Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett Ms 78.C.28 Having financed the digitalization of this important chansonnier from the mid 15th century we present here a new way of edition. The scores follow each digitalized […]
Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett Ms 78 C 28 One scribe copied the music for the main part of the manuscript; the Mass (ff. 51′-62) is a later addition, in a mid-16th century […]
London, British Library, Ms. Royal A 20, XVI This very fine chansonnier of French provenance around the years 1480-90 is almost an antology of chansons by Agricola and Hayne van […]
Verona, Biblioteca Capitolare, Ms 757 This is a completely untexted source probably conceived for instrumental use. The unica are obviously instrumental fantasies albeit with many partly severe mistakes. The repertoire […]
Gaffurius codices online is a website dedicated to the four manuscripts of polyphonic music prepared by Franchinus Gaffurius for the Duomo of Milan in the decades around 1500. Gaffurius (1451–1522), […]
The French chansonnier Sevilla, Biblioteca Columbina 5-I-43 was torn apart at the end of the 19th century. Parts of this theft have reappeared in Paris, BN, nouvelles acquisitions fr. 4379. […]
Firenze, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Ms Magl. XIX, 178 Songbook compiled in Florence around 1490 with close relation to Cappella Guilia, Firenze 229 and Odhecaton. Composers to be found are Agricola, […]
We do not know the composer of one of the most famous chansons of the 15th century, “Jay pris amours a ma devise”. It is stylistically close to the Binchois-Ockeghem […]
Sean Gallagher collected important essays on secular pieces from 1450-1550 (Routledge 2016). Google Books
Ockeghem’s chanson Dun autre amer is found in no less than 17 sources. Its popularity is due to its expressive, emotional and refined character. There are numerous fantasies, motets and two masses […]