Music in Renaissance Ferrara 1400-1505
The Creation of a Musical Center in the Fifteenth Century
Lewis Lockwood
Table of Contents
Preface
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
List of Music Examples
Archival References
Music Manuscripts
Introduction
PART ONE: MUSIC AT FERRARA IN THE EARLY FIFTEENTH CENTURY
1. Ferrara and the Trecento Background
2. Ferrara under Niccolò III d'Este (1393-1429)
Music in the Earlier Years of Niccolò III (1400-29), Music at the Cathedral: Bartolomeo da Bologna (1405-27)
THE PERIOD OF LEONELLO D'ESTE (1429-50)
3. Ferrara in the 1430s, The Council of Ferrara (1438)
4. Feragut and Dufay
5. Leonello's Rule, 1441-50; the Court Chapel
6. Singers and Repertoires, The Manuscript Mod B
7. Secular Music, Groups of Secular Musicians, Court Dance under Leonello
8. Cathedral Music, Ugolino di Orvieto: Scholastic and Humanistic Views of Music, BORSO D'ESTE AND FERRARESE COURT CULTURE (1450-71)
9. Borso as Ruler, Borso as Patron of Art and Literature; Music in the Frescoes of the Palazzo Schifanoia
10. Pietrobono and the Improvisatory Tradition, Court Musicians under Borso
11. A Secular Manuscript of the Borso Period: the Porto MS and Rinaldo Maria d'Este
PART TWO: MUSIC AT FERRARA UNDER ERCOLE I D'ESTE (1471-1505)
12. Ercole as Private and Public Figure 13. Recruitment of Musicians in the 1470s
14. Organization and Functions of the Court Musicians, The Cappella di Cantori, The Instrumentalists, Music in Daily Life
15. Size and Structure of Ercole's Cappella di Cantori, National Groups, Rank and Hierarchy in the Chapel
16. Some Representative Singers of Ercole's Chapel, Johannes Brebis, Magister Nicolò d'Olanda, Cornelio di Lorenzo of Antwer, Jachetto de Marvilla, Johannes Martini
17. Social and Economic Structure of the Musicians, Inducements to Singers, Salaries and Status
18. Benefices, Benefices and the Strategy of Recruitment: the Case of don Philippo de Primis
19. The Last Years of Ercole's Patronage (1497-1505), Josquin Desprez at Ferrara (1503-4), Jacob Obrecht (1504-5)
PART THREE: FERRARESE MUSICAL REPERTOIRES AND STYLES IN THE LATE FIFTEENTH CENTURY
20. The Production of Music Manuscripts under Ercole I
21. The Principal Repertoires in Ercole's Earlier Years (1471-82)
23. Josquin's Missa 'Hercules Dux Ferrarie'
24. The Psalms, Hymns, and Other Vespers Music by Martini and Brebis
25. The Motet at Ferrara
26. Secular Music at the Court: Chanson and Instrumental Music, The Casanatense Chansonnier, Martini's Secular Music
ublic Festivals, Jousts, and Special Events, Music for the I Epilogue
APPENDICES:
I. Sources
II. Documents
III. A Précis of Papal Letters to Duke Ercole I and Duke Alfonso I d'Este on Provisions for the Singers of the Ferrarese Court, 1487-1506
IV. A Chronology of the Correspondence between Duke Ercole I d'Este and Ferrarese Ambassadors at Rome and elsewhere, on Benefices
V. A Chronological List of Musicians Active at Ferrara, 1377-1505 Bibliography
Bibliography
Index
