MEX-Pc MS II

Archivo de Musica Sacra de la Catedral, Puebla, Mexico

manuscript of polyphony: First half of 17th century

Archive Archivo de Musica Sacra de la Catedral, Puebla, Mexico (MEX-Pc)
Shelfmark MS II
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements ca. 560 x 375 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: PueblaC 2
Notations
  • black void mensural
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Provenance
Contents 14 pieces from 5 composers Contains 6 uninventoried works or miscellaneous sections.
General Description

Composite of two separate manuscripts later bound together. Both manuscripts copied by same main scribe; motet and hymn on ff. 37'-39' of Part I added later by main scribe of PueblaC 1. Copied in Puebla, for use by cathedral choir (BarwickS).

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Binding

Original covers of leather over boards.

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Notation

black void mensural

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Date

First half of 17th century, with additions in second half of 17th century.

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Foliation

Original ink foliation—Part I: 1-39; Part II: 4-52 (three original folios missing at beginning; last four folios unnumbered)

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Decoration

Large inked initials, most in calligraphic style, a few in plain block style.

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Index

Original index at beginning of each manuscript lists pieces in order of appearance; a few pieces not listed.

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Surface

Paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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1 K-S-A Mass, 8 Magnificats, 4 office hymns, 1 processional hymn, I set of Lamentations, 1 Passion, 4 motets = 20

Bermudes-1, Fructus del Castillo-1, (R. Ceballos-anon)-1, Franco-1, Guerrero/(R. Ceballos)-anon-1, Morales-9, anon-6

92 paper folios, ca. 560 x 375. Composite of two separate manuscripts later bound together. Original ink foliation—Part I: 1-39; Part II: 4-52 (three original folios missing at beginning; last four folios unnumbered). Original covers of leather over boards. Original index at beginning of each manuscript lists pieces in order of appearance; a few pieces not listed. Both manuscripts copied by same main scribe; motet and hymn on ff. 37'-39' of Part I added later by main scribe of PueblaC 1. Large inked initials, most in calligraphic style, a few in plain block style.

First half of 17th century, with additions in second half of 17th century. Copied in Puebla, for use by cathedral choir (BarwickS).

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

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Known compositions

Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages Source Attribution
Adjuva nos Anonymous I.37v–I.38 -
Domine ad adjuvandum me II.54–II.55 -
Lamentationes Jeremiae [-] -
Lamentations (5): Aleph. Quomodo sedet sola civitas Beth. Plorans ploravit in nocte Gimel. Migravit Iudas propter afflictionem Daleth. Vie Sion lugent eo quod non Heth. Facti sunt hostes eius in capite Jerusalem convertere ad Dominum Deum I.29–37 -
Magnificat octavi toni: Anima mea [K.921] II.46–II.52 -
Magnificat primi toni: Anima Mea [K.914] II.4–II.9 -
Magnificat quarti toni: Anima mea [K.917] II.22–II.27 -
Magnificat quinti toni: Anima mea [K.918] II.28–II.34 -
Magnificat secundi toni: Anima mea [K.915] II.10–II.15 -
Magnificat septimi toni: Anima mea [K.920] II.40–II.45 -
Magnificat sexti toni: Anima mea [K.919] II.35–II.39 -
Magnificat tertii toni: Anima mea [K.916] II.16–II.21 -
Monstra te esse matrem II.53 -
Monstra te esse natrem II.56 -

Known composers

Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages Item title Attribution in Source
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denotes primary source study

Del Sol, Manuel. 2014. Lamentaciones de Cristobal de Morales: Historia y Autenticidad. Revista de Musicologia, 107-139.

Snow, Robert Joseph. 1980. The Extant Music of Rodrigo de Ceballos and Its Sources. Detroit Studies in Music Bibliography.  Detroit. Pages: 29, 69-70. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).

Stevenson, Robert. 1970. Renaissance and Baroque Musical Sources in the Americas.  Washington, D.C. Pages: 209ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Spiess, Lincoln, and Thomas Stanford. 1969. An Introduction to Certain Mexican Musical Archives. Detroit Studies in Music Bibliography.  Detroit. Pages: 27. Notes: mention of MS.

Catalyne, Alice Ray. 1966. Music of the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries in the Cathedral of Puebla, Mexico. Yearbook for Inter-American Musical Research II, 75-90. Pages: 78. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial).

Kirsch, Winfried. 1966. Die Quellen der mehrstimmigen Magnificat- und Te Deum-Vertonungen bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts.  Tutzing. Pages: 156. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).

Stevenson, Robert. 1954-1955. Sixteenth and seventeenth century resources in Mexico. Fontes Artis Musicae, 69-78. Notes: contents list (partial).

Catalyne, Alice Ray. 1953. The Double-Choir Music of Juan de Padilla, Seventeenth Century Composer in Mexico. University of Southern California, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 341, 344, 346. Notes: contents list (partial).

Barwick, Steven. 1949. Sacred Vocal Polyphony in Early Colonial Mexico. Harvard University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 90-3, 185-6; II, 155-6, 181-3, 217-8. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); transcription (partial).

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