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Chansonnier Cordiforme

Chansonnier Cordiforme

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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]

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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

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

References

  1. [1]
    "Rothschild 2973 (979 a)". BnF Archives et Manuscrits. Retrieved 16 Feb 2022.
  2. [2]
    Kottick, Edward L. (1967). "The Chansonnier Cordiforme". Journal of the American Musicological Society. 20 (1): 10–27. doi:10.2307/830452. JSTOR 830452.
  3. [3]
    Kottick, Edward Leon (1963). The music of the Chansonnier Cordiforme, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Rothschild 2973 (PhD). University of North Carolina.
  4. [4]
    Rooley, Anthony; The Consort of Musicke (2009). Le Chansonnier Cordiforme (3 CDs). Decca L’Oiseau-Lyre.
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