Research Catalog

Title

The Segovia manuscript : a European musical repertory in Spain, c.1500 / edited by Wolfgang Fuhrmann and Cristina Urchueguía.

Publication

Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : The Boydell Press, an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 2019.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Fuhrmann, Wolfgang
• Urchueguía, Cristina

Description

xxviii, 349 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, music; 25 cm.

Summary

"The Segovia Manuscript (Cathedral of Segovia, Archivo Capitular, s.s.) has puzzled musicologists ever since its rediscovery at the beginning of the twentieth century. It is unique: no other manuscript of the period transmits a comparable blend of late fifteenth-century music, consisting of 204 sacred works and vernacular pieces in Flemish, French, Italian, and Spanish. An important group of pedagogical pieces by French and Flemish composers may preserve transcriptions of instrumental improvisation. This summary might suggest a messy collection, but on the contrary the manuscript is arranged with care, copied by one proficient scribe (except perhaps for the Spanish texts), who obviously followed a predetermined master plan. But which plan, who designed it, and why was the person responsible so interested in this combination? The essays here aim to treat every dimension of this fascinating source. New discoveries help date the manuscript and explain how it came to Segovia; particular attention is paid to the main scribe, now determined to be Flemish, and his relation with northern composers and repertory, above all that of Jacob Obrecht, Alexander Agricola, and Henricus Isaac; and the vexed question of the conflicting attributions is considered afresh and found to affect only a few of the fascicles. The contributors also look at questions of ownership and function"--Back cover.

Series Statement

Studies in medieval and Renaissance music, 1479-9294 ; 20

Uniform Title

Studies in medieval and Renaissance music ; 20.

Alternative Title

European musical repertory in Spain, c.1500

Subject

• Cancionero musical de la Catedral de Segovia
• 1400-1499
• Music > Manuscripts > Europe
• Music > 15th century > History and criticism
• Music > Europe > 15th century > History and criticism
• Music > Manuscripts
• Music
• Europe

Genre/Form

• History.
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-322) and indexes.

Contents

Preambulum : a source in Segovia / Cristina Urchueguía and Wolfgang Fuhrmann -- In search of origins : the afterlife of a Renaissance manuscript / Cristina Urchueguía -- New light on the Segovia manuscript : watermarks, foliation, and ownership / EAmilio Ros-Fábregas -- Segovia's repertoire : attributions and datings (with special reference to Jacob Obrecht) / Wolfgang Fuhrmann -- What was Segovia for? / Kenneth Kreitner -- The Latin texts of the Segovia manuscript / Leofranc Holford-Strevens -- The Segovia manuscript as Chansonnier / Honey Meconi -- The Segovia manuscript : another look at the 'Flemish hypothesis' / Rob C. Wegman -- The Segovia manuscript : speculative notes on the Flemish connection / Bonnie J. Blackburn -- The written transmission of polyphonic song in Spain c.1500 : the case of the Segovia manuscript / Tess Knighton -- Inventory of Segovia, Archivo Capitular de la Catedral, MS s.s. / Wolfgang Fuhrmann.

Call Number

JME 21-510

ISBN

• 9781783274635
• 1783274638

LCCN

2019565190

OCLC

1091587423

Title

The Segovia manuscript : a European musical repertory in Spain, c.1500 / edited by Wolfgang Fuhrmann and Cristina Urchueguía.

Publisher

Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : The Boydell Press, an imprint of Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 2019.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Studies in medieval and Renaissance music, 1479-9294 ; 20

Studies in medieval and Renaissance music ; 20.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-322) and indexes.

Chronological Term

1400-1499

Added Author

Fuhrmann, Wolfgang, contributor, editor.

Urchueguía, Cristina, contributor, editor.

Research Call Number

JME 21-510