Medieval Music Database

Faenza, Biblioteca Comunale 117 (Faenza Codex)

INVENTORIES

1. Répertoire international des sources musicales. BIV 3, 4. Handschriften mit mehrstimmiger Musik des 14., 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts, 2 vols, edited by Kurt von Fischer and Max Lütolf, G. Henle Verlag: Munich-Duisburg, 1972, pp. 898-920.


2. Keyboard Music of the Late Middle Ages in the Codex Faenza 117, edited by D. Plamenac, [n.p.]: American Institute of Musicology, 1972. Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae 57.


3. Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550, 5 vols, Neuhausen-Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology, Hänssler Verlag, 1979-1988. Renaissance Manuscript Studies 1, Vol. I, p. 215.


4. MISCHIATI, Oscar. 'Indice descrittivo del manoscritto 117 della Biblioteca Communale di Faenza', L' Organo, 20 (1982): 1-35.

CONTENTS

1. fol. 2-3, Kyrie (intabulation))


2. fol. 3v-5, Gloria (intabulation))


3. fol. 36-36v, Indescort. (intabulation from vocal model))


4. fol. 37-37v, Hont paur. (intabulation from vocal model))


5. fol. 37v-38v, De tout flors. (intabulation from vocal model))


6. fol. 38v-39, Aspire refus (intabulation))


7. fol. 39-40, Elas mon cuer (intabulation))


8. fol. 40-40v, De ce fol penser. (intabulation from vocal model))


9. fol. 40v-41v, J'ay grant espoir. (intabulation from vocal model))


10. fol. 41v-42, Constantia (intabulation))


11. fol. 42-43, Le ior (intabulation))


12. fol. 43-43v, Iorlevie. (intabulation from vocal model))


13. fol. 43v-44v, Viuer ne puis (intabulation))


14. fol. 44v-46v, Elas mon cuor (intabulation))


15. fol. 46v-48, [Deduto sey a quel che may] (intabulation from vocal model))


16. fol. 48v-49, [Or sus, vous dormés trop] (intabulation from vocal model))


17. fol. 49v, [untexted work: I-FZc 117 n17] (intabulation))


18. fol. 50, J'aime la biauté (intabulation))


19. fol. 50-50v, Iorlevie. (intabulation from vocal model))


20. fol. 50v-52, [Roseta che non canci mai colore] (intabulation from vocal model))


21. fol. 52v-54, Tupes[?] (intabulation))


22. fol. 54, Sangilio[?] (intabulation))


23. fol. 54-56, [untexted work: I-FZc 117 n23] (intabulation))


24. fol. 56v-57, Biance flour (intabulation))


25. fol. 57-58, Benedicamus Domino (intabulation))


26. fol. 68-69v, Soto l'imperio del posente prinçe. (intabulation from vocal model))


27. fol. 69v-70v, Qualle leçe move. (intabulation from vocal model))


28. fol. 71-72, La dolçce sere. (intabulation from vocal model))


29. fol. 72-73, O ciecho mondo. (intabulation from vocal model))


30. fol. 73-74v, Aquila altera. (intabulation from vocal model))


31. fol. 74v-77, Inperial sedendo. (intabulation from vocal model))


32. fol. 77-78, Io me son uno che per le frasche. (intabulation from vocal model))


33. fol. 78-79, Non na el so amante. (intabulation from vocal model))


34. fol. 79-79v, Kyrie (intabulation))


35. fol. 79v-80v, Che pena questa. (intabulation from vocal model))


36. fol. 80v-81, Bel fiore dança (intabulation))


37. fol. 81-81v, Non arà may pietà questa mia dona. (intabulation from vocal model))


38. fol. 82-82v, [Un fior gentil] (intabulation from vocal model))


39. fol. 82v-83v, Rosetta che non canbi may colore (Antonius `Zacharias' de Teramo))


40. fol. 82v-83v, [Roseta che non canci mai] (intabulation from vocal model))


41. fol. 88-90, Kyrie (intabulation))


42. fol. 90-92v, Gloria (intabulation))


43. fol. 93-94, [untexted work: I-FZc 117 n42] (intabulation))


44. fol. 94v, [untexted work: I-FZc 117 n43] (intabulation))


45. fol. 95, [untexted work: I-FZc 117 n44] (intabulation))


46. fol. 95-95v, [untexted work: I-FZc 117 n45] (intabulation))


47. fol. 96-96v, [untexted work: I-FZc 117 n46] (intabulation))


48. fol. 96v-97, Ave maris stella (intabulation))


49. fol. 97-97v, Benedicamus Domino (intabulation))

LITERATURE

1. RONCAGLIA, Gino. 'Intorno ad un codice di Johannes Bonadies', Atti e memorie della Reale Accademia di scienze, lettere ed arti di Modena, Ser. 5, Vol. IV, (1939), pp. 39ff.


