Medici Codex

The Medici Codex of 1518 is a music book prepared for the Pope Leo X, the second son of Lorenzo the Magnificent of the Medici family who was pope from 1513 to 1521.

The codex contains 53 motets and was presented to Leo's nephew Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino at his wedding to a French princess in 1518.

Edward Lowinsky, in the facsimile edition (1968) proposed that Jean Mouton was the editor.^[1] The book contains a tribute motet to Leo Gaude felix Florentia by Andreas de Silva, motets by composers of the Franco-Flemish school, including Jean Mouton, Johannes de la Fage, Josquin Desprez, Pierrequin de Thérache, Adrian Willaert and Inviolata integra et casta es by the Italian Costanzo Festa.

Editions

The Medici Codex of 1518, Volume 1 1968
The Medici Codex of 1518, Volume 2 1968
A recording of nine the motets, and two others, was made in 2010 by Cappella Pratensis, conducted by Joshua Rifkin

References

↑ Historical Introduction Edward E. Lowinsky 1968 "strengthening our thesis that Mouton was its editor"

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