Beschreibung
The manuscript sources for the Petrucci motet anthologies will likely remain a mystery. Although a few northern Italian manuscripts show varying levels of relationship to the first printed books of motets, readings of the concordant works from sources originating outside northern Italy are often highly diverse, most often suggesting an absence of familial relationship. On the other hand, several later manuscripts and printed sources document a strong connection with Petruccis anthologies, some of which most likely served as exemplars for these sources. Some extant Italian manuscripts that predate or are contemporaneous with the Venetian anthologies contain readings that are related to Petruccis, placing the motet books strongly within the sphere of northern Italian transmission. The author also delineates the impact Petruccis books had on the transmission of the early-sixteenth century motet.
Autorenporträt
Marilee Mouser taught at the University of California at Santa Barbara, after receiving her Ph.D. in Musicology there. She also has degrees in Conducting and Education and has taught for twenty-five years in diverse settings--as an academic, a public school teacher, and church musician. She now resides in Michigan on the family farm.
