessor: Kyrie 50v–65r
Missa Iste confessor: Sanctus 50v–65r
Missa Nasce la gioia mia: Agnus Dei 84v–102r
Missa Nasce la gioia mia: Credo 84v–102r
Missa Nasce la gioia mia: Gloria 84v–102r
Missa Nasce la gioia mia: Kyrie 84v–102r
Missa Nasce la gioia mia: Sanctus 84v–102r
Missa pro defunctis [Requiem] (4vv) Anonymous 29v–50r
Missa Ut re mi fa sol la: Agnus Dei 65v–84r
Missa Ut re mi fa sol la: Credo 65v–84r
Missa Ut re mi fa sol la: Gloria 65v–84r
Missa Ut re mi fa sol la: Kyrie 65v–84r
Missa Ut re mi fa sol la: Sanctus 65v–84r
Ne recorderis dirige dum veneris / Kyrie eleison 44v–45

denotes primary source study

Noone, Michael John. 1994. Manuscript Polyphonic Choirbooks from el Escorial: Physical Descriptions and Inventories. Revista de Musicología, p.278-282.

Kirk, D. 1993. Churching the Shawms in Renaissance Spain: Lerma, Archivo de San Pedro Ms. Mus. 1. McGill University, PhD. Pages: 56, 65, 89-90, 105-6, 221-3.

Noone, Michael John. 1993. Libros de coro de El Escorial en la Sociedad Hispánica de América. Reales Sitios, 41-45. Pages: 42-45.

Noone, Michael John. 1993. Felipe II, Martín de Villanueva y el estilo desornamentado musical de El Escorial. La música en el Monasterio del Escorial: Actas del Simposium, . Pages: 453-480. Notes: discussion & transcription.

Noone, Michael John. 1991. Music and Musicians at the Escorial 1563–1665. Cambridge (King's College), unpublished Ph. D. diss.

Fillingham, D. 1980. Fray Martín de Villanueva and music at El Escorial. Brandeis University, BA thesis. Pages: 9-14, 35-42, 92.

Stevenson, Robert. 1961. Spanish Cathedral Music in the Golden Age.  Berkeley and Los Angeles. Pages: 126-7, 265, 331. Notes: physical description; contents list; discussion.

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

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