Articles about Spanish printed music in the 16th century

Carmen Álvarez

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Spanish below (thanks to Carmen Álvarez Escandell)

Recently, we at RISM have read three interesting articles about Spanish printed music in the 16th century:  
 

  • “Printed polyphony acquired by Toledo Cathedral, 1532-1669” by Michael Noone, in Early Music Printing and Publishing in the Iberian World, ed. Iain Fenlon and Tess Knighton (Kassel: Edition Reichenberger, 2006) Abbreviation in RISM: NooneP 2006

Noone describes when and how the printed polyphonic music books arrived in Toledo’s Cathedral, giving us some information about the books purchased and the source of adquisition of these books. Unfortunately, most of the books acquired between 1532 and 1669 have been lost, but the 7 that have survived are in RISM.

  • “Artus Taberniel: Music Printing and the Book Trade in Renaissance Salamanca” by Ian Fenlon, also in Early Music Printing and Publishing in the Iberian World. Abbreviation in RISM: FenlonT 2006

Thanks to the information in this article, we know that after the Jesuits’ expulsion in 1767, the printed music from the 16th century that was owned by the Jesuit College went to the library of the University of Salamanca. Because of that, we have our first records for this ancient institution (E-SAu), to which we hope we can add more sources soon.

  • “The Formation of an Exceptional Library: Early Printed Music Books at Valladolid Cathedral” by Soterraña Aguirre Rincón, in Early Music 37, no. 3 (August 2009): 379–400. Abbreviation in RISM: Aguirre RincónV 2009

This article includes a catalog of all of the music printed between 1539 and 1628 preserved in Valladolid’s cathedral (E-V). Aguirre Rincón gives the new shelfmarks for the books, including some that were not cataloged before, and also lists books that were previously cataloged as one. Also, the author indicates which books were the provenance of Jerónimo Luis de León, a chappelmaster who donated his musical books to the Cathedral after his death.

  • “Short-title catalogue of polyphonic music printed in Spain and Portugal, 1535-1648” by Ian Fenlon: In the appendix of this article, Fenlon lists Spanish and Portuguese prints and indicates where the known copies of them are. For that reason, in RISM we have created 5 new siglum for those institutions that were not yet in our database:

  • Historic library of the Universidad Complutense in Madrid, Spain (E-Mbhmv)
  • Archive of Sucre’s Cathedral, in Bolivia (BOL-SUac)
  • Archive of Cusco’s Cathedral, Perú (PE-CUac)
  • Archive of Oaxaca de Juárez Cathedral, Mexico (MEX-Oac)
  • Archive of Massó Museum in Bueu (Pontevedra), also in Spain (E-BUmm).

All this new information is already available in our database, widening our knowledge of Hispanic sources.

Image: Toledo 1572, in: Georg Braun; Frans Hogenberg: Civitates Orbis Terrarum, Beschreibung vnd Contrafactur der vornembster Stät der Welt, Band 1, Köln 1582; [VD16-B7188] Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg

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Esta semana hemos leído en RISM cuatro interesantes artículos sobre música impresa española del siglo XVI:

  • Printed polyphony acquired by Toledo Cathedral, 1532-1669 de Michael Noone: describe en qué año y de qué manera llegaron los libros de polifonía impresa a ser propiedad de la Catedral de Toledo, ampliando nuestra información sobre la forma de adquisición de estas fuentes. Desgraciadamente, la mayoría de los libros adquiridos entre 1532 y 1669 se han perdido, pero los 7 que se conservan están en RISM (NooneP 2006).

  • Artus Taberniel: Music printing and the Book trade in Renaissance Salamanca de Ian Fenlon (https://opac.rism.info/metaopac/search?View=rism&View=rism&q=FenlonT%202006&Language=esFenlonT 2006): Gracias a la información que aporta este artículo, sabemos que, tras la expulsión de los Jesuitas en 1767, el fondo de música impresa del siglo XVI que poseían pasó a la Biblioteca de la Universidad de Salamanca. Es por ello que hemos creado en nuestra base de datos la sigla para esta antigua institución (E-SAu), a la que esperamos poder añadir más fuentes dentro de poco.

  • The formation of an exceptional library: early printed music books at Valladolid Cathedral de Soterraña Aguirre Rincón (Aguirre RincónV 2009): en este catálogo aparece toda la música impresa entre las fechas 1539-1628 que se preserva en la Catedral de Valladolid (E-V), aporta una nueva signatura para los libros, incluyendo algunos que no estaban en previas catalogaciones y separando otros que aparecían juntos, además de indicar aquellos que pertenecieron a Jerónimo de León, un maestro de capilla que donó a la Catedral su fondo musical tras su muerte.

  • Short-title catalogue of polyphonic music printed in Spain and Portugal, 1535-1648 de Ian Fenlon: en el apéndice de este trabajo, Fenlon lista una serie de impresos e indica dónde se encuentran las copias conocidas que se conservan de ellos. Por ello, en RISM hemos creado 5 nuevas siglas para denominar algunas de estas instituciones que aún no constaban en nuestra base de datos:

  • La Biblioteca Histórica de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, España (E-Mbhmv).

  • El Archivo de la Catedral de Sucre, en Bolivia (BOL-SUac).

  • El Archivo de la Catedral de Cuzco, Perú (PE-CUac).

  • El Archivo de la Catedral de Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico. (MEX-Oac).

  • El Archivo del Museo Massó en Bueu (Pontevedra, también en España (E-BUmm).

Toda esta nueva información está ya disponible en nuestra base de datos, ampliando así nuestro conocimiento sobre fuentes hispánicas.

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