A Contratenor partbook from a set originally of four volumes. One main scribe; the last two pieces are in a different hand. Copied in Florence; probably owned by Giuliano de' Medici (RedmS).
| Archive | Biblioteca Comunale e dell'Accademia Etrusca, Cortona, Italy (I-CT) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 95 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Format | landscape |
| Measurements | 123 x 175 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 79 compositions, 65 from 14 composers, 14 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers, in good state of preservation
Notation
not indicated
Foliation
1-150 x 2
Foliation
Modern foliation; also remnants of original foliation.
Decoration
Painted initials decorated with floral designs are the work of Giovanni Boccardi (SlimGM); folios have gilded edges. Coat of arms of the Medici family is found on f. 38 in each book, as part of the illuminated initials for Isaac's 'Palle, palle.'
Index
Original index on ff. ii-iii' of each book, listing the first 42 pieces only, in alphabetical order by title
Surface
parchment
RISM Description
RISM B/IV 5: [the description covers all three books]
XVIes. Parchemin, 122 x 175 mm. 3 livres; Sup. (CT96), 2ff. n.ch. portant la table incompl. Qu ms. + 87ff. dont les 13 derniers sont blancs. Foliotation ancienne: 1-50 puis moderne: 51-75, les derniers ff. sans numérotation; Ct. (CT95), 2ff. n.ch. portant la table incomplète + 88 ff. dont les 13 derniers sont blancs. Foliotation ancienne: 1-51 puis moderne: 51-88 avec quelques lacunes; T. (Pn1817), 2ff. n.ch. portant la table incomplète + 84ff. Foliotation ancienne avec lacunes, souvent rognée, et foliotation moderne: 1-84 d'après laquelle les ff. 3r-v, 32, 78v à 84v sont blancs. Notation mesurée blanche. 4 portées par p. Initiales ornées en coul. Reliures anciennes veau estampé, fers dorés, dos refaits au Sup. et Ct. Mq. le livre du Bassus.
Les livres du Sup. et du Ct. ont été acquis en 1879 pour le compte de la Biblioteca de Cortona par Girolamo Mancini qui y était alors bibliothécaire, tandis que le livre du T. a été acheté par la Bibliothèque nationale de Paris en 1866 à la vente de l'archéologue Yemenis. Le livre du B. n'a pas été jusqu'à présent retrouvé. On distingue dans chaque recueil 2 sections copiées par des scribes différents, le changement d'écriture se marquant au no 43, la table qui s'arrête au no 42 ne concernant donc que la 1ère partie. Les deux campagnes se sont vraisemblablement succédées sans interruption notable comme semble le prouver la dimension des marges et des portées exactement semblables et aussi les initiales de la main d'un même enlumineur pour les volumes entiers. Il est certain que ces volumes ont été compilés pour un membre de la famille Médicis, car au livre du T., l'initiale du no 37 est ornée des armes des Médicis surmontées d'un chapeau de cardinal. Si l'on admet qu'il s'agit de Giovanni, la 1ère partie du ms. aurait été copiée avant 1513, date où ce cardinal est devenu le pape Léon X. D'autre part, les deux médaillons portant l'inscription GLOVIS, devise adoptée par Giuliano de Médicis en 1515, on a le plus souvent attribué à celui-ci la possession du ms., bien qu'il n'ait jamais été cardinal (Gröber). Les nos 40 et 42 ayant un lien direct avec Laurent de Médicis (le no 42 a été composé pour sa mort en 1492), on pourrait penser (avec Pannella) que la 1ère partie du ms. aurait été copiée dès 1492-1494, si le répertoire n'était trop moderne pour justifier cette datation. Quant à la 2e section, le no 51 pour la mort d'Anne de Bretagne en 1514, et la mort de Giuliano survenue en 1516, en situent la copie entre ces deux dates.
