A 'Primo Coro' choirbook. Copied by Fra Philippo di San Giorgio, whose activity as a copyist at the Este court in Ferrara is documented in payment records; Fra Philippo also copied ModE M.1.13 (LockF). Contains repertory for Lent and Holy Week. Copied in Ferrara, for use at the ducal court of Ercole I d'Este (reigned 1471-1505). Este family library transferred from Ferrara to Modena in 1598; joined to Modena university library in 1892.
| Archive | Biblioteca Estense, Modena, Italy (I-MOe) |
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| Shelfmark | MS {alpha}.M.1.11 (Modena C(1)) |
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| Surface | Parchment |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 560 x 375-90 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 82 compositions, 10 from 3 composers, 72 are anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
Borders or initials cut out on ff. 1', 41', 101'.
Binding
Both books have identical covers of leather over boards, with inscription 'Liber Choralis' stamped in gold on spine; these may date from 19th century, or may be 19th-century restorations of original covers. (Similar covers also found on ModE M.1.2, ModE M.1.13, and ModE X.1.11).
Notation
not indicated
Ruling
Staff height 28.
Foliation
217 ff
Foliation
New pencil foliation, I + 1-116 + I.
Decoration
Illuminated initials in gold, purple, red, blue, and green, with filigree work and foliage designs; decoration similar to ModE M.1.2 and ModE M.1.13.
Surface
parchment
RISM Description
RISM
XVe s. 116 ff. Parchemin, 560x380 mm. Foliotation moderne en haut des ff. Les ff. 1, 36, 43 à 46, 49v, 50, 114v à 115v sont blancs; les ff. 1, 41, et 101 mutilés au coin supérieur. Notation mesurée blanche. 9 portées par p. Initiales et marges ornées or et couleurs. Reliure cuir restaurée portant au dos Liber choralis.
Ce ms. constitue avec les 2 suivants (Lat. 455 et 456) le premier exemple de ces mss. géants (grossacione) destinés à de grands choeurs de chanteurs. Il peut être considéré comme le ms. «jumeau» de Lat. 455; tous deux sont les premières sources qui montrent avec évidence l'emploi de l'exécution à double choeur, chaque choeur ayant son propre ms. (454 et 455) ne contenant chacun que la moitié de la composition, avec une musique (et quelquefois même un composi-teur) différente. Ainsi les psaumes et hymnes nos 1 à 41 et 49 à 79 (42 à 72 dans Lat. 455) qui devaient être chantés en antiphonie, suivent le même ordre dans les deux mss.
Les armes qui ont été coupées au f.lv auraient peut-être fourni des renseigne-ments sur le commanditaire du ms., très probablement copié à Ferrare pour les Este, à l'époque où Brebis et Martini, qui sont les seuls compositeurs nommés, taient actifs dans cette ville, soit entre ca. 1471 et 1492. A l'appui de cette thèse, on trouve un paiement fait en 1479 pour un «Libro da canto da vespero per la capella . . . composto per Giovan Martin componitore», qui correspond très probablement au ms. en 2 vol. MOe M.1.11 et 1.12.
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4 Magnificats, 4 canticles, 65 psalms, 14 hymn stanzas (grouped as 8 hymns), 2 Passions, 1 motet = 90
Brebis-5, Martini-10, anon-75*
*On stylistic grounds, KanP attributes anonymous hymn stanza on f. 34' of ModE M.1.11 to Brebis, and anonymous hymn stanza on f. 37' of ModE M.1.12 to Martini. Some or all of remaining anonymous pieces may also be by Brebis or Martini.
2 choirbooks containing music for two choruses -
MS a.M.1.11 ("Primo Coro"): i + 116 + i parchment folios, 560 x 375-90. New pencil foliation, I + 1-116 + I. Blank staves only on ff. 1, 36, 43-46, 49'-50, 114'-115'. Borders or initials cut out on ff. 1', 41', 101'.
MS a.M.1.12 ("Secondo Coro"): i + 101 + i parchment folios, 560 x 380-5. New pencil foliation, 1-101. Blank staves only on ff. 1, 36, 101'. Borders cut away on f. 1 ; 14 folios cut out between ff. 37/38 (stubs remain).
