E-Tc Ms. 21

Archivio y Biblioteca Capitulares de la Catedral Metropolitana, Toledo, Spain

manuscript of polyphony: 1549

Archive Archivio y Biblioteca Capitulares de la Catedral Metropolitana, Toledo, Spain (E-Tc)
Shelfmark Ms. 21
Image Availability DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Surface Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 695 x 480 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: ToleBC 21
Notations
  • black void mensural
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Contents Contains 47 compositions, 37 from 12 composers, 10 are anonymous.
General Description

Copied by Martín Pérez (NooneT). Copied in Toledo, for use by cathedral choir.

Cristina Urchueguía, 2010
Binding

Original covers of brown leather over wooden boards; remnants of clasps.

Cristina Urchueguía, 2010
Notation

black void mensural

Cristina Urchueguía, 2010
Foliation

Original ink foliation 1-125 beginning on fol. 3

Cristina Urchueguía, 2010
Decoration

Illuminated miniatures and borders; painted initials and inked initials in various colors. Attributions and voice designations appear within decorative scroll designs. Coat of arms of Juan Martínez Silíceo, Archbishop of Toledo 1546-57, on f. 3'. Decoration is work of Francisco de Buitrago (NooneT).

Cristina Urchueguía, 2010
Index

Original index on ff. [ii-ii'] lists all pieces in order of appearance, with attributions.

Cristina Urchueguía, 2010
Surface

parchment

Cristina Urchueguía, 2010
Census Catalogue of Music Description

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1 Mass, 1 Requiem Mass, 1 Kyrie, 1 Agnus, 9 psalms, 2 office hymns, 1 processional hymn, 1 set of Lamentations, 27 motets, 1 litany, 1 Spanish secular piece = 46

Boluda-2, Compère-1, Escobar-1, Josquin-2, Morales-10, Pastrana-1, Peñalosa-9, Peñalosa/(Escobar)-1, Peñalosa/(Josquin)-1, F. Torre-3, Torrentes-4, Torrentes/(Morales)-1, Willaert [Villar]/(Obrecht)-1, anon-9

ii + 125 parchment folios, 695 x 480. Original ink foliation, 1-125. Original covers of brown leather over wooden boards; remnants of clasps. Original index on ff. [ii-ii'] lists all pieces in order of appearance, with attributions. Copied by Martín Pérez (NooneT); see general index for other manuscripts copied by the same scribe. Illuminated miniatures and borders; painted initials and inked initials in various colors. Attributions and voice designations appear within decorative scroll designs. Coat of arms of Juan Martínez Silíceo, Archbishop of Toledo 1546-57, on f. 3'. Decoration is work of Francisco de Buitrago (NooneT).

1549 (date in manuscript). Copied in Toledo, for use by cathedral choir.

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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Del Sol, Manuel. 2014. Lamentaciones de Cristobal de Morales: Historia y Autenticidad. Revista de Musicologia, vol. 37, no.1: 107-139.

Reynaud, François. 1996. La Polyphonie Tolédane et son milieu des premiers témoignages aux environs de 1600.  Paris/Turnhout.

Hardie, Jane Morlet. 1983. The Motets of Francisco de Pehalosa and Their Manuscript Sources. University of Michigan, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 99-102, 128ff, 285-93, 296-304. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial); transcription (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Noone, Michael John. 1982. Andrés de Torrentes (1510-1580), Spanish Polyphonist and Chapelmaster: Opera Omnia, Biography and Source Study. University of Sydney, Unpublished Masters dissertation. Pages: I, 38, 40-l, 56-61 II, #30, 48-9, 56, 58. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Stevenson, Robert. 1976. Josquin in the Music of Spain and Portugal. Josquin des Prez: Proceedings of the International Josquin Festival-Conference ... 21-25 June 1971, 217-46. London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: 220-l. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Stevenson, Robert. 1973. The Toledo Manuscript Polyphonic Choirbooks and some other lost or little known Flemish Sources. Fontes Artis Musicae, 20: 87-107. Pages: 92ff. Notes: contents list (partial).

Massenkeil, Günther. 1962-63. Eine spanische Choralmelodie in mehrstimmigen Lamentationskompositionen des 16. Jahrhunderts. Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 19/20: 230-7. Pages: 232. Notes: contents list (partial); transcription (partial).

Antonowycz, Myroslaw. 1962. The present state of Josquin research. Report of the eighth congress [of the International Musicological Society] New York 1961, 2 vols. Kassel. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.

Osthoff, Helmuth. 1962. Josquin Desprez. 2 vols. Tutzing. Pages: I, 231 II, 22, 59, Abb. 4. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Stevenson, Robert. 1961. Spanish Cathedral Music in the Golden Age.  Berkeley and Los Angeles. Pages: 32, 106-9, 328. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Stevenson, Robert. 1960. Spanish Music in the Age of Columbus.  The Hague. Pages: 151-2, 159-60, 172, 194. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

Anglès, Higinio (editor). 1941-1971. Monumentos de la Mùsica Espanola.  Madrid (later Barcelona, later Rome). Pages: I, 130-1 XIII, 27ff, Facs. 12 XX, 19ff XXXIV, 22ff, Facs. 5. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances (partial); transcription (partial); facsimile (partial).

Smijers, Albert (editor). 1926-64. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Motetten.  Amsterdam. Pages: XXIII, xxix, 109-13. Notes: contents list (partial); transcription (partial).

Rubio Piqueras, Felipe. 1925. Códices Polifónicos Toledanos.  Toledo. Pages: 42-4. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list.

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

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