The Chansonnier Cordiforme (1470s), or Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu, is a cordiform (heart-shaped) music manuscript, Collection Henri de Rothschild MS 2973, held in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France.[3]
| Chansonnier cordiforme | |
|---|---|
| Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Ms. Rothschild 2973 | |
_Chansonnier_cordiforme,_Paris,_BnF,_Ms._Rothschild_2973_f%C2%B08v).jpg) Paris, BnF, Ms. Rothschild 2973 f. 8v: O rosa bella by John Bedyngham | |
| Also known as | Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu |
| Type | Chansonnier |
| Date | c.1475[1] |
| Place of origin | France, Savoy |
| Language(s) | French |
| Patron | Jean de Montchenu, Bishop of Agen then of Viviers[1] |
| Material | Parchment, ink, tempera, gold |
| Size | 72 ff.; codex: 22×16 cm, leaves: 18.5×16 cm[2]: 12 |
| Format | Cordiform |
| Contents | Music |
| Illumination(s) | 2 miniatures, 254 illuminated initials; foliate borders with grotesques, all in colours and gold[2]: 14–15 |
The manuscript was commissioned in Savoy between 1460 and 1477 by canon Jean de Montchenu, later Bishop of Agen (1477) and Bishop of Vivier (1478–1497). An edition was prepared by Geneviève Thibault de Chambure in 1952, and the complete manuscript was recorded by Anthony Rooley and the Consort of Musicke.[4]
Songs
editThe chansonnier comprises 43 songs by Dufay, Binchois, Ockeghem, Busnoys and others including several unica.
References
edit- ^ a b "Rothschild 2973 (979 a)". BnF Archives et Manuscrits. Retrieved 16 Feb 2022.
- ^ a b Kottick, Edward L. (1967). "The Chansonnier Cordiforme". Journal of the American Musicological Society. 20 (1): 10–27. doi:10.2307/830452. JSTOR 830452.
- ^ Kottick, Edward Leon (1963). The music of the Chansonnier Cordiforme, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Rothschild 2973 (PhD). University of North Carolina.
- ^ Rooley, Anthony; The Consort of Musicke (2009). Le Chansonnier Cordiforme (3 CDs). Decca L’Oiseau-Lyre.
External links
edit- Cordiforme Chansonnier; Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu Source Description and Bibliography at the Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music
- The Chansonnier Cordiforme: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
- Facsimile edition: Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu