Choirbook 18
| SHELF MARK | Basilica di San Marco, Libri musicali 18 |
| SHORT TITLE | Giovanni Rovetta: Missa brevis quatuor vocibus |
DESCRIPTION
| IDENTIFIER | DOI: 10.14277/unive/vmo/soundstmark/2017/choirbook18 |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | 1 sheet (fragment) In-folio. Maximum sheet size (mm): 492 (height) x 361 (width) |
| BINDING | Unbound |
| MATERIAL |
Paper: 1 type Chain line width (mm): 34 Watermark 1 (centre of half-sheet): Trefoil with letters ‘b’ ‘V’ |
| DATING | 1682 / 1683 |
| COPYIST(S) | de Sartis, Giovanni Francesco |
| INVENTORY | Marchio Angeli (1720) no. 6 |
| NOTES | The compilation of this manuscript is probably related to a payment made by the Procuratoria di San Marco on 13 April 1683. I-Vas, Procuratori de supra, Chiesa, reg. 148, fol. 50v: ‘Hanno anco gli sopraddetti Illustrissimi, et Eccellentissimi Signori Procuratori terminato, che de’ danari della Cassa della Chiesa sian pagate due polize de lire tresento quarantanove soldi doi a Giovanni Francesco Sarti, et al Padre Maestro Pesaro Carmelitano per intiera soddisfazione delle copie da loro fatte della Messa; Magnificat, Motteti, et Inni del già Maestro di Capella Roeti, et altre d’un altro libro di Canto fermo, et due d’altri inni compreso, la Carta rigata il tutto per servizio della medesima, come nelle dette polize de Pre Nadal Monferato attual Maesto di quella, de’ dì 30 Novembre, et 8. Marzo prossimi passati sottoscritte dall’Eccellentissimo Cassier, à quali s’abbino relazione, et sic.’ The fragment is preserved together with Choirbooks 15, 16 and 17, which contain the texts for the Paschal Triduum (from Holy Thursday to Holy Saturday). Two of these volumes were copied by the same copyist, Giovanni Francesco de Sartis. |
| LITERATURE | Caffi: San Marco Collarile: Sacri concerti Collarile: Suono dell’eterno Drennan: Attributions Drennan: Missa brevis Moore: Ceremoniale Moore: Vespers at St Mark’s Passadore, Rossi: San Marco, no. 1931 Selfridge-Field: Rovetta’s Music |
CONTENT
Choirbook 18_01
| TITLE IN SOURCE | [Recto of sheet:] ‘MISSA BREVIS / QVATVOR VOCIB[u]S / ROVETTA’ |
| INCIPIT | Kyrie eleison |
| COMPOSER | Giovanni Rovetta |
| DESCRIPTION | Kyrie eleison (fol. 1v) Christe eleison (fol. 1v) Kyrie eleison (fol. 1v) |
| SCORING | 2 vocal parts: Cantus, Tenor |
| CLEFS | C2, C4 |
| LITURGICAL SOURCE | Ordinary of the mass |
| LITURGICAL GENRE | Mass |
| LITURGICAL SOURCE | Ordinary of the mass |
| TEXT | Kyrie eleison Christe eleison Kyrie eleison |
| TRANSCRIPTION |
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| OTHER SOURCES | A-Wn, SA.67.G.58 Mus 25 D-B, Mus. Ms Teschner 90. fols 44r–55r D-Dlb, Mus. 1623-D-2 I-Vnm, Cod. It. IV 1134 (=10949) I-Vsm, B.788 |
| CRITICAL EDITIONS | Rovetta: Masses (Drennan), pp. 64–78 Collarile: Suono dell’eterno |
| NOTES | Composed probably around 1655 (Collarile, Suono dell’eterno), this mass was regularly performed on Holy Thursday, and was still used in this specific context at the end of the 19th century. Other specific functions are documented. |
| LITERATURE | Caffi: San Marco Collarile: Sacri concerti Collarile: Suono dell’eterno Drennan: Attributions Drennan: Missa brevis Moore: Ceremoniale Moore: Vespers at St Mark’s Passadore, Rossi: San Marco, no. 1931 Selfridge-Field: Rovetta’s Music |
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