Jean Mouton and Jean Michel: New Evidence on French Music and Musicians in Italy, 1505-1520

Constructing Identities in a Music Manuscript: The Medici Codex as a Gift*

“… 1 On the Medici Codex, properly Florence, Biblioteca Medicea-Laurenziana, MS Acquisti e Doni 666, see Lowinsky, 1957, 1968, 1977, and 1979; Perkins, 1969b; Sparks, 1972 and 1973; Rifkin, 1973 and 1977; Crawford; Finscher; Lockwood, 1979, 241–46; Staehelin; Dean, 1984, 110–29; Sherr, 1985. For convenience, a list of the manuscript's contents is given in the Appendix below, pp.…”

“… 10 On Leo X's enthusiastic patronage of music and his musical tastes, including discussion of their French leaning, see Pirro; Frey; Lowinsky, 1968, 3:28–41, 50, 60–65, 72–74, 79–80, 141–42, 154–55, 170–71, 178, 207; Bragard; Lockwood, 1979; Sherr, 1987; Blackburn, 1992; Cummings, 1992, esp. 11–84.…”

“…Composers in the Medici Codex associated with the French royal chapels include Jean Mouton (Lockwood, 1979), Adrian Willaert (Lockwood, 1979), Josquin des Prez (Fallows), Pierre Moulu (Brobeck), Antonius Divitis (Picker, 1977), Pierrequin de Thérache (Freedman), Jean Richafort (Brobeck, esp. 440–59), Antoine Bruhier (Lockwood, 1979), Boyleau (Lowinsky, 1968, 3:125), Jean Lhéritier (Perkins, 1969b) and Antoine Brumel (Hudson). Striking in this connection is the absence from the Medici Codex of Leo X's highly favored maestro di cappella , Carpentras, as well as other members of his chapels.…”

“… 63 Lowinsky, 1968, 3:33; Perkins, 1969b, 263; Sparks, 1972, 327; Lockwood, 1979, 243–44; Staehelin, 578–79; Sherr, 1985, 633. …”

“… 65 The composers who worked for Leo X are Andreas de Silva (Lowinsky, 1968, 3:39, 53, 61, 65–66, 76, 79–80, 104–06, 114–15, 123, 141–42, 167, 170–71, 175–76, 205–13, 217–19, 232; Sherr, 1987), Bruhier (Lockwood, 1979), Jacotin (Nugent), Costanzo Festa (Lowinsky, 1968, 3:28, 39, 41–43, 46, 52–54, 59, 61–63, 66, 78, 80, 114–15, 118, 120, 123, 135–41, 167, 228–29, 231–32; Crawford; Lowinsky, 1977), La Fage (Lockwood, 1979, esp. 222–24), and possibly Lhéritier (Perkins, 1969a).…”