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An early manuscript in score format, with barlines - cf. the Tarasconi codex. Date c. 1570-1599. Copied by a single scribe, who included laudatory comments on some composers, especially Rore. Probably copied in Parma or Ravenna (BridgmAH). Owned in 19th century by the French pianist and composer Clarisse Bourdeney (1849-96). Purchased by Bibliothèque Nationale from Bourdeney's heirs in 1954.
F-Pn Rés. Vma ms. 851 (Bourdeney Manuscript)
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département de la Musique, Paris, France
manuscript of polyphony: Late 16th century
| Archive | Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département de la Musique, Paris, France (F-Pn) |
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| Shelfmark | Rés. Vma ms. 851 (Bourdeney Manuscript) |
| Image Availability | The images on this record are linked using IIIF. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Pagination |
| Format | portrait |
| Measurements | 362 x 255 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 680 compositions, 666 from 48 composers, 14 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original parchment covers.
Watermark
resembles Zonghi #1737-42
Liminary Note
Title page (= first folio) copied by later hand: 'Messe in musica di diversi Compositori et altre Compositioni.'
Notation
black void mensural
Foliation
Original ink pagination, (i-iii) 1-578, on upper left versos and upper right rectos (numbers '202,' '277,' and '477' omitted; one page following p. 447 and one page following p. 479 not numbered or counted in enumeration; last two pages unnumbered). Later hand repeated some original page numbers in center margins
Decoration
No initials or decoration
Index
Title followed by incomplete list of represented composers, and beginnings of an index
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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23 Masses, 2 Kyries, 1 Mass Proper section, 1 Magnificat, 22 hymns, 166 motets, 163 Italian secular pieces, 57 French secular pieces, 1 Latin secular piece, 31 instrumental pieces, 2 textless pieces = 469
P. Animuccia-7, P. Animuccia/(Rore)-2, Clemens non Papa-1, Crecquillon-4, Dentice-2, Donato-1, (N. Dorati/Rore)-1, Dragoni-1, A. Ferrabosco I-1, A. Festa-1, A. Gabrieli-3, Gombert-21, Ingegneri/(Rore)-1, (Ingegneri/Rore)-1, Janequin-6, Jaquet of Mantua/(Lupus)-1, Josquin-4, Lassus-12, Lebrun-1, Luzzaschi-1, Maillard-3, Marenzio-2, Marenzio/(Striggio)-1, (Maschera)-4, Merulo-18, Philippe de Monte-5, Morales-3, Mouton-7, Nanino-3, Nasco-2, Palestrina-59, Pallavicino-2, C. Porta-67, Richafort-1, Rore-160 + 1?, Rore/(Ingegneri)-1, (Rore/Willaert)-2, Stabile-1, Striggio-4, Verdelot-1, Verdelot/(Richafort)-1, Viadana-1, Wert-5, Willaert-28, Willaert/(Obrecht)-1, Zoilo-1, anon-13
i + 290 + i paper folios, 362 x 255. Original ink pagination, 1-578, on upper left versos and upper right rectos (numbers "202," "277," and "477" omitted; one page following p. 447 and one page following p. 479 not numbered or counted in enumeration; last two pages unnumbered). Later hand repeated some original page numbers in center margins. Original parchment covers. Title page (= first folio) copied by later hand: "Messe in musica di diversi Compositori et altre Compositioni." Title followed by incomplete list of represented composers, and beginnings of an index. Score format. Copied by a single scribe, who included laudatory comments on some composers, especially Rore. No initials or decoration. Watermark resembles Zonghi #1737-42.
Late 16th century. Probably copied in Parma or Ravenna (BridgmAH). Owned in 19th century by the French pianist and composer Clarisse Bourdeney (1849-96). Purchased by Bibliothèque Nationale from Bourdeney's heirs in 1954.
Vol 4
Composers: Change "A. Ferrabosco I-1" to "D. Ferrabosco-1."
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‡ denotes primary source study
Owens, Jessie Ann. 1979. An Illuminated Manuscript of Motets by Cipriano de Rore (München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Mus. Ms. B). Princeton University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 1, 65-6, 69, 72, 226-34, 237, 247. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Benthem, Jaap van. 1976. Kompositorisches Verfahren in Josquins Proportionskanon Agnus Dei. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 26: 9-16. Pages: facing 9, 12. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); facsimile (partial).
Mischiati, Oscar. 1975. Un' Antologia Manoscritta in Partitura del Secolo XVI: II Ms. Bourdeney della Bibliothèque Nationale di Parigi. Revista Italiana di Musicologia, 10: 265-328. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial); facsimile (partial).
Mischiati, Oscar. 1965. Nota Bibliografica su Cipriano de Rore: Le Composizioni contenute nel Ms. Bourdeney della Bibliothèque Nationale di Parigi. Chigiana, 2: 35-46. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Meier, Bernhard (editor). 1959-. Cipriani Rore: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 14. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: IV, iii, [xiii-xiv]; VI, ix, l16-8, 126-8, 164-75. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); facsimile (partial).
Bridgman, Nanie, and François Lesure. 1958-61. Une Anthologie 'Historique' de la Fin du XVIe Siècle: Le Manuscrit Bourdeney. Miscelânea en Homenaje a Monsenor Higinio Angles, Barcelona. Notes: physical description; contents list; incipitsst of contents (partial); transcription (partial); facsimile (partial).
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: X, 801. Notes: physical description (partial).
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Edward Tambling
Monday, 1 April, 2024
Hodie beata virgo Maria (on 213) is not Senex puerum portabat 2a pars (Palestrina's setting is a5) but a discrete setting of the same text.
Edward Tambling
Monday, 1 April, 2024
Venit lumen tuum on 261 is by Paolo Animuccia, concordance at I-MOe MS C.313
Edward Tambling
Friday, 4 March, 2022
Qui consolabatur me recessit a me, while attributed here to Morales, is by Clemens
François-Pierre Goy
Thursday, 14 January, 2021
Sigum updated and incorrect former shelfmark removed as ms. was never in the Conservatoire library.
François-Pierre Goy
Monday, 2 March, 2020
Shelfmark updated to "Rés. Vma ms. 851" (to distinguish from Vma. 851 & Vma. ms. 851, also in BnF!)
Daniel TROCME-LATTER
Sunday, 3 March, 2019
Gombert's "Tu Deus" re-titled correctly (not 'Te Deus')
DIAMM, 2016
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Watermark Note; Liminary Note; Notation Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note; Contents 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