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Medieval Music Database

Bern, Bürgerbibliothek A 421

A parchment Missal of the 13thC, bound with an
incomplete 14th-century Missal, calendar and
sequentiary. Two bifolios bound at the beginning
and end of the codex contain polyphonic chansons
of the mid-14th-century; among the 3 ballades, 3
virelais and a rondeau is a unique contratenor for Philippe de Vitry's motet `Impudenter circumivi'.


INVENTORIES


  1. Répertoire international des sources musicales. BIV 2. Manuscripts of Polyphonic Music (c.1320-1400), edited by Gilbert Reaney, G. Henle Verlag: Munich-Duisburg, 1969, pp. 53-55.

  2. HASSELMAN, Margaret P. The French Chanson of the Mid-Fourteenth Century, 2 vols, Ph.D. dissertation, University of California (Berkeley): 1970, pp. 76, 78-80.


CONTENTS


  1. fol. 18, Impudenter circumivi - Virtutibus laudabilis - Alma redemptoris (Philippe de Vitry))

  2. fol. 18, Or ... / Celle de qui nul ne saroit (virelai))

  3. fol. 18v-19, Fist on, dame, vostre figure (virelai))

  4. fol. 19, Donne moy de ton pain bis - Alons commenchier la feste - J'oy les clés (virelai))

  5. fol. 19v, Quant si loing suy de ma joyeuse joye (rondeau))

  6. fol. 22, ... Du tout me hes ne m'as point agreable (ballade))

  7. fol. 22v-23, Il n'est si grant possession (ballade))

  8. fol. 23v, Dedens mon cuer est pourtrait' un' ymage (Grimace))


LITERATURE


  1. HANDSCHIN, Jacques. 'Die ältesten Denkmäler mensural notierter Musik in der Schweiz', Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, V (1923): 1-10 (p. 2ff).

  2. BESSELER, Heinrich. 'Studien zur Musik des Mittelalters. I. Neue Quellen des 14. und beginnenden 15. Jahrhunderts', Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, VII (1925): 167-252 (p. 206).

  3. Polyphonic Music of the Fourteenth Century. Commentary to Volume I, edited by Leo Schrade, Monaco: Editions de L'Oiseau-Lyre, 1956 (typescript), pp. 114-115.

CONCORDANCES

1.Apt, Cathédrale Sainte-Anne, Bibliothèque du Chapitre, 16bis (13v-14, Impudenter circumivi - Virtutibus laudabilis - Alma redemptoris).
2.Brussels, Archives du Royaume, Archives Ecclésiastiques 758 (53, Impudenter circumivi - Virtutibus laudabilis - Alma redemptoris).
3.Cambrai, Bibliothèque Municipale B. 1328 (1176), ff.8-15 (11 (#19), Donne moy de ton pain bis - Alons commenchier la feste - J'oy les clés).
4.Florence, San Lorenzo, Archivio Capitolare 2211 [palimpsest] (79v, Impudenter circumivi - Virtutibus laudabilis - Alma redemptoris).
5.Ivrea, Biblioteca Capitolare 115 (4v-5, Impudenter circumivi - Virtutibus laudabilis - Alma redemptoris).
6.Leiden, Universiteitsbibliotheek, Fragment L.T.K. 342A (Impudenter circumivi - Virtutibus laudabilis - Alma redemptoris).
7.Montserrat, Biblioteca del Monestir 823 (5v, Quant si loing suy de ma joyeuse joye).
8.Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, fonds nouv. acq. français 6771 (Reina Codex) (113v-114, Quant si loing suy de ma joyeuse joye).
9.Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Library, French MS 15 (Dedens mon cuer est pourtrait' un' ymage).
10.Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Municipale (olim Bibliothèque de la Ville) 222 C. 22 (20v, Impudenter circumivi - Virtutibus laudabilis - Alma redemptoris).
11.Troyes, Bibliothèque municipale 1397 ([230], Impudenter circumivi - Virtutibus laudabilis - Alma redemptoris).

Recordings of works contained in this manuscript

  1. The study of love: : Fist on, dame, vostre figure;.
  2. Philippe de Vitry 1291-1361: RD 77 095: Impudenter circumivi; Virtutibus laudabilis; Alma redemptoris;.
  3. Philippe de Vitry and the Ars Nova: CD-SAR 49: Impudenter circumivi; Virtutibus laudabilis; Alma redemptoris;.
  4. Music au temps des Papes en Avignon: CBS Masterworks 76534: Impudenter circumivi; Virtutibus laudabilis; Alma redemptoris;.
  5. Music of the Gothic Era [c.1160 - 1400]: Archiv 2723 045(3) (EUR)/ 2710 019(3) (GER/USA): Impudenter circumivi; Virtutibus laudabilis; Alma redemptoris;.
  6. ?: Collegium Stereo JE 113: Impudenter circumivi; Virtutibus laudabilis; Alma redemptoris;.


Content Approved by: MMDB Director
Last updated: Wednesday, 5 March 2003