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E-TUY (Tuy) Archivo Capitular de la Catedral de Tuy L II
Shelf-mark:
L II
Siglum:
E-TUY L II
Subcategory of book:
Polyphonic choirbook
Category:
polyphony
Completeness:
complete or nearly complete
Document type:
manuscript
Origin:
Tuy Cathedral
Main place of use:
Tuy Cathedral
Provenance:
Tuy Cathedral
Date:
1696
Contents:
8 Magnificats
Material:
parchment
Condition of document:
Fair/ good. Binding detached in places; other places, reinforced with pasted strip
Bindings:
Brown leather over boards; metal bosses, corners and clasps
Foliation/Pagination:
47 fols. Original foliation.
Gathering structure:
tbc
Page layout:
Choirbook format
Type of notation:
Mensural (white)
Decoration:
Calligraphic intials with each new verse
Inscriptions and marks:
'Magnificas' inscribed on front cover. 'Magnificat / 8 Tonos', f. 1r. Names of Magnificat tones in Latin ('Primi toni. Magnificat A 4', etc) head each folio. Voice parts named in margins on each folio opening.
Staves drawn in red ink. Bar-lines are lightly drawn inconsistently in the voice parts.
Name of scribe and date on foot of fol. 047r: 'Scripto mihi Francisco Gondiçalbo Rebelo 1696'
Remarks:
SCRIBE: Francisco Gondiçalvo Rebelo (see above).
Fragment (reversed) of polyphony used to paste folio opening together (fols 004v-005r).
Source includes five unatttributed concordances of settings by Cristóbal de Morales.
[Si placet] parts added by second hand in settings by Morales: fol 10v (tone 2), 15r (tone 3) and 20r (tone 4).
References:
KASTNER, Macario Santiago, 'Notas sobre la música de la catedral de Tuy', Anuario Musical 13 (1958), pp. 195-200
TRILLO, Joám & VILLANUEVA, Carlos, La musica en la catedral de Tui , Diputacion de La Coruna, 1987
REES, Owen & NELSON, Bernadette, Cristóbal de Morales. Sources, Influences, Reception. Woodbridge: Boydell Brewer, 2007
Completed on:
2016-03-16
Submitted by Bernadette Nelson — Thu, 2016-03-10 17:48
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