I-Vc Fondo Torrefranca, MS B 32

Biblioteca del Conservatorio di Musica 'Benedetto Marcello', Venezia (Venice), Italy

partbook: c. 1530

Archive Biblioteca del Conservatorio di Musica 'Benedetto Marcello', Venezia (Venice), Italy (I-Vc)
Shelfmark Fondo Torrefranca, MS B 32
Image Availability DIAMM does not have images of this source.
Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 115 x 168 mm
Other Identifiers
  • olim (Former shelfmark): Ve MS III
Notations
  • black void mensural
Relationships
External Authorities
Provenance
  • Northern Italy, Italy
Contents 44 pieces from 13 composers
General Description

A single Tenor partbook, copied by 3 scribes (ff. 1-56; 56v-57; 57v-64). The contents are characteristic of the 1520s, though 2 madrigals by Arcadelt (one of them duplicated) might point to a slightly later date. Many concordances with Bologna Q21. Signs of use including occasional erasures or text and notes. A number of textless pieces may suggest its use for domestic performance, both vocal and instrumental.

Provenance unknown before it belonged to Fausto Torrefranca (bookplate pasted inside front cover). Part of the Torrefranca bequest to the Conservatory.

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Extent

82 ff.

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Physical Description

10 regular 8ff gatherings

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Binding

Original parchment binding, with 'Tenor' written on front cover. Modern endpapers.

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Watermark

A common crossed-keys mark, similar to Briquet #3903 and Piccard VIII #821.

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Ruling

3 staves per page

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Foliation

Modern pencil foliation 1-64, 80) top right of rectos.

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
1v–2v Non fingi mai d'amarte -
Appears on: 1v–2v
Genres: Madrigal (Italian)
3–4 Non al suo amante più Diana piacque -
Appears on: 3–4
Genres: Italian secular
4v–5 Si rubella d'amor ne si fugace - Anonymous
Appears on: 4v–5
Genres: Italian secular
5v–7v Qual pena ahi lasso è si spieiata et cruda - Anonymous
Appears on: 5v–7v
Genres: Italian secular
7v–9 O passi sparsi o pensier vaghi et prompti -
Appears on: 7v–9
Genres: Madrigal (Italian)
9v–10v Amor che mi tormenti -
Appears on: 9v–10v
Genres: Madrigal (Italian)
11–12 Perch'ai viso d'amor portava insegna -
Appears on: 11–12
Genres: Madrigal (Italian)
12v–14 Amor se vuoi ch'io torni al giogo antico -
Appears on: 12v–14
Genres: Madrigal (Italian)
14v–15v Et se per gelosia - Anonymous

Et se per gelosia

Anonymous
Appears on: 14v–15v
Genres: Italian secular
15v–17 Ho passion et ho martello - Anonymous
Appears on: 15v–17
Genres: Madrigal (Italian)
17v–18v Vaghi pensieri che cosi passo -
Appears on: 17v–18v
Genres: Madrigal (Italian)
18v–20 Se' l pensier che mi strugge -
Appears on: 18v–20
Genres: Madrigal (Italian)
20v–21v Si osassi di dir quel che piangendo -
Appears on: 20v–21v
Genres: Frottola
21v–22 Solingo et vago augello - 1a pars (of 2): Solingo et vago augello - Anonymous
Appears on: 21v–22
Genres: Italian secular
2v–23 Solingo et vago augello - 2a pars (of 2): Io vissi in gioia - Anonymous
Appears on: 2v–23
Genres: Italian secular
23v–24v Vergine bella che di sol vestita - Anonymous
Appears on: 23v–24v
Genres: Madrigal (Italian)
25–26v Ben mi credea passar mio temp'omai -
Appears on: 25–26v
Genres: Madrigal (Italian)
26v–28 Che degg'io far che mi consigli amore - Anonymous
Appears on: 26v–28
Genres: Madrigal (Italian)
Concordances

apparently not any of the settings copied in other madrigal mss

28–28v Quando andrastu al monte - Anonymous
Appears on: 28–28v
Genres: Madrigal (Italian)
29–30v Donna se la belta delli vostri occhi - Anonymous
Appears on: 29–30v
Genres: Madrigal (Italian)
31–32v Com esser può ch'io viva se'l mio bel sol -
Appears on: 31–32v
Genres: Italian secular
33–34 In fine io vo morire - Anonymous
Appears on: 33–34
Genres: Madrigal (Italian)
34–35 Una leggiadra - Anonymous

Una leggiadra

Anonymous
Appears on: 34–35
Genres: Madrigal (Italian)
General Note

incipit only

35–36v Quanta e la doglia amando - Anonymous
Appears on: 35–36v
Genres: Madrigal (Italian)
General Note

incipit only

36v–37 O dolci sguardi - Anonymous

O dolci sguardi

Anonymous
Appears on: 36v–37
Genres: Madrigal (Italian)
General Note

incipit only

37v–40 Oime ch'io ardo - Anonymous

Oime ch'io ardo

Anonymous
Appears on: 37v–40
Genres: Madrigal (Italian)
General Note

incipit only

40–41 Vita della mia vita quando gran tort -
Appears on: 40–41
Genres: Madrigal (Italian)
41v–44 Com esser può ch'io viva se'l mio bel sol -
Appears on: 41v–44
Genres: Italian secular
44–45 Fedele et bel cagnuolo che tanto spesso -
Appears on: 44–45
Genres: Italian secular
46–47 Si è debile el filo -
Appears on: 46–47
Genres: Madrigal (Italian)
47v–48v Vrai dieu d'amor qui me confortera -
Appears on: 47v–48v
Genres: Italian secular
49–51 Una donna più bella assai che'l sole - Anonymous
Appears on: 49–51
Genres: Italian secular
General Note

