US-NYhsa **HC 380/871

Hispanic Society Library, New York, United States

manuscript of polyphony: Before 1616

Archive Hispanic Society Library, New York, United States (US-NYhsa)
Shelfmark **HC 380/871
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 562 x 400 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: NYorkH 871
Notations
  • black void mensural
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Provenance
Contents Contains 15 compositions from 2 composers.
General Description

Scribal concordance with NYorkH 869 (Charles Manns). Copied at the Escorial (Charles Manns), possibly bt Fray Pedro de Estremera. Brought to collegial church of S. Pedro at Lerma by 1616. Once owned by Federico Olmeda de San José (1865-1909) of Burgos, a Spanish organist, historian, and bibliophile; acquired 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 on boards, tooled in gold with ornamental designs.

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Notation

black void mensural

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Foliation

Original foliation, irregular.

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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3 Masses

Morales-2, Palestrina-l

87 paper folios, 590 x 410. Original foliation, irregular. Original covers of dark brown leather on boards, tooled in gold with ornamental designs. Scribal concordance with NYorkH 869 (Charles Manns).

Early 17th Century. Copied at the Escorial (Charles Manns). Once owned by Federico Olmeda de San José (1865-1909) of Burgos, a Spanish organist, historian, and bibliophile; acquired 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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denotes primary source study

Noone, Michael John. 1994. Manuscript Polyphonic Choirbooks from el Escorial: Physical Descriptions and Inventories. Revista de Musicología, 17: p.278-282.

Kirk, D. 1993. Churching the Shawms in Renaissance Spain: Lerma, Archivo de San Pedro Ms. Mus. 1. McGill University, PhD. Pages: 55, 64, 83, 89-90, 105-6.

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 Cambridge (King's College), unpublished Ph.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

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

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NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Notation Note; Foliation Note; Surface 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