2. BORREN, Charles van den. 'Le codex de Johannes Bonadies, musicien du XVe siècle', Revue belge d'archéologie et d'histoire de l'art, X (1940): 251-261.


3. PLAMENAC, Dragan. 'Keyboard music of the 14th century in codex Faenza 117', Journal of the American Musicological Society, IV (1951): 179-201.


4. PLAMENAC, Dragan. 'New light on the Codex Faenza 117', Bericht über den internationalen Kongress für Kirchenmusik in Bern, 1952, Bern: Paul Haupt, 1953, pp. 310-326. Publikationen der schweizerischen musikforschenden Gesellschaft ii/3.


5. BORREN, Charles van den. 'Bonadies, Johannes', Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, II (1952): 102-105.


6. PLAMENAC, Dragan. 'Faenza Codex 117', Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, III (1954): 1709-1714.


7. PIRROTTA, Nino. 'Note su un codice di antiche musiche per tastiera', Rivista musicale italiana, LVI (1954): 333-339.


8. YOUNG, William. 'Keyboard Music to 1600. Part 1', Musica Disciplina, XVI(1962), 115-150.


9. PLAMENAC, D. 'Faventina', Liber Amicorum Charles van den Borren, edited by Albert Vander Linden, Antwerp: Lloyd Anversois, 1964, pp. 145-164 .


10. PLAMENAC, Dragan. 'A note on the rearrangement of the Faenza Codex 117', Journal of the American Musicological Society, XVII/1 (1964): 78-81.


11. HAGOPIAN, Viola L. Italian Ars Nova Music. A Bibliographic Guide to Modern Editions and Related Literature, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, 1964, pp. 42, 49-50, 67, 68, 103.


12. REANEY, Gilbert. 'The performance of medieval music', Aspects of Medieval and Renaissance Music: A Birthday Offering to Gustave Reese, edited by Jan La Rue, New York: W. W. Norton, 1966, pp. 704-722.


13. Italian Secular Music by Magister Piero, Giovanni da Firenze and Jacopo da Bologna, edited by W. Thomas Marrocco, Monaco: Editions de L'Oiseau-Lyre, 1967. Polyphonic Music of the Fourteenth Century VI.


14. PLAMENAC, Dragan. 'Alcune osservazioni sulla struttura del codice 117 della biblioteca comunale di Faenza', L'Ars nova italiana del Trecento III : Certaldo 1969, 1970, pp. 161-175.


15. Transcriptions from the Faenza Codex, edited by R. Huestis, Westwood, 1971.


16. Keyboard Music of the Late Middle Ages in the Codex Faenza 117.


17. MARROCCO, W. T. and R. HUESTIS. 'Some speculations concerning the instrumental music of the Faenza Codex 117', The Diapason, LXIII (1972): 3-18.


18. KUGLER, Michael. Die Tastenmusik im Codex Faenza, Tutzing: Hans Schneider, 1972. Münchner Veröffentlichungen zur Musikgeschichte 21.


19. Italian Sacred Music, edited by Kurt von Fischer and F. A. Gallo, Monaco: Editions de L'Oiseau-Lyre, 1976. Polyphonic Music of the Fourteenth Century XII.


20. HUESTIS, Robert. 'Scribal errors in the Faenza Codex: a clue to performance practice?', Studies in Music (Aus.), X (1976): 52-61.


21. APEL, Willi. 'Orgelmusik in Ost-Europa im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert', Musica Antiqua, IV (1977): 391-404.


22. BENT, Margaret. 'A preliminary assessment of the independence of English Trecento notations', L'Ars nova italiana del Trecento IV: Certaldo 1975, 1978, pp. 65-82.