Both books have identical covers of leather over boards, with inscription "Liber Choralis" stamped in gold on spine; these may date from 19th century, or may be 19th-century restorations of original covers. (Similar covers also found on ModE M.1.2, ModE M.1.13, and ModE X.1.11). No index. The scribe was Fra Philippo di San Giorgio, whose activity as a copyist at the Este court in Ferrara is documented in payment records; Fra Philippo also copied ModE M.1.13 (LockF). Staff height 28. Illuminated initials in gold, purple, red, blue, and green, with filigree work and foliage designs; decoration similar to ModE M.1.2 and ModE M.1.13. Repertory for Lent and Holy Week.
1481 (LockF). Copied in Ferrara, for use at the ducal court of Ercole I d'Este (reigned 1471-1505). Este family library transferred from Ferrara to Modena in 1598; joined to Modena university library in 1892.
Vol 4
Date: Ca. 1479-81 (LockRF).
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alpha. M. 1. 11, alpha. M. 1. 12
Partbooks · 2 sources
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Lockwood, Lewis Henry. 1984. Music in Renaissance Ferrara 1400-1505: The Creation of a Musical Center in the Fifteenth Century. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Pages: 160, 171, 216ff, 250ff, Fig. 9. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Sadie, Stanley (editor). 1980. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. London. Pages: 11, 726.
Hamm, Charles E, and Herbert Kellman (editors). 1979-1988. Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550. Renaissance Manuscript Studies, vol. 1-5. 5 vols. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag. Pages: II, 166-167.
Ward, Tom Robert. 1979. The Polyphonic Office Hymn from 1400 to 1520: A Descriptive Inventory. RMS, vol. 3. American Institute of Musicology. Notes: contents list (partial); incipits (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Kanazawa, Masakata. 1978. Martini and Brebis at the Estense Chapel. Essays Presented to Myron P. Gilmore, 421-32. Florence. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Lockwood, Lewis Henry. 1976. Fifteenth-Century Musical Sources from Ferrara: The Reconstruction of a Manuscript Tradition. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.
Ruhland, Konrad. 1975. Der Mehrstimmige Psalmvortrag im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert: Studien zur Psalmodie auf der Grundlage von Faburdon, Fauxbourdon und Falsobordone. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (Munich), Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 272-311. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Hamm, Charles E, and Ann Besser Scott. 1972. A Study and Inventory of the Manuscript Modena, Biblioteca Estense, a.X.I.11 (ModB). Musica Disciplina, 26: 101-43. Pages: 109-10. Notes: physical description (partial).
Ward, Tom Robert. 1969. The Polyphonic Office Hymn from the Late Fourteenth Century Until the Early Sixteenth Century. University of Pittsburgh, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 63-6, 85-7, 238ff, 533-9, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial); transcription (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Brawley, John Gray, Jr. 1968. The Magnificats, Hymns, Motets, and Secular Compositions of Johannes Martini. Yale University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I, 24ff, passim; II, 6ff, 88-107, 116-22. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Kanazawa, Masakata. 1966. Polyphonic music for Vespers in the fifteenth century. Harvard University, Ph.D. Dissertation, 2 vols. Pages: 421-42. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances (partial); transcription (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Kirsch, Winfried. 1966. Die Quellen der mehrstimmigen Magnificat- und Te Deum-Vertonungen bis zur Mitte des 16. Jahrhunderts. Tutzing. Pages: 148. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Schmidt, Günther. 1960. Grundsätzliche Bemerkungen zur Geschichte der Passionshistorie. Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 17: 100-25. Pages: 106, 112ff, Plate 2. Notes: contents list (partial); facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Trumble, Ernest. 1959. Fauxbourdon: An Historical Survey. Musicological Studies, vol. 3. Brooklyn. Pages: 41ff. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Fischer, Kurt von. 1954. Zur Geschichte der Passionskomposition des 16. Jahrhunderts in Italien. Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 11: 189-205. Pages: 191ff. Notes: contents list (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Bukofzer, Manfred F. 1950. The beginnings of choral polyphony. Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Music, 176ff. New York: W. W. Norton and Co. Notes: 181ff.
Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik. Kassel. Pages: DpFpII, 1346; X, 1691-2, Tafel 62.
Lodi, Pio. 1917. Catalogo delle Opere Musicali teoriche e pratiche ... Città di Modena R. Biblioteca Estense. Bollettino dell'Associazione dei Musicologi Italiani, vol. VIII. Parma. Pages: 20. Notes: physical description (partial).
Wolf, Johannes. 1913-9; Reprinted: Hildesheim, 1963. Handbuch der Notationskunde. Leipzig. Pages: I, 454. Notes: physical description (partial).
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