Codici per cantare : i libroni del Duomo nella Milano sforzesca / a cura di Daniele V. Filippi and Agnese Pavanello ; con un catalogo dei libroni a cura di Cristina Cassia.
Publisher:
Libreria Musicale Italiana,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
xiv, 421 pages : illustrations (some color), map, music ; 24 cm.
Nine articles examine music at the cathedral in Milan under the direction of Franchino Gaffurio during the time of the Sforza dynasty. Papers originally presented at a conference in October 2016, Università degli studi di Milano. A complete catalog of music in Gaffurios' library is also included. Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-421) and index.
Contents:
Materiali per una storia del libro e della cultura a Milano negli anni di Franchino Gaffurio (1484-1522) / Massimo Zaggia -- L'"Isola beata" dei musici e degli aristocratici : qualche appunto su gerarchie sociali e culturali nella Nilano del Rinascimento / Edoardo Rossetti -- La liturgia a Milano del Quattrocento : coesistenza di due riti? / Norberto Valli -- Franchino Gaffurio maestro di cantori e di copisti: analisi codicologico-paleografica dei Libroni della Fabbrica del Duomo / Martina Pantarotto -- Breve guida ai motetti missales (e dintorni) / Daniele V. Filippi -- The coherence of the cycle? : the notation of the Motetti missales in manuscript and print / Thomas Schmidt / Variations on Agricola's Si dedero : a motet cycle unmasked / Bonnie J. Blackburn -- Franchino Gaffurio compositore : tra indagine stilistica e nuove conferme attributive / Francesco Rocco Rossi -- Gli inni e il repertorio per l'ufficio nei Libroni gaffuriani / Daniele Torelli.
Summary:
The Libroni (literally "big books") prepared for the Duomo under chapel master Franchinus Gaffurius are among the most valuable cultural treasures from Renaissance Milan. The four large manuscripts contain a diverse repertory of sacred polyphony for Mass and Vespers, including works by Compère, Weerbeke, Josquin, Isaac, and Gaffurius himself. This was the music that resounded under the gothic arches of the cathedral, still under construction, in a momentous period of the city's history. The years during which the Libroni were copied (c.1490-1507) saw the rise of Ludovico Sforza ("il Moro"), his dramatic fall, and the subsequent French domination over the duchy of Milan. The rule of the Sforza came thus to an end (apart from the short-lived restorations of the 1510s and 1520s), and the role of the city in European geopolitics changed irreversibly. Codici per cantare presents a set of studies dedicated to the Libroni and subdivided into two sections: the first has an interdisciplinary nature, with essays on the cultural, social, and ritual context, whereas the second contains musicological investigations on the repertory of the Libroni, from the motetti missales to liturgical compositions for the Office. A codicological analysis and a new annotated catalogue of the Libroni (edited by Cristina Cassia) complete a volume that aims to become a reference work for all interested in Gaffurius's manuscripts. Contributors: Bonnie J. Blackburn, Cristina Cassia, Daniele V. Filippi, Martina Pantarotto, Edoardo Rossetti, Francesco Rocco Rossi, Thomas Schmidt, Daniele Torelli, Norberto Valli, Massimo Zaggia.
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