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Chigi codex

An illuminated opening from the Chigi Codex featuring the Kyrie of Ockeghem's Missa Ecce ancilla Domini. Late 15th century. Vatican Library, Chig. C. VIII 234, music09, NB.03, ff.19v–20r.

The Chigi codex is a music manuscript originating in Flanders. According to Herbert Kellman, it was created sometime between 1498 and 1503, probably at the behest of Philip I of Castile. It is currently housed in the Vatican Library under the call number Chigiana, C. VIII. 234.

The Chigi codex is notable not only for its vivid and colorful illuminations, which were probably done in Ghent in the workshop of the Master of the Hortulus Animae, but also for its very clear and legible musical notation. It contains a nearly complete catalogue of the polyphonic masses by Johannes Ockeghem and a collection of five relatively early L'homme armé mass settings, including Ockeghem's.

Several folia, comprising eight works, were added to the original codex at some point after the manuscript's original creation. These are indicated as such in the list below.

The two coats of arms in the page from Missa Ecce ancilla Domini refer to the Fernández de Córdoba family.[1]

A facsimile of the Chigi Codex in seven parts is available to view online,[2] in the International Music Scores Library Project, or IMSLP. The Petrucci Music Library/IMSLP is run by Project Petrucci LLC in the U.S.A.[3]

Contents

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The manuscript contains the following works (this list is distilled from that found in Kellman's article):

  • Alexander Agricola
    • Missa In myne zyn (without Kyrie)
  • Antoine Brumel
    • Missa L'homme armé
  • Antoine Busnois
    • Missa L'homme armé
  • Antoine de Févin
    • Sancta Trinitas unus Deus (addition)
  • Gaspar van Weerbeke
    • Stabat mater
  • Heinrich Isaac
    • Angeli archangeli
  • Jacobus Barbireau
    • Missa Virgo parens Christi (without Agnus Dei)
  • Jean Mouton
    • Quis dabit oculis (addition; no attribution)
  • Johannes Ockeghem
    • Ave Maria (addition)
    • Intemerata Dei Mater
    • Missa Mi-mi
    • Missa Ecce ancilla Domini
    • Missa L'homme armé
    • Missa Fors seulement (Kyrie, Gloria and Credo only)
    • Missa sine nomine (Kyrie, Gloria and Credo only)
    • Missa Ma maistresse (Kyrie and Gloria)
    • Missa Caput
    • Missa De plus en plus
    • Missa Au travail suis
    • Missa cuiusvis toni
    • Missa Prolationum
    • Missa quinti toni
    • Missa pro defunctis
  • Johannes Regis
    • Celsi tonantis
    • Clangat plebs
    • Lauda Sion Salvatorem
    • Lux solempnis (no attribution)
    • O admirabile commercium
  • Josquin des Prez
    • Missa L'homme armé sexti toni (Kyrie, Gloria and Credo only)
    • Stabat mater
  • Loyset Compère
    • Ave Maria (addition)
    • Missa L'homme armé
    • Sancte Michael ora pro nobis (addition; no attribution)
    • Sile frago ac rerum (no attribution)
  • Pierre de la Rue
    • Credo Sine nomine
    • Missa Almana
  • Anonymous works
    • Ave rosa speciosa
    • Regina coeli (addition)
    • Vidi aquam (addition)
    • one motet without text

References

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  1. ^ The Cardona and Fernández de Córdoba Coats of Arms in the Chigi Codex. Emilio Ros-Fábregas. Early Music History Vol. 21, (2002), pp. 223-258. Published by: Cambridge University Press.
  2. ^ IMSLP web site http://imslp.org/wiki/Chigi_Codex_(Various)
  3. ^ The IMSLP web site refers: http://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:About

Further reading

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  • Herbert Kellman (Spring 1958). "The Origins of the Chigi Codex: The Date, Provenance, and Original Ownership of Rome, Biblioteca Vaticana, Chigiana, C. VIII. 234". Journal of the American Musicological Society. 11/1 (1): 6–19. doi:10.2307/830135. JSTOR 830135.
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Chigi codex

