I-GDLcc MS 3

Chiesa di Santa Maria Maggiore, Guardiagrele, Abruzzo

Gradual with added polyphony: 14th century; polyphony early 15th century

Archive Chiesa di Santa Maria Maggiore, Guardiagrele, Abruzzo (I-GDLcc)
Shelfmark MS 3
Image Availability DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Surface Parchment
Numbering System Foliation
Format portrait
Measurements 550 x 420 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: GuardSM 3
  • olim (Former shelfmark): 1c
Notations
  • black full mensural
Relationships
Provenance
Contents Contains 4 compositions, 1 from 1 composer, 3 are anonymous.
General Description

Vol. Ill of a 3-volume Gradual containing mostly monophonic music, with polyphonic pieces on ff. 3'-4, 5', 192', and 194'. Probably copied and used at Guardiagrele, in central Italy. This manuscript and GuardSM 2 are the earliest known sources of polyphonic music from this region.

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Notation

black mensural notation

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Date

Copying of the liturgical books in this library took place between 1333 and the first decade of the 15th century; the polyphony dates from the early 15th century.

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Foliation

Two sets of old foliation, one in red Roman numerals, I-CLXXXVII, the other in inked Arabic numbers; also a new pencil foliation

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Surface

parchment

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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(Landini)-1, anon-3

194 parchment folios, 550 x 420. Two sets of old foliation, one in red Roman numerals, I-CLXXXVII, the other in inked Arabic numbers; also a new pencil foliation. The manuscript is Vol. Ill of a 3-volume Gradual containing mostly monophonic music. The polyphonic pieces (ff. 3'-4, 5', 192', and 194') are in black mensural notation.

Copying of the liturgical books in this library took place between 1333 and the first decade of the 15th century; the polyphony dates from the early 15th century. Probably copied and used at Guardiagrele, in central Italy. This manuscript and GuardSM 2 are the earliest known sources of polyphonic music from this region.

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

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Number of voices Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
3v–4 Sanctus 3 - Anonymous

Sanctus

Anonymous
Appears on: 3v–4
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Number of voices: 3
5v Sanctus 2 - Anonymous

Sanctus

Anonymous
Appears on: 5v
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Number of voices: 2
192v Agnus Dei (= Questa fanciulla) 2 -
Landini, Francesco (ca. 1325–1397)

Agnus Dei (= Questa fanciulla)

Landini, Francesco (ca. 1325–1397)
Appears on: 192v
Genres: Agnus Dei, Contrafactum, Mass Ordinary
Number of voices: 2
General Note

2vv version, omitting the contratenor
194v Alleluia 2 - Anonymous

Alleluia

Anonymous
Appears on: 194v
Genres: Alleluia
Number of voices: 2
General Note

Note: ff. 193-194 begin with the end of a Gloria copied on f. 9v, which may indicate re-organisation of the ms in (re-)binding - although the two parts are in different hands
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Landini, Francesco (ca. 1325-1397)
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Agnus Dei (= Questa fanciulla)
Landini, Francesco (ca. 1325–1397)
192v
Alleluia Anonymous 194v
Sanctus Anonymous 3v–4
Sanctus Anonymous 5v

Set: MSS 2 - 3

Type: Partbooks

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I-GDLcc MS 2

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I-GDLcc MS 3

‡ denotes primary source study

Cuthbert, Michael Scott. 2006. Trecento fragments and Polyphony beyond the codex. Harvard University, Ph.D.

Di Bacco, Giuliano, and John Nadas. 1998. The Papal Chapels and Italian Sources of Polyphony during the Great Schism. Papal Music and Musicians in Late Medieval and Renaissance Rome, edited by Giuliano Di Bacco and John Nadas, 44-92. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Gallo, Franco Alberto (editor). 1981. II Codice Musicale Panciatichi 26 della Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze: Riproduzione in Facsimile. Studi e testi per la storia della musica, vol. 3.  Florence: Leo S. Olschki. Pages: 15. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Pelnar, Ivana (editor). 1981. Die mehrstimmigen Lieder Oswalds von Wolkenstein: Edition. Münchner Editionen zur Musikgeschichte, vol. 2.  Tutzing. Pages: xiv. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Bent, Margaret. 1979. Review of PMFC XII. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 32: 561-77. Pages: 564, 575. Notes: mention of MS.

‡ Ziino, Agostino. 1973. Ancora sulle Composizioni Polifoniche di Guardiagrele: Aggiunte e Precisazioni. Revista Italiana di Musicologia, 8: 9-13. Pages: 9-13, identifies Landini concordance. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

‡ Cattin, Giulio, Oscar Mischiati, and Agostino Ziino. 1972. Composizioni Polifoniche del Primo Quattrocento nei Libri Corali di Guardiagrele. Rivista Italiana di Musicologia, 7: 153-81. Pages: (reproductions of the polyphony between pp.158-9; transcriptions pp. 167-173. Notes: description; facsimile (partial); contents list; discussion; transcriptions.

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