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The Lucca Choirbook : Lucca, Archivio Di Stato, Ms 238 ; Lucca, Archivio Arcivescovile, Ms 97 ; Pisa, Archivio Arcivescovile, Biblioteca Maffi, Cartella 11/III / edited and with an introduction by and inventory by Reinhard Strohm.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library M2 .L2818 1995 v.2
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- Format:
- Musical score
- Author/Creator:
- Italy. Archivio di Stato (Lucca). Manuscript. 238.
- Series:
- Late medieval and early Renaissance music in facsimile ; v. 2.
- Late medieval and early Renaissance music in facsimile ; v. 2
- Language:
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Masses--Excerpts.
- Masses.
- Motets--Excerpts.
- Motets.
- Magnifcat (Music).
- Hymns.
- Genre:
- Excerpts.
- Notated music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 choir book (209 pages) ; 37 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, [2008]
- Summary:
- More than forty years ago in the state archives of Lucca, Italy, musicologist Reinhard Strohm noticed that bindings on some of the books were unusual: they consisted of the pages of a centuries-old music manuscript. In the following years, Strohm worked with the archivists to remove these leaves and reassemble as much as possible of the original manuscript, a major cultural recovery now known as "The Lucca Choirbook." The recovered volume comprises what remains of a gigantic cathedral codex commissioned in Bruges around 1463 and containing English, Franco-Flemish, and Italian sacred music of the fifteenth century--including works by the celebrated composers Guillaume Du Fay and Henricus Isaac. This facsimile of the choirbook includes all the known leaves, ordered according to their proper placement in the original codex. In the introduction, Strohm tells the fascinating story of this choirbook, identifying its early users and reconstructing its travel from Bruges to Lucca.
- Notes:
- Fragments of masses, motets, magnificats, and hymns.
- Words chiefly in Latin, some in French and Italian.
- Includes works by Domarto, Dufay, Frye, Heyns, Isaac, Martini, Peragulfus, Plummer, Puillois, Stone, and Tik.
- Critical commentary in English.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780226496399
- 0226496392
- OCLC:
- 148646304
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