S-Uu Vokalmusik i Handskrift 76a

Universitetsbiblioteket, Uppsala, Sweden

manuscript of polyphony: c. 1490-1520

Archive Universitetsbiblioteket, Uppsala, Sweden (S-Uu)
Shelfmark Vokalmusik i Handskrift 76a
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 205 x 142 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: UppsU 76a
Notations
  • black void mensural
External Links
Provenance
  • France
Contents Contains 71 compositions, 41 from 23 composers, 30 are anonymous.
General Description

Two main scribes copied ff. 4-31, 37'-43, 68'-73, 78 and ff. 31'-37, 43'-57, 67'-68, 73'-77, respectively; third scribe copied ff. 1-3'; fourth scribe copied ff. 58'-66; fifth scribe made later additions on ff. 57'-58, top off. 58', and f. 77'. Copied in southwestern France (Howard M. Brown).

Also contains a number of song texts without music, not inventoried here (ff. 66r-66v, 78bis-r, 79r-81v).

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Binding

Original covers of tan/brown parchment; remnants of four ties.

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Watermark

resembles Briquet #11543.

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Notation

black void mensural

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Ruling

Staff height 13.

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Foliation

New pencil foliation, 1-81, on lower right rectos; modern ink foliation on upper right rectos parallels pencil foliation, but numbers generally appear only on every fifth folio.

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Decoration

Some inked calligraphic initials.

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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1 Kyrie, 1 Magnificat, 9 motets, 55 French secular pieces (1 without text; 8 incomplete), 2 textless pieces (1 incomplete) = 68

A. Agricola-2, (Binchois)-1, Bruhier-1, (Brumel)-1, (Caron)-1, (Compère)-4, (Compère/Obrecht)-1, (Dufay)-1, A. Févin-6, (A. Févin/Janequin)-1, (Gombert)-1, (Hayne van Ghizeghem)-6, Isaac-1, (Josquin)-2, Mire-1, (Morton)-2, Mouton-1, Ninot le Petit-1, (Obrecht)-1, Prioris-1, anon-32

i + 81 + i paper folios, 205 x 142. New pencil foliation, 1-81, on lower right rectos; modern ink foliation on upper right rectos parallels pencil foliation, but numbers generally appear only on every fifth folio. Original covers of tan/brown parchment; remnants of four ties. No index. Two main scribes copied ff. 4-31, 37'-43, 68'-73, 78 and ff. 31'-37, 43'-57, 67'-68, 73'-77, respectively; third scribe copied ff. 1-3'; fourth scribe copied ff. 58'-66; fifth scribe made later additions on ff. 57'-58, top off. 58', and f. 77'. Staff height 13. Some inked calligraphic initials. Watermark resembles Briquet #11543.

Ca. 1490-1520. Copied in southwestern France (Howard M. Brown).

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Contents: 1 Magnificat, 10 motets, 1 motet-chanson (incomplete), 53 French secular pieces (2 without text; 6 incomplete), 1 Italian secular piece (incom-plete), 1 textless piece (incomplete) = 67

Composers: Add "Bridam? [Bride]-1"; change "Bruhier-l" to "Bruhier-2"; change "(Gombert)-1" to "(Gombert/Mouton/Verdelot)-1"; change "anon-32" to"anon-29."

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denotes primary source study

Rifkin, Joshua. 2010. Taking from the Rich: a Mistaken Attribution in Uppsala 76a. Revue de Musicologie, Vol. 96, no. 1: 181-187.

Brown, Howard Mayer (editor). 1987. Uppsala Universitetsbiblioteket, vokalmusik I handskrift 76a. Renaissance Music in Facsimile, vol. 19.  New York. Notes: facsimile, commentary, contents, discussion.

Brown, Howard Mayer (editor). 1983. A Florentine Chansonnier from the Time of Lorenzo the Magnificent: Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale MS Banco Rari 229. Monuments of Renaissance Music, vol. VII.  Chicago and London. Pages: 58-60,195,235ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Brown, Howard Mayer. 1983. A 'New' Chansonnier of the Early Sixteenth Century in the University Library of Uppsala: A Preliminary Report. Musica Disciplina, 37: 171-233. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances; transcription (partial); facsimile (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: 290, 293. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.

Brown, Howard Mayer. 1982. Emulation, Competition, and Homage: Imitation and Theories of Imitation in the Renaissance. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 35: 1-48. Pages: l-8. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Atlas, Allan W (editor). 1981. Robert Morton: The Collected Works. Masters and Monuments of the Renaissance, vol. 2.  New York. Pages: xxiii, xxx-xxxi, 70-85. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Atlas, Allan W. 1981. Review of Perkins, Leeman L: and Garey, Howard (eds.): "The Mellon Chansonnier" (New Haven and London, 1979). Journal of the American Musicological Society, 34: 132ff. Pages: 136. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Couchman, Jonathan Paul. 1980. The Lorraine Chansonnier: Antoine de Lorraine and the Court of Louis XII. Musica Disciplina, 34: 85-157. Pages: 154. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

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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