Chansonnier Cordiforme

The Chansonnier Cordiforme (1470s) or Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu is a cordiform (heart-shaped) music manuscript, Collection Henri de Rothschild MS 2973, held in the Bibliothèque Nationale. ^[1]

The manuscript was commissioned in Savoy between 1460 and 1477 by canon Jean de Montchenu, later Bishop of Agen (1477) and Bishop of Vivier (1478-1497). An edition was prepared by Geneviève Thibault de Chambure in 1952, and the complete manuscript was recorded by Anthony Rooley and the Consort of Musicke^[2]

Songs

The chansonnier comprises 43 songs by Dufay, Binchois, Ockeghem, Busnoys and others including several unica.

References

↑ The music of the Chansonnier Cordiforme Edward Leon Kottick 1963, 1974
↑ Le Chansonnier Cordiforme 3LPs Decca L'Oiseau Lyre , 3CDs Decca Australian Eloquence 2009

External links

Cordiforme Chansonnier; Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu Source Description and Bibliography at the Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music
The Chansonnier Cordiforme: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
Facsimile edition: Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu

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