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20 motets, 30 French secular pieces, 4 Italian secular pieces, 1 macaronic secular piece = 55
(A. Agricola)-1, (Compère)-6, (Compère/Josquin/Ninot le Petit)-1, (Compère/Pipelare/Weerbecke)-1, (Danglon/Pesenti)-1, (A. Févin)-1, (Isaac)-9 (Josquin)-10, (Josquin/Pesenti)-1, (Mouton)-4, (Ninot le Petit)-3, (Ninot le Petit [Jo. le Petit]/Obrecht)-1, anon-16
2 parchment partbooks of an original 4 (D-iii + 88 folios, A-iii + 90), 123 x 175. ParisBNN 1817 is the tenor of this set; the bassus is missing. Modern foliation; also remnants of original foliation. Ff. 75-88' in the D and ff. 77'-90' in the A have blank staves only. Original covers, in good state of preservation. Original index on ff. ii-iii' of each book, listing the first 42 pieces only, in alphabetical order by title. One main scribe; the last two pieces are in a different hand. Painted initials decorated with floral designs are the work of Giovanni Boccardi (SlimGM); folios have gilded edges. Coat of arms of the Medici family is found on f. 38 in each book, as part of the illuminated initials for Isaac's "Palle, palle."
1515-6 (GröbL, RedmS); first layer copied ca. 1492-4 (PanneCP, but this is refuted by AtlCM). Copied in Florence; probably owned by Giuliano de' Medici (RedmS)
Vol 4
Contents: Change "20 motets" to "19 motets"; change "30 French secular pieces" to "31 French secular pieces."
Composers: Add "(Japart)-1"; change "anon-16" to "anon-15."
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Cummings, Anthony M. 1983. A Florentine Sacred Repertory from the Medici Restoration (Manuscript II. I. 232 [Olim Magi. XIX. 58; Gaddi 1113] of the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Florence): Bibliography and History. Acta Musicologica, 55: 267-332. Pages: 274,280-92,309ff. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Bernstein, Lawrence F. 1982. Notes on the Origin of the Parisian Chanson. The Journal of Musicology, 1: 275-326. Pages: 284-5,296-7. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Noblitt, Thomas L. 1982. Obrecht's Missa Sine nomine and its Recently Discovered Model. The Musical Quarterly, 68: 102-27. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Brown, Howard Mayer. 1981. Words and Music in Early loth-Century Chansons: Text Underlay in Florence, Biblioteca del Conservatorio, Ms Basevi 2442. Formen und Probleme der Überlieferung mehrstimmiger Musik im Zeitalter Josquins Desprez, Wolfenbütteler Forschungen, vol. 6. 7-141. Munich. Pages: 104ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Winn, Mary Beth. 1979. Some Texts for Chansons by Loyset Compere. Musica Disciplina, 33: 43-54. Pages: 50-4. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Staehelin, Martin. 1977. Die Messen Heinrich Isaacs. Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft Serie II, vol. 28/I-III. Bern and Stuttgart. Pages: I,xxi-xxii,26,61-2; II,37-8. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Atlas, Allan W. 1976. The Cappella Giulia chansonnier. (Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, CG. XII-27). Musicological Studies, vol. XXVII, 1-2. Brooklyn. Pages: 240ff.
Drake, George Warren James. 1972. The first printed book of motets, Petrucci's Motteti A numero trentatre (Venice 1502) and Motetti de Passione De cruce De sacramento De beata virgine et huius modi B (Venice 1503): A critical study and complete edition. University of Illinois, Ph.D. Dissertation. Pages: 167-9. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
Slim, H Colin. 1972. A Gift of Madrigals and Motets. Chicago and London. Pages: I, 36-7. Notes: mention of MS.
Atlas, Allan W. 1971. Rome, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Cappella Giulia XIII. 27, and the Dissemination of the Franco-Netherlandish Chanson in Italy, c. 1460-c. 1530. New York University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 469-73. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion; concordances (partial).
Redmond, Mary. 1970. A Set of Part-Books for Giuliano de' Medici: Cortona, Biblioteca Comunale, Mss. 95, 96 and Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Nouvelle Acquisition 1817. University of Illinois, Unpublished Master's thesis. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; transcription; facsimile (partial); texts.
