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Richard Sherr

Masses for the Sistine Chapel

Vatican City, Biblioteca Aposotlica Vaticana, Cappella Sistina, MS 14

616 pages, 8 halftones, 7 musical examples, 5 tables  9 x 12  © 2009
Series: Monuments of Renaissance Music

Cloth $295.00

ISBN: 9780226752594   Pre-order now. Will publish January 2010

Acknowledgments   

Illustrations from Cappella Sistina 14 follow

 

Part One: Introduction

 

I    Masses for the Sistine Chapel

 

II    Physical Description of the Manuscript

 

III    Composers and Repertory

The Composers

The Repertory

Tinctoris and CS 14

 

IV    Other Observations

Signs of Use

The Manuscript as an Exemplar

 

V    Date and Provenance

Date

Hypotheses about the Provenance

Two Clues to the Provenance

The Decorated Initials

A New Hypothesis

 

 

Part Two:  Concordance and Commentary

 

VI    List of Sources and Bibliography

A. Prints

B. Manuscripts

C. Literature and Modern Editions

D. Abbreviations of Frequently Cited Works

E. Other Abbreviations

 

VII    Commentaries on the Individual Compositions

 

Part Three:  The Edition

 

VIII    Editorial Principles

 

The Transcriptions:

 

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