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01/2021: Gaffurius Goes Online, or The Digital (and Physical) Future of Polyphonic Sources

The four Gaffurius Codices of Milan’s Duomo are among the most significant sources of polyphony c.1500. At the conclusion of the research project ‘Polifonia Sforzesca/Sforza Polyphony: The Motet Cycles in the Milanese Libroni between Liturgy, Devotion, and Ducal Patronage’ (2018–2020, funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation), we would like to share our experience in studying and cataloguing them, preparing open-access online resources and digital editions, and interacting with interdisciplinary scholars, conservators, restorers, and performers. The presentation also aims to open a discussion about the future of source studies: how to achieve a successful mix between digital initiatives and the enhancement of the sources’ materiality?Join us on Thursday, January 14, 2021, at 18.00 for a Zoom presentationPlease register at https://www.musik-akademie.ch/schola-cantorum-basiliensis/de/home.html.Presented by Agnese Pavanello, Cristina Cassia, Daniele V. Filippi,and Rolf Wissmann (Schola Cantorum Basiliensis / FHNW)Guest speaker: Thomas Schmidt (University of Huddersfield)…
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05/2020: Working on the Motet Cycles Edition

During the lockdown, the Polifonia Sforzesca Team has been working (from three different countries!) on the Motet Cycles Edition: Agnese Pavanello, Cristina Cassia and Daniele Filippi prepared the scores, critical apparatuses, and commentaries (with the help of Eva…

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11/2019–02/2020: An exhibition on Gaffurius and Leonardo

At the conclusion of the Leonardo Anniversary 1519–2019, the Duomo of Milan organised an exhibition about the cathedral in the time of Da Vinci’s stays in Milan. Daniele Filippi curated the section on Franchinus Gaffurius. The…

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11/2019: Performing Gaffurius from Librone 1 in the Duomo

The concert “Milan 1489: Music for the Wedding of Gian Galeazzo Sforza and Isabella of Aragon”, performed in Milan’s Duomo on October 29, was greeted with enthusiastic applause by the public.
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10/2019: Publication of the Gaffurius Codices Research Portal

The Polifonia Sforzesca Research Team is glad to announce the publication of the Gaffurius Codices Research Portal.

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10/2019: Presentation and concert at Milan’s Duomo

On October 29, an extraordinary event will take place at Milan’s Duomo. An ensemble from the Schola Cantorum, lead by Federico Sepúlveda, Ivo Haun, and Catherine Motuz, will perform music by Gaffurius and Josquin at the Duomo.
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07/2019: Reopening Gaffurius’s Librone at the 47th MedRen

On July 5, the Polifonia Sforzesca Research Team presented a panel session at the 47th MedRen Conference hosted by the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, with papers by Martina Pantarotto, Daniele Filippi, Cristina Cassia, and Agnese Pavanello.
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06/2019: New book published: Motet Cycles between Devotion and Liturgy

Our new book Motet Cycles Between Devotion and Liturgy has been published by Schwabe Verlag.
This book explores the corpus of motet cycles composed and disseminated in manuscript and printed sources of polyphony ca. 1470–ca. 1510, including works by Loyset Compère, Gaspar van Weerbeke, and Franchinus Gaffurius.

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05/2019: New book published: Codici per cantare

Our new book Codici per cantare: I Libroni del Duomo nella Milano sforzesca has been published by Libreria Musicale Italiana.
The Libroni (literally “big books”) prepared for the Duomo under chapel master Franchinus Gaffurius are among the most valuable cultural treasures from Renaissance Milan.

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01/2019: Another outreach event in Biella

On January 30th Daniele Filippi presented about the soundscape of Sforza Milan during an event of the FestivaLungo 2019, in the historical Palazzo La Marmora in Biella (Italy).
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