23. LINDLEY, Mark. 'Pythagorean intonation and the rise of the triad', RMA Research Chronicle, 16 (1980): 4-61.


24. BROWN, Howard M. 'St. Augustine, Lady Music and the gittern in fourteenth-century Italy', Musica Disciplina XXXVIII (1984): 25-66.


25. Three Madrigals by Bartolino da Padova, for Keyboard, edited by Stanley Boorman, Devon: Antico Edition AE 10, 1986.


26. McGEE, Timothy J. 'Instruments and the Faenza Codex', Early Music, XIV/4 (1986): 480-490.


27. McGEE, Timothy J. 'Ornamentation, national styles, and the Faenza Codex', Early Music New Zealand, III/2 (1987): 3-14.

CONCORDANCES

Recordings of works contained in this manuscript

1. Codex Faenza. Italie XVe siècle: Harmonia Mundi HMC 901354: De tout flors.; Hont paur.; J'ay grant espoir.; Aquila altera.; [Deduto sey a quel che may]; Io me son uno che per le frasche.; Che pena questa.; O ciecho mondo.; Le ior; Constantia;.
   
2. The study of love: : Le ior;.
   
3. Machaut and his time: : [Or sus, vous dormés trop];.
   
4. Bestiarium: Nuova Era 6970: Aquila altera.;.
   
5. Il Solazzo: music for a medieval banquet: Harmonia Mundi 907038: Bel fiore dança; Rosetta che non canbi may colore;.
   
6. Lancaster and Valois: French and English music, 1350-1420: Hyperion CDA66588: Le ior;.
   
7. The Seraphim Guide to the Classics. Vol. I. Middle Ages and Renaissanc: Seraphim S-2-60151 (USA): Kyrie;.
   
8. Music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Vol. I. 13th - 15th Centurie: 2-HMV HQS 1195/6: Kyrie;.
   
9. The Seraphim Guide to Renaissance Music: Seraphim SIC-6052 (set 3) (USA): Kyrie;.
   
10. Francesco Landini 1325 - 1397: EMI-Reflexe 1CO63-30-113 (GER): Non arà may pietà questa mia dona.;.
    
11. Guillaume de Machaut. Chansons II: EMI-Reflexe IC063-30-109 (GER)/ IC163-30-107/12 (G: Hont paur.; De tout flors.;.
    
12. Musik des Trecento um Jacopo da Bologna: EMI-Reflexe 1C063-30-111 (GER)/ 1C163-30-107/12 (G: Non na el so amante.;.
    
13. Guillaume de Machaut (c.1300 - 1377). La Messe de Nostre Dame. 9 Welt: Archiv-IMS 2533 054 (INT): De tout flors.;.
    
14. Ecco la Primavera. Florentine Music of the 14th Century: Argo ZRG 642 (GB): Biance flour; [Roseta che non canci mai];.
    
15. The Art of Courtly Love. Vol. I. Guillaume Machaut and His Age [Conte: HMV SLS 863(3) (GB): De tout flors.;.
    
16. Music from the Hundred Year War: Philips 6747 004 (set 5) (INT): Biance flour;.
    
17. Jacopo da Bologna: Italienische Madrigale des 14. Jahrhunderts: Harmonia Mundi HM 738A: Aquila altera.; Io me son uno che per le frasche.; Non na el so amante.;.
    
18. Music of the Time of Boccaccio's Decameron: Philips 802904: Biance flour; Non arà may pietà questa mia dona.;.
    
19. Anthologie de la Musique d'Orgue des Primitifs à la Renaissance: Ducretet-Thomson Duc 320131-3: Iorlevie.; Iorlevie.;.
    
20. [Machaut]: Musical Heritage Society MHS 1141: De tout flors.;.
    
21. The Service of Venus and Mars: Music for the Knights of the Garter, 13: Hyperion A66238: De ce fol penser.;.
    
22. [Perotin; Le Moulin de Paris]: Victor VIC. 18413: De ce fol penser.;.
    
23. A Song for Francesca. Music in Italy, 1330-1430: Hyperion CDA 66286: Constantia; Non na el so amante.;.
    
24. O cieco mondo. Die italienischen lauda. The Italian Lauda. c.1400 - 17: Deutsche Harmonia Mundi RD 77865: Ave maris stella; O ciecho mondo.;.
    

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