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.
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) |
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| 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 |
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| Contents | Contains 4 compositions, 1 from 1 composer, 3 are anonymous. |
General Description
Notation
black mensural notation
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.
Foliation
Two sets of old foliation, one in red Roman numerals, I-CLXXXVII, the other in inked Arabic numbers; also a new pencil foliation
Surface
parchment
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.
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Partbooks · 2 sources
I-GDLcc MS 3
Current source
‡ 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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Monday, 23 January, 2017
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