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The 1520s Project Musical Scores
This repository contains digital scores from The 1520s Project in four different formats: Sibelius, MusicXML, PDFs, and Humdrum files. The primary web interface of these scores is https://1520s-project.org which allows online searching and browsing, conversions into other data formats, such as MEI and MIDI, as well as some data visualizations. These scores encompass the music of the early sixteenth century (ca. 1510 to ca. 1540), mostly representing composers from France, Germany, Italy, and the Low Countries. See the project's about page for a histogram showing the number of works in the project by year of first source. These scores are both intended for historical study and computational analysis. At present, roughly one quarter include the text/lyrics required for vocal performance.
The scores in this project follow editorial standards first developed by the Josquin Research Project. Editorial accidentals have been added to these scores in Humdrum using an "i" character to enable the realization of the performance practice of the time. When an "i" is not found after the accidental, the accidental is explicit, meaning that the accidental was written in the original notation. Sixteenth-century scores also use mensuration signs (analagous in some ways to modern time signatures; they convey tempo). The most common mensuration in this corpus, by far, is Cut-C, from which modern cut-time originates. Barlines are not found in original sources. In this corpus, barlines usually represent breve (double whole notes) durations, and at the ends of sections and pieces, long durations (quadruple whole notes). Sixteenth-century sources either appear in choirbooks (see an example) or partbooks (example). In both cases, the music was usually written in parts. Only in modern editions are these parts placed in a score format.
Composers
Individual works by composers are archived independently. Each of their repositories on GitHub can be viewed by clicking the first column of the table below. Each composer is assigned a unique three-letter code listed in the first column that is the name of the directory.
<table> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores/tree/main/humdrum/Any">Any</a></td> <td>Anonymous</td> <td></td> <td><a href="https://1520s-project.org/browse/?q=anonymous">Anonymous works on The 1520s Project</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores/tree/main/humdrum/Arc">Arc</a></td> <td>Jacques Arcadelt</td> <td><i>fl.</i> 1530–68</td> <td><a href="https://1520s-project.org/browse/?q=arcadelt">Works by Arcadelt on The 1520s Project</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores/tree/main/humdrum/Bar">Bar</a></td> <td>Hotinet Barra</td> <td><i>fl.</i> 1510–23</td> <td><a href="https://1520s-project.org/browse/?q=barra">Works by Barra on The 1520s Project</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores/tree/main/humdrum/Bau">Bau</a></td> <td>Noel Bauldeweyn</td> <td><i>fl.</i> 1509–19</td> <td><a href="https://1520s-project.org/browse/?q=bauldeweyn">Works by Bauldeweyn on The 1520s Project</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores/tree/main/humdrum/Bis">Bis</a></td> <td>Bisgueria</td> <td><i>fl.</i> ca. 1520</td> <td><a href="https://1520s-project.org/browse/?q=bisgueria">Works by Bisgueria on The 1520s Project</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores/tree/main/humdrum/Cha">Cha</a></td> <td>Nicolas Champion</td> <td><i>fl.</i> 1510–30</td> <td><a href="https://1520s-project.org/browse/?q=champion">Works by Champion on The 1520s Project</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores/tree/main/humdrum/Con">Con</a></td> <td>Jean Conseil</td> <td><i>fl.</i> 1520–34</td> <td><a href="https://1520s-project.org/browse/?q=conseil">Works by Conseil on The 1520s Project</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores/tree/main/humdrum/Era">Era</a></td> <td>Erasmus?</td> <td><i>fl.</i> 1518?</td> <td><a href="https://1520s-project.org/browse/?q=erasmus">Works by Erasmus? on The 1520s Project</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores/tree/main/humdrum/Fsc">Fsc</a></td> <td>Costanzo Festa</td> <td><i>fl.</i> 1517–45</td> <td><a href="https://1520s-project.org/browse/?q=Festa%2C%20costanzo">Works by Costanzo Festa on The 1520s Project</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores/tree/main/humdrum/Fss">Fss</a></td> <td>Sebastiano Festa</td> <td><i>fl.</i> 1516–24</td> <td><a href="https://1520s-project.org/browse/?q=Festa%2C%20sebastiano">Works by Sebastiano Festa on The 1520s Project</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores/tree/main/humdrum/Fva">Fva</a></td> <td>Antoine de Févin</td> <td><i>fl.</i> 1507–12</td> <td><a href="https://1520s-project.org/browse/?q=fevin">Works by Févin on The 1520s Project</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores/tree/main/humdrum/Gom">Gom</a></td> <td>Nicolas Gombert</td> <td><i>fl.</i> 1525–47</td> <td><a href="https://1520s-project.org/browse/?q=gombert">Works by Gombert on The 1520s Project</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores/tree/main/humdrum/Gsc">Gsc</a></td> <td>Mathieu Gascongne</td> <td><i>fl.</i> 1517–18</td> <td><a href="https://1520s-project.org/browse/?q=gascongne">Works by Gascongne on The 1520s Project</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores/tree/main/humdrum/Jac">Jac</a></td> <td>Jacotin Frontin?</td> <td><i>fl.</i> ca. 1518?</td> <td><a href="https://1520s-project.org/browse/?q=jacotin">Works by Jacotin on The 1520s Project</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores/tree/main/humdrum/Jom">Jom</a></td> <td>Jacquet of Mantua</td> <td><i>fl.