The Chigi codex is a music manuscript originating in Flanders. According to Herbert Kellman, it was created sometime between 1498 and 1503, probably at the behest of Philip I of Castile. It is currently housed in the Vatican Library under the call number Chigiana, C. VIII. 234. The Chigi codex is notable not only for its vivid and colorful illuminations, which were probably done in Ghent in the workshop of the Master of the Hortulus Animae, but also for its very clear and legible musical notation. It contains a nearly complete catalogue of the polyphonic masses by Johannes Ockeghem and a collection of five relatively early L'homme armé mass settings, including Ockeghem's. Several folia, comprising eight works, were added to the original codex at some point after the manuscript's original creation. These are indicated as such in the list below. The two coats of arms in the page from Missa Ecce ancilla Domini refer to the Fernández de Córdoba family. A facsimile of the Chigi Codex in seven parts is available to view online, in the International Music Scores Library Project, or IMSLP. The Petrucci Music Library/IMSLP is run by Project Petrucci LLC in the U.S.A.

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Pietro Tacchi Venturi (Italian pronunciation: [ˈpjɛːtro ˈtakki venˈtuːri]; 18 March 1861–19 March 1956) was considered an antisemitic Jesuit priest and historian who served as the unofficial liaison between Benito Mussolini, the Fascist leader of Italy from 1922 to 1943, and Popes Pius XI and Pius XII. He was also one of the architects of the 1929 Lateran Treaty, which ended the "Roman Question" (a dispute over the status of the papacy since the Italian unification), and recognized the sovereignty of Vatican City, which made it an actor of international relations. A claimed attempt to assassinate Venturi with a paper knife (speculated to be actually the result of a homosexual lovers' quarrel {{Citation needed}}), one year before the treaty's completion, made headlines around the world. Venturi had begun the process of reconciliation by convincing Mussolini to donate the valuable library of the Palazzo Chigi to the Vatican. According to Susan Zuccotti, Venturi "had an uncanny ability to gain access where more official papal diplomats could not" and thus was utilized for some of the most important papal priorities. Venturi had no official rank in the church to match his extraordinary influence, and was known in Vatican circles as the "man in black".

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Accademia Musicale Chigiana

The Accademia Musicale Chigiana (English: Chigiana Musical Academy) is a music institute in Siena, Italy. It was founded by Count Guido Chigi-Saracini in 1932 as an international centre for advanced musical studies. It organises Master Classes in the major musical instruments as well as singing, conducting and composition. During the summer months a series of concerts are held under the title of Estate Musicale Chigiana. Amongst the teachers at the academy in the 1950s were Clotilde von Derp and Alexander Sakharoff who stopped their international touring to teach here at the invitation of the Count. In 1983 the Accademia Musicale Chigiana, Fulvia Casella Nicolodi and Guido Turchi created an International Composition Competition named after Alfredo Casella, for the one hundredth anniversary of his birth. The International Accademia Musicale Chigiana Prize has been assigned, and among the winners’ names are some of the most famous ones in international concert circles. These names join the history of the Accademia Chigiana, already studded with illustrious presences. The Quintetto Chigiano took its name from this Academy: its leader, Riccardo Brengola, was Professor Emeritus at the Accademia for 64 years. The Academy occupies the 14th-century Palazzo Chigi-Saracini and contains an important library of musical and literary works of over 70,000 volumes as well as The Chigi Saracini Art Collection and The Musical Instrument Museum.

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Codex Chisianus 45

Codex Chisianus 45 (also Codex Chigianus 45; Vatican Library, Chigi R. VII 45; numbered 88 in Rahlfs Septuagint manuscripts, 87 in Field's Hexapla ) is a biblical manuscript variably dated to the 10th century or the early 14th century or early 14th-century. It was first edited in 1772.

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