E-TUY (Tuy) Archivo Capitular de la Catedral de Tuy L I

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E-TUY 001

Source type
Polyphonic book
Subcategory of source
Choirbook
Category
polyphony
Completeness
complete or nearly complete
Document type
manuscript
Origin
Tui (E), Catedral
Main place of use
Tui (E), Catedral
Provenance
Tui (E), Catedral
Date
mid-18th century
Cursus
unknown
Contents

4 polyphonic masses by Palestrina

Composers
Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da
Type of notation
Mensural (white)
Decoration

Missa Aeterna Christ munera has elaborate boxed initials in black and white, with some red, matching those in Evora MS 2 (same scribe)

Inscriptions

Inscriptions on blank folios:

'MISAS', fol. 1r. 

'Misa Brevis / 5º tono', fol. 22r. 

'Misaquintog....', fol. 44r (inscription partially obscured by paste over) [precedes Palestrina's Missa astern Christi munera]

'Sigue Missa / Emedemus / segundo tono', fol. 66r. 

Material
Paper
Condition of document

Good. Pages trimmed possibly for new choirbook bound together at later date from two different choirbooks

Page layout

Choirbook format

Foliation/Pagination

89 fols. Original foliation sequence for Missa Brevis begins at fols. 22v (1-30). Another sequence begins at Missa Aeterna Christi munera from fols. 44v (54-97), comprising also Missa Emendemus

Bindings

Brown leather over boards; metal bosses, corners and clasps

Remarks

The book was bound together from three sections from two different original choirbooks. According to the original foliation starting on fol. 22, a Mass is missing between Missa Brevis and Missa Aeterna Christi munera. The first Mass, Missa Sexti Toni, was copied by hand on vellum at an earlier date to the rest of the MS. Masses 2-4 are copied using stamped noteheads by the same scribe as Évora MS 2. In Évora MS 2 he is identified as Cassianus Lopez Navarro ('in Catholici Regis Sacello Succentor'). This scribe was responsible for copying numerous choirbooks of Palestrina's music extant in Spain: see Rós Fabregas, 'Libros de polifonía en la Catedral de Pamplona', p. 368

References

KASTNER, Macario Santiago (1958), 'Notas sobre la música de la catedral de Tuy', Anuario Musical 13, pp. 195-200

TRILLO, Joám & VILLANUEVA, Carlos (1987), La música en la catedral de Tui (Diputación de La Coruña)

ROS-FÁBREGAS, Emilio (2006), 'Libros de polifonía en la Catedral de Pamplona', in Príncipe de Viana, 67/238, pp. 335-388 [Estudios sobre música y músicos de Navarra, ed. María Gembero Ustárroz]

ANGULO DÍAZ, Raúl, ed., José de Nebra (1702-1768), Cantadas, pp. 3-4

Grove Music Online: 'Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da' (article.20749)  

COLLECTED EDITIONS: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Werke, ed. F.X. Haberl and others (Leipzig, 1862–1907/R) [H] Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Le opere complete, ed. R. Casimiri and others (Rome, 1939–87) [C]

External link: https://hispanicpolyphony.eu/institution/4264

Description author/s
Bernadette Nelson
Indexed by
Bernadette Nelson
Completed on
Last revision
25 June 2026