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New facsimile of a beautiful Ciconia,
Dunstable,
Dufay, Binchois source
Rome,
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Ms. Urbinates
latini 1411.
Facsimile Edition.
[Vatican,
Bibl. Apost., Urb. lat. 1411]
 sample page: Ciconia's "O rosa bella"
Lucca, 2006. 14 x 22 cm, 36, 54 pp. Deluxe
full-color facsimile of a small manuscript, copied in
Florence, ca. 1445, with a repertory of Franco-Burgundian music. The
collection may have been
intended for the use of a private circle of “cognoscenti”, as is
suggested by an inscription
on the verso of the opening page indicating that it belonged to “Piero
di Chosimo de Medicj”
[d.1469] and was given by him to “Piero de Archangelo de li Bonaventuri
da Urbino”. After
entering the ducal library in Urbino (signalled by the presence of a
large heraldic
illustration on fol.2v) it remained there until the transfer of the
library to the Vatican in
1657. Unusual features of the ms are its inclusion of two settings by
Ciconia and Dunstable
of Giustiniani’s “O rosa bella”, three works, two of them unica, by
Dufay, and twelve songs
by Binchois (including some of his best), marking the earliest
appearance in Florence of the
music of this master of courtly French chansons. There is evidence that
Urb. lat. 1411 not
only belonged to the Medicis but was drawn upon for music to entertain
them and their guests,
showing that by 1440 the pre-eminence of Franco-Burgundian music was
well established in
Florence. Cloth. Euro 200 / c.$268.
(view
other
volumes from this publisher)
Biblioteca
Apostolica Vatican, MS Urbinate Latino 1411. Edizione
Facsimile, Codices e Vaticanis Selecti, Series Minor, 9.
90 pp (includes 36 pages of tables and introduction
in
Italian by Adalbert Roth). ISBN 88-210-0805-3. Special OMI introductory price: $189
Separate
English commentary by James Haar: Città
del
Vaticano Ms. Urbinas
Latinus 1411. 8°, 75 pages, with 6 color illustrations ISBN
88-7096-400-0. $36 |
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