</i> 1519–59</td> <td><a href="https://1520s-project.org/browse/?q=jachet">Works by Jacquet of Mantua on The 1520s Project</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores/tree/main/humdrum/lfg">Lfg</a></td> <td>Jean de la Fage</td> <td><i>fl.</i> 1518–30</td> <td><a href="https://1520s-project.org/browse/?q=jachet">Works by la Fage on The 1520s Project</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores/tree/main/humdrum/Lhe">Lhe</a></td> <td>Jean Lhéritier</td> <td><i>fl.</i> 1506–25</td> <td><a href="https://1520s-project.org/browse/?q=lheritier">Works by Lhéritier on The 1520s Project</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores/tree/main/humdrum/Lpi">Lpi</a></td> <td>Johannes Lupi</td> <td><i>fl.</i> 1526–39</td> <td><a href="https://1520s-project.org/browse/?q=lupi">Works by Lupi on The 1520s Project</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores/tree/main/humdrum/Lps">Lps</a></td> <td>Lupus Hellinck</td> <td><i>fl.</i> 1518–41</td> <td><a href="https://1520s-project.org/browse/?q=hellinck">Works by Hellinck on The 1520s Project</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores/tree/main/humdrum/Lsa">Lsa</a></td> <td>Jean Le Santier</td> <td><i>fl.</i> 1518?</td> <td><a href="https://1520s-project.org/browse/?q=santier">Works by Le Santier on The 1520s Project</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores/tree/main/humdrum/Mlu">Mlu</a></td> <td>Pierre Moulu</td> <td><i>fl.</i> 1514–35</td> <td><a href="https://1520s-project.org/browse/?q=moulu">Works by Moulu on The 1520s Project</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores/tree/main/humdrum/Mou">Mou</a></td> <td>Jean Mouton</td> <td><i>fl.</i> 1483–1522</td> <td><a href="https://1520s-project.org/browse/?q=mouton">Works by Mouton on The 1520s Project</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores/tree/main/humdrum/Ren">Ren</a></td> <td>Renaldo</td> <td><i>fl.</i> 1515–21</td> <td><a href="https://1520s-project.org/browse/?q=renaldo">Works by Renaldo on The 1520s Project</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores/tree/main/humdrum/Ric">Ric</a></td> <td>Jean Richafort</td> <td><i>fl.</i> 1509–50</td> <td><a href="https://1520s-project.org/browse/?q=richafort">Works by Richafort on The 1520s Project</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores/tree/main/humdrum/Ror">Ror</a></td> <td>Cipriano de Rore</td> <td><i>fl.</i> 1540–65</td> <td><a href="https://1520s-project.org/browse/?q=rore">Works by Rore on The 1520s Project</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores/tree/main/humdrum/Ser">Ser</a></td> <td>Claudin de Sermisy</td> <td><i>fl.</i> 1508–55</td> <td><a href="https://1520s-project.org/browse/?q=sermisy">Works by Sermisy on The 1520s Project</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores/tree/main/humdrum/Snf">Snf</a></td> <td>Ludwig Senfl</td> <td><i>fl.</i> 1507–43</td> <td><a href="https://1520s-project.org/browse/?q=senfl">Works by Senfl on The 1520s Project</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores/tree/main/humdrum/Sil">Sil</a></td> <td>Andreas de Silva</td> <td><i>fl.</i> 1513–30</td> <td><a href="https://1520s-project.org/browse/?q=silva">Works by de Silva on The 1520s Project</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores/tree/main/humdrum/The">The</a></td> <td>Pierrequin de Therache</td> <td><i>fl.</i> 1492–1527</td> <td><a href="https://1520s-project.org/browse/?q=therache">Works by Therache on The 1520s Project</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores/tree/main/humdrum/Ver">Ver</a></td> <td>Philippe Verdelot</td> <td><i>fl.</i> 1521–29</td> <td><a href="https://1520s-project.org/browse/?q=verdelot">Works by Verdelot on The 1520s Project</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores/tree/main/humdrum/Vin">Vin</a></td> <td>Jheronimus Vinders</td> <td><i>fl.</i> 1525–26</td> <td><a href="https://1520s-project.org/browse/?q=vinders">Works by Vinders on The 1520s Project</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores/tree/main/humdrum/Wil">Wil</a></td> <td>Adrian Willaert</td> <td><i>fl.</i> 1515–60</td> <td><a href="https://1520s-project.org/browse/?q=willaert">Works by Willaert on The 1520s Project</a></td> </tr> </table>Filenames
Each file in the database starts with a unique catalog number for The 1520s Project. This consists of a three-letter composer ID as listed above, followed
by a four-digit number to represent a specific work by that composer. Typically the first digit of the catalog number will indicate the genre of the work: 1 for masses, 2 for motets, and 3 for secular songs (see the !!!AGN
reference record inside of the file for the actual genre designations). Exceptions include the music of Ludwig Senfl, which follows the volumes and catalog numbers of the New Senfl Edition and Cipriano de Rore, for which a collection of scores have been donated by Jessie Ann Owens.
After the four-digit work number, an optional letter indicates that a movement-level encoding of a work is found in the file. This system is used for storing mass sections in separate files, where "a" is the first section (usually the Kyrie section), "b" is the second section (usually the Gloria section), and so on.
Download
To download this GitHub repository using git in a terminal, type:
<code>git clone https://github.com/benory/1520s-project-scores.git</code>
After you have downloaded this repository with git
, you can check periodically for updates for all composers' works using this command:
git pull