Osthoff, Wolfgang. 1969. Theatergesang und Darstellende Musik in der Italienischen Renaissance. Münchner Veröffentlichungen zur Musikgeschichte, vol. 14. Tutzing. Pages: I,171. Notes: mention of MS.
Benthem, Jaap van. 1968-70. Die Chanson Entré je suis à 4 von Josquin des Prez und ihre Überlieferung. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 21: 203-10. Notes: mention of MS.
Jeppesen, Knud. 1968-70. La Frottola. Acta Jutlandica, vol. XL/2, XLI/1, & XLII/1. 3 vols. Copenhagen. Pages: II,18. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Pannella, Liliana. 1968. Le composizioni profane di una raccolta fiorentina del cinquecento. Revista Italiana di Musicologia, 3: 3-47. Pages: 6. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
Hewitt, Helen Margaret (editor). 1967. Ottaviano Petrucci: Canti B Numero Cinquanta Venice, 1502. Monuments of Renaissance Music, vol. II. Chicago and London. Pages: 11. Notes: mention of MS; concordances (partial).
Cross, Ronald. 1963. The Life and Works of Matthaeus Pipelare. Musica Disciplina, 17: 97-114. Pages: 113. Notes: concordances (partial).
Lerner, Edward R (editor). 1961-70. Alexandrí Agricola: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 22. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: V,x-xi. Notes: concordances (partial).
Picker, Martin. 1960. The Chanson Albums of Marguerite of Austria: Manuscripts 228 and 11239 of the Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Bruxelles. University of California at Berkeley, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 351-2. Notes: mention of MS; concordances (partial).
Finscher, Ludwig (editor). 1958-. Loyset Compere: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 15. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: V, [xi]. Notes: facsimile (partial).
Pannella, Liliana. 1958. L'incatenatura "Donna di dentro dalla tua casa" di H. Ysaac. Lares: Journal of the International Folk Music Council, 24: 10ff.
Schmitz, Arnold (editor). 1955-. Musikalische Denkmäler. Mainz. Pages: VIII,144. Notes: physical description.
Hewitt, Helen Margaret (editor). 1942. Harmonice Musices Odhecaton A. Studies and Documents, vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Mediaeval Academy of America. Pages: 106. Notes: mention of MS; concordances (partial).
[No Author] 1937. Mostra bibliografica di musica italiana dalle origini alla fine del secolo XVIII. Firenze: R. Biblioteca nazionale centrale Firenze. Pages: 19, no 18.
Gastoué, Amédée. 1934. La Musique française du moyen âge à la Révolution. Paris. Pages: 53. Notes: mention of MS.
Smijers, Albert (editor). 1925-68. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Wereldlijke Werken. Amsterdam. Pages: II, v. Notes: physical description.
Wolf, Johannes. 1913-9; Reprinted: Hildesheim, 1963. Handbuch der Notationskunde. Leipzig. Pages: I,448. Notes: mention of MS.
Adler, Guido (editor). 1894-1970. Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich. Graz and Vienna. Pages: XXVIII,170; XXXII,238. Notes: physical description.
Mazzatinti, Giuseppe. 1890. Opera fondata dal Prof. Giuseppe Mazzatinti. Mazzatinti - Sorbelli, Inventari dei manoscritti delle biblioteche d'Italia. Pages: XVIII,47.
Gröber, Gustav. 1887. Zu den Liederbüchern von Cortona. Zeitschrift für Romanische Philologie, 11: 371-404. Pages: 381-95. Notes: physical description; contents list; texts.
Renier, Rodolfo. 1886. Un Mazzetto di Poesie Musicali Francesi. Miscellanea di Filologia e Linguistica in Memoria di Napoleone Caix e Ugo Angelo Canello, 271-9. Florence. Pages: 271-88. Notes: physical description; contents list; texts.
Mancini, Girolamo. 1884. I Manoscritti della Libreria del Comune e dell'Accademia etnisca di Cortona. Cortona. Pages: 53-4. Notes: physical description.
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