Copied by a single scribe. Copied in Puebla, for use by cathedral choir (BarwickP). Probably copied in Seville, then sent to Mexico (RussellM). Canticle and motets are for Office for the Dead.
MEX-Pc MS III
Archivo de Musica Sacra de la Catedral, Puebla, Mexico
manuscript of polyphony: Second half of 17th century
| Archive | Archivo de Musica Sacra de la Catedral, Puebla, Mexico (MEX-Pc) |
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| Shelfmark | MS III |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | ca. 560 x 375 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 19 compositions from 6 composers. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of leather over boards.
Notation
black void mensural
Foliation
Original ink foliation, 1-3 + 6-101
Decoration
Inked initials, most in calligraphic style, some in form of tree branches with leaves
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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2 Requiem Masses, 1 canticle, 18 motets = 21
Franco [f]-3, (Guerrero)-2, (Gutiérrez de Padilla)-2, Gutiérrez de Padilla [Padilla]-Saldaña-1, Morales-1, Saldaña-1, Tabares-1, anon-10
99 paper folios, ca. 560 x 375. Original ink foliation, 1-3 + 6-101. Original covers of leather over boards. No index. Copied by a single scribe. Inked initials, most in calligraphic style, some in form of tree branches with leaves. Canticle and motets are for Office for the Dead.
Second half of 17th century. Copied in Puebla, for use by cathedral choir (BarwickP). Probably copied in Seville, then sent to Mexico (RussellM).
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Russell, Eleanor. 1978-80. A new manuscript source for the music of Cristobal de Morales: Morales' 'Lost' Missa pro Defunctis and early Spanish requiem traditions. Anuário Musical, 33-35: 9-49. Pages: 13, 42. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Barwick, Steven. 1970. A Recently Discovered Miserere of Fernando Franco. Yearbook for Inter-American Musical Research, 6: 77ff. Pages: 77. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Stevenson, Robert. 1970. Renaissance and Baroque Musical Sources in the Americas. Washington, D.C. Pages: 208ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Spiess, Lincoln, and Thomas Stanford. 1969. An Introduction to Certain Mexican Musical Archives. Detroit Studies in Music Bibliography, vol. 15. Detroit. Pages: 27. Notes: mention of MS.
Stevenson, Robert. 1961. Spanish Cathedral Music in the Golden Age. Berkeley and Los Angeles. Pages: 107, 202-3. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial); transcription (partial).
Barwick, Steven. 1957. Puebla's Requiem Choirbook. Essays on Music in honor of Archibald Thompson Davison, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Stevenson, Robert. 1954-1955. Sixteenth and seventeenth century resources in Mexico. Fontes Artis Musicae, 1/2: 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, 343-4, 348, 354. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Barwick, Steven. 1949. Sacred Vocal Polyphony in Early Colonial Mexico. Harvard University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 90, 97, 187-9; II, 157-64, 166-8. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); transcription (partial).
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Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Binding Note; Notation Note; Foliation Note; Decoration 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