Chansonnier Cordiforme

Chansonnier cordiforme
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, Ms. Rothschild 2973
Medieval manuscript leaf shaped like a heart. It bears 5 musical staves: the 3rd is empty, the 4th is filled with lyrics, the rest are filled with musical notation in black ink with lyrics below. The lyrics open with enlarged initials in gold on painted squares. Surrounding the staves are decorative borders in gold and colours consisting of blocks of curling vines from which spring leaves and flowers. Cavorting among the foliage are a large bird, a monkey wearing a red hat while reading a book, and a 4-legged monster with a snake-like neck and the face of a lion.
Paris, BnF, Ms. Rothschild 2973 f. 8v: O rosa bella by John Bedyngham
Also known asChansonnier de Jean de Montchenu
TypeChansonnier
Datec.1475[1]
Place of originFrance, Savoy
Language(s)French
PatronJean de Montchenu, Bishop of Agen then of Viviers[1]
MaterialParchment, ink, tempera, gold
Size72 ff.; codex: 22×16 cm, leaves: 18.5×16 cm[2]: 12 
FormatCordiform
ContentsMusic
Illumination(s)2 miniatures, 254 illuminated initials; foliate borders with grotesques, all in colours and gold[2]: 14–15 

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]

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

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The chansonnier comprises 43 songs by Dufay, Binchois, Ockeghem, Busnoys and others including several unica.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Rothschild 2973 (979 a)". BnF Archives et Manuscrits. Retrieved 16 Feb 2022.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Kottick, Edward Leon (1963). The music of the Chansonnier Cordiforme, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Rothschild 2973 (PhD). University of North Carolina.
  4. ^ Rooley, Anthony; The Consort of Musicke (2009). Le Chansonnier Cordiforme (3 CDs). Decca L’Oiseau-Lyre.
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