A Bassus partbook from a former set of 4. Some 5vv pieces at the beginning (Bassus & Quintus parts in this book), then 4vv pieces. Copied by two scribes (Fenlon/Haar say a single scribe copied the music), in Italy. Flyleaves blank; f. 1 and ff. 14-39' have blank staves only.
| Archive | Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library, Berkeley, United States (US-BEm) |
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| Shelfmark | MS 121 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 156 x 218 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 18 compositions, 1 from 1 composer, 17 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of dark brown leather, tooled in gold with decorative designs and voice designation 'BASSO.'
Watermark
anchor in circle surmounted by five-pointed star (not in Briquet)
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
Staff height 12
Foliation
Other numberings: Original numbering of pieces in red ink, 1-7 + 1-12
Foliation
New pencil foliation, 1-40, omits flyleaf at beginning but includes flyleaf at end.
Decoration
Ff. 1'-2 have large blue inked initials on gold backgrounds; initials enclosed in red borders decorated with green vine motifs. Voice designations in red ink.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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18 Italian secular pieces + 1 duplicate = 19
(Verdelot)-1, anon-17
1 paper partbook (B-i + 39 + i folios), 156 x 218. New pencil foliation, 1-40, omits flyleaf at beginning but includes flyleaf at end. Original numbering of pieces in red ink, 1-7 + 1-12. Flyleaves blank; f. 1 and ff. 14-39' have blank staves only. Original covers of dark brown leather, tooled in gold with decorative designs and voice designation "BASSO." No index. Copied by two scribes. Staff height 12. Ff. 1'-2 have large blue inked initials on gold backgrounds; initials enclosed in red borders decorated with green vine motifs. Voice designations in red ink. Watermark: anchor in circle surmounted by five-pointed star (not in Briquet).
Ca. 1530 (FenS). Copied in Italy.
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‡ denotes primary source study
Haar, James. 1981. The Early Madrigal: A Re-Appraisal of Its Sources and Its Character. Music in Medieval and Early Modern Europe: Patronage, Sources and Texts, 163-92. Cambridge. Pages: 170. Notes: mention of MS.
Fenlon, Iain, and James Haar. 1980. A New Source for the Early Madrigal. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 33: 164-80. Pages: 174. Notes: mention of MS.
Fenlon, Iain, and James Haar. 1978. Fonti e Cronologia dei Madrigali di Costanzo Festa. Revista Italiana di Musicologia, 13: 212-42. Pages: 224. Notes: mention of MS.
Slim, H Colin. 1972. A Gift of Madrigals and Motets. Chicago and London. Pages: I,207-8. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
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