Fragments of Polyphonic Music from the Abbey of S. Giustina:

Codicies, Composers, and Context in Late Medieval Padua

by Michael Scott Cuthbert

presented to the Department of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the A.B. degree with Honors.

Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts

April 7, 1998

 

Table of Contents

Notes to the web version

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Manuscript Sigla
Photographic Plates

1. Music in Paduan city life, c. 1400

Secular and sacred patronage
Paduan musical traditions

2. Composers and Contents

Composers in the Paduan fragments
Filiation, contents, and concordances

3. Manuscript Examination

Notation types in late medieval Italy
Codicological structure of the Paduan fragments
Paleography

4. PadB: Padua, Biblioteca Universitaria MS 1115

5. PadC: Padua, Biblioteca Universitaria MS 658

6. PadA: GB-Ob 229, I-Pu 1475, I-Pu 684

GB-Ob 229 (Oxford, Bodleian Library Canonici Pat. Lat. 229)
I-Pu 1475 (Padua, Biblioteca Universitaria MS 1475)
I-Pu 684 (Padua, Biblioteca Universitaria MS 684)

Conclusions
Bibliography
Appendix: Transcriptions

Reviews and Awards