incipit only

51v–52 untexted - Anonymous

untexted

Anonymous
Appears on: 51v–52
Genres: textless
52v–53v untexted - Anonymous

untexted

Anonymous
Appears on: 52v–53v
Genres: textless
53v–54v Madonna quando io v'odo -
Appears on: 53v–54v
Genres: Italian secular
55–56 Qual mia colpa o errore - Anonymous
Appears on: 55–56
Genres: Madrigal (Italian)
General Note

incipit only

56v–57 O regina in ciel Maria - Anonymous
Appears on: 56v–57
Genres: Lauda
57v–58 Donna leggiadra e bella che con le vostre -
Appears on: 57v–58
Genres: Madrigal (Italian)
General Note

incipit only

58v–59 Donna leggiadra e bella - Anonymous
Appears on: 58v–59
Genres: Madrigal (Italian)
General Note

incipit only

59v–60 untexted - Anonymous

untexted

Anonymous
Appears on: 59v–60
Genres: textless
60v–61 untexted - Anonymous

untexted

Anonymous
Appears on: 60v–61
Genres: textless
61v–62 S' amor qualche remedio - Anonymous
Appears on: 61v–62
Genres: Madrigal (Italian)
62v–64 La mi fa solfa re la falsa reconchina -
Appears on: 62v–64
Genres: textless
64v–80v [blank staves] - -

[blank staves]

Appears on: 64v–80v
Composer Compositions
Anonymous
Arcadelt, Jacques (ca. 1507–1568)
Azzaiolo, Filippo (fl. 1557-69)
Cara, Marchetto
Festa, Costanzo (ca. 1485–1545)
Festa, Sebastiano (ca. 1490–1524)
Hostia, Pietro da
Patavino, Francesco (ca. 1487–ca. 1556)
Pisano, Bernardo
Romano, Eustachio
Ruffin (Patavus/of Padua), Fra
Tromboncino, Bartolomeo (1470–ca. 1534)
Verdelot, Philippe (ca. 1480–ca. 1532)
Composition Composers (? Uncertain) Folios / Pages
Amor che mi tormenti 9v–10v
Amor se vuoi ch'io torni al giogo antico 12v–14
Ben mi credea passar mio temp'omai 25–26v
Che degg'io far che mi consigli amore Anonymous 26v–28
Com esser può ch'io viva se'l mio bel sol 31–32v
Com esser può ch'io viva se'l mio bel sol 41v–44
Donna leggiadra e bella Anonymous 58v–59
Donna leggiadra e bella che con le vostre 57v–58
Donna se la belta delli vostri occhi Anonymous 29–30v
Et se per gelosia Anonymous 14v–15v
Fedele et bel cagnuolo che tanto spesso 44–45
Ho passion et ho martello Anonymous 15v–17
In fine io vo morire Anonymous 33–34
La mi fa solfa re la falsa reconchina 62v–64
Madonna quando io v'odo 53v–54v
Non al suo amante più Diana piacque 3–4
Non fingi mai d'amarte 1v–2v
O dolci sguardi Anonymous 36v–37
O passi sparsi o pensier vaghi et prompti 7v–9
O regina in ciel Maria Anonymous 56v–57
Oime ch'io ardo Anonymous 37v–40
Perch'ai viso d'amor portava insegna 11–12
Qual mia colpa o errore Anonymous 55–56
Qual pena ahi lasso è si spieiata et cruda Anonymous 5v–7v
Quando andrastu al monte Anonymous 28–28v
Quanta e la doglia amando Anonymous 35–36v
S' amor qualche remedio Anonymous 61v–62
Se' l pensier che mi strugge 18v–20
Si osassi di dir quel che piangendo 20v–21v
Si rubella d'amor ne si fugace Anonymous 4v–5
Si è debile el filo 46–47
Solingo et vago augello - 1a pars (of 2): Solingo et vago augello Anonymous 21v–22
Solingo et vago augello - 2a pars (of 2): Io vissi in gioia Anonymous 2v–23
Una donna più bella assai che'l sole Anonymous 49–51
Una leggiadra Anonymous 34–35
untexted Anonymous 51v–52
untexted Anonymous 52v–53v
untexted Anonymous 59v–60
untexted Anonymous 60v–61
Vaghi pensieri che cosi passo 17v–18v
Vergine bella che di sol vestita Anonymous 23v–24v
Vita della mia vita quando gran tort 40–41
Vrai dieu d'amor qui me confortera 47v–48v

denotes primary source study

Luisi, Francesco. 1986. Una sconosciuta fonte per la canzone vocale e protomadrigalistica redatta intorno al 1530 (Venezia, Biblioteca del Conservatorio, Torr. Ms.B.32). Note d'archivio (nuova serie), 9-104. Notes: description of manuscript; discussion; dating; contents; concordances; texts; transcriptions (of all unica); facsimile (partial).

Rossi, Franco. 1986. I manoscritti del Fondo Torrefranca del Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello. Historiae Musicae Cultores Biblioteca.  Firenze: Leo S. Olschki. Pages: 204-9. Notes: description; contents (partial); (no concordances).

Luisi, Francesco (editor). 1979. Apografo miscellaneo Marciano.  Venezia: Fondazione Levi. Pages: lxxxix. Notes: Cited as a source of one frottola only.

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