Répertoire International des Sources Musicales

Ha quante cose qui tacendo passo - 4vv

Summary

Name Anonymous
Standardized title Ha quante cose qui tacendo passo
Scoring summary 4vv
Title on source Ha qua[n]te cose qui tacendo passo
RISM ID No. 1000002154

Canonic Technique(s)

Type unison canon: 2 ex 1
Imitation interval unison
Temporal offset 1 breve(s) in [C]

Library information

Library siglum I-PAgn inv. 309; "Ritratto di umanista"

Content

Work number 1.1.1
General note All three parts shown on one stave. A custos at the end of the first canonic voice indicates a return to the first note.
Text incipit Ha qua[n]te cose qui tacendo passo
PAE Code

Distribution

Total scoring Vocal parts - 2 in 1: C1, C2; Ct, T (4)

Material description

Type Other
Publishing, Printing and Production Information Ferrara?, c.1505
Format, extent panel
Dimensions 56 × 39.9 cm
Parts held three unlabelled parts
Extent (parts) shown on oblong octavo book held by figure

Further information

General note The painting has been attributed to Filippo Mazzola. The subject has been speculated to be the music theorist Nicolò Burzio or composer Josquin Des Pres. Fallows (2009) examines the second hypothesis on the basis of the resemblance of the piece of music to Josquin's "Guillaume se va chaufer" and the text quoted from Pietro Bembo's Gli asolani, though he concedes it is difficult to reach a firm conclusion. Fallows dating of the painting to between January 1501-March 1505 is persuasive.

References

Bibliographic reference Scherliess 1972 , 111, Plate 40 (cat. no. XXI)
Lowinsky 1982 , 268, 269 (corrected transcription), 273
Fallows 2009 Josquin , 244-248

Index terms

Subject heading Painting
Language of text ita
Name Mazzola, Filippo (1460-1505) [Illustrator] [Conjectural]
Bembo, Pietro (1470-1547) [Text author] [Ascertained]
Burtius, Nicolaus (1450-1528) [Other] [Doubtful]
Josquin Desprez (c1450-1521) [Other] [Doubtful]