MEX-Pc MS IV

Archivo de Musica Sacra de la Catedral, Puebla, Mexico

manuscript of polyphony: Late 16th or early 17th century

Archive Archivo de Musica Sacra de la Catedral, Puebla, Mexico (MEX-Pc)
Shelfmark MS IV
Image Availability DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements ca. 560 x 375 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: PueblaC 4
Notations
  • black void mensural
Relationships
Provenance
Contents Contains 41 compositions from 2 composers.
General Description

Copied by a single scribe, from print RISM M3580. Copied in Puebla, for use by cathedral choir (BarwickS).

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Physical Description

Folios in poor condition due to ink corrosion

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Binding

Original covers of leather over boards

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Notation

black void mensural

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Foliation

Original ink foliation, 1-174.

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Decoration

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

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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8 Masses, 1 motet = 9

Morales-9

174 paper folios, ca. 560 x 375. Folios in poor condition due to ink corrosion. Original ink foliation, 1-174. Original covers of leather over boards. No index. Copied by a single scribe. Large inked initials, most in calligraphic style, a few in plain block style. Repertory copied from print RISM M3580.

Late 16th or early 17th century. Copied in Puebla, for use by cathedral choir (BarwickS).

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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denotes primary source study

Stevenson, Robert. 1970. Renaissance and Baroque Musical Sources in the Americas.  Washington, D.C. Pages: 216. Notes: contents list.

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.

Catalyne, Alice Ray. 1966. Music of the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries in the Cathedral of Puebla, Mexico. Yearbook for Inter-American Musical Research II, 2: 75-90. Pages: 78. Notes: mention of MS.

Stevenson, Robert. 1954-1955. Sixteenth and seventeenth century resources in Mexico. Fontes Artis Musicae, 1/2: 69-78. Pages: 74. Notes: contents list.

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. Notes: contents list (partial).

Barwick, Steven. 1949. Sacred Vocal Polyphony in Early Colonial Mexico. Harvard University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 90-1, 190. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.

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