Research Catalog

Title

Leuven chansonnier / general editors: David J. Burn & Bart Demuyt ; [study by] David J. Burn ; Nederlandse vertaling, Ignace Bossuyt.

Publication

• Antwerpen : Davidsfonds Uitgeverij ; Leuven : Alamire Foundation, [2017]
• ©2017

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Details

Additional Authors

• Burn, David J. (David Joseph), 1974-
• Demuyt, Bart
• Bossuyt, Ignace
• Alamire Foundation.

Description

2 volumes : color illustrations, facsimiles, music; 13-25 cm.

Summary

"In 2014, a small Brussels auction-house sold a lot containing a statue, an illuminated initial, and a songbook, to a private art-dealer. The songbook was brought to the Alamire Foundation/KU Leuven Musicology Research Group for further examination. The book, it turned out, was a previously unknown late 15th-c. chansonnier, complete and in its original cloth binding. The rediscovery of such a source in unaltered form is extremely rare, it's been almost a century since the last such discovery. The manuscript was acquired through the Léon Courtin--Marcelle Bouché Fund, administered by the Belgian King Baudouin Foundation. The songbook was subsequently loaned long-term to the Alamire Foundation. Like several other similar chansonniers, this codex has been named after the location where it is preserved. The "Leuven chansonnier" is a unique witness from the 15th century. What makes this manuscript so special? This very small and yet substantial book, penned more than 500 years ago, is in astonishingly good condition. It contains 50 compositions representing the very best of Franco-Flemish polyphony (by composers including Ockeghem, Binchois, and Busnois). It contains 12 previously unknown songs, thus offering a new perspective on the polyphony of the Low Countries. The present publication offers a full color reproduction of the MS accompanied by a scholarly commentary in Eng/Dut."--omifacsimiles.com.

Series Statement

Leuven library of music in facsimile ; vol. 1

Uniform Title

• Leuven chansonnier.
• Leuven library of music in facsimile ; v. 1.

Subject

• Leuven chansonnier
• 500-1400
• Music > France > 500-1400 > Manuscripts
• Music > France > 500-1400 > History and criticism
• Music > Manuscripts > France
• Polyphonic chansons > 500-1400 > History and criticism
• Music
• Music > Manuscripts
• Polyphonic chansons
• France

Genre/Form

• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Manuscripts.

Note

• The Leuven chansonnier was purchased with the Léon Courtin-Marcelle Bouché Fund by the King Baudouin Foundation, and is kept at the Alamire Foundation/House of Polyphony (Leuven).

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-158).

Language (note)

• Text in English with Dutch translation.

Contents

[v. 1]. Study = Studie. Foreword ; Introduction ; Physical description, compilation, and history ; Contents ; Summary and conclusion ; Appendices ; Bibliography -- [v. 2]. Facsimile.

Call Number

JMF 21-45

ISBN

• 9789059089051
• 9059089057
• 9789059088962
• 9059088964

OCLC

1005141814

Title

Leuven chansonnier / general editors: David J. Burn & Bart Demuyt ; [study by] David J. Burn ; Nederlandse vertaling, Ignace Bossuyt.

Publisher

Antwerpen : Davidsfonds Uitgeverij ; Leuven : Alamire Foundation, [2017]

Copyright Date

©2017

Type of Content

text

notated music

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Leuven library of music in facsimile ; vol. 1

Leuven library of music in facsimile ; v. 1.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-158).

Language

Text in English with Dutch translation.

Local Note

Former classmark for v. 2: JMC 21-5

Chronological Term

500-1400

Added Author

Burn, David J. (David Joseph), 1974- editor, author.

Demuyt, Bart, editor.

Bossuyt, Ignace, translator.

Alamire Foundation.

Added Title

Container of (work): Leuven chansonnier.

Research Call Number

JMF 21-45 Library has: v. 1.

JOC 21-21 Library has: v. 2.