Cancionero de Upsala

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Title: Villancicos de diuersos Autores, a dos, y a tres, y a quatro, y a cinco bozes, agora nvevamente corregidos. Ay mas ocho tonos de Canto llano, y ocho tonos de Canto de Organo para que puedam aprouechar los que, A cantar començaren. Venetiis, Apud Hieronymum Scotum, MDLVI

Translated title: Villancicos from various authors, for 2, and 3, and 4, and 5 voices, now again revised. There are also 8 tones of plainchants, and 8 tones of organum for the benefit of those that are still learning to sing. Venice, by Geronimo Scotto, 1556

Publication date and place: 1556 by Girolamo Scotto in Venice.
Description: The Cancionero de Upsala, also known by the titles Cancionero del Duque de Calabria and Cancionero de Venecia, is a volume of mostly anonymous Spanish music printed in Venice in 1556. It survives in a unique copy at the Uppsala University Library and was edited in 1909 by Rafael Mitjana; the subsequent literature has mostly adopted his spelling "Upsala" [sic]. A facsimile was published by Alamire (Peer, Belgium 1984) and a scan is available at IMSLP. The manuscript contains 70 pieces in total:

  • 54 villancicos, listed below
  • 16 works for one and two voices: 8 tonos in plainchantLink to the English Wikipedia article and 8 tonos in organumLink to the English Wikipedia article. In both cases, works are sorted from the first to the eighth tone, and have an educational purpose, as suggested in the original title.

A quote from Stevenson 1995:

Querol Rosso's prize-winning thesis, La poesia del Cancionero de Upsala, became the basis for his "estudio introductorio sobre la poesia y la tecnica musical" that prefaces Mitjanas transcription of the fifty-four songs -- only one of which bears a composer attribution in the 1556 imprint (Nicolas Gombert, no. 49), the others all lacking ascriptions. Concordances permitted his attributing the music of nos. 7 and 10 to Juan del Encina; 26, 35, and 36 to Mateo Flecha; 23 to Carceres; 34 to Juan Aldomar; and of considering as possible composers Mateo Flecha of nos. 33, 45, 46, 51, and 52; Juan Vasquez of nos. 29, 32, and 50; Cristobal de Morales of no. 13; and Encina additionally of no. 25.

All works are in Spanish except nos. 17, 18, 29 & 39 (Catalan) and no. 48 (Galician-Portuguese). Verbum caro has a macaronic refrain.

View the Wikipedia article on Cancionero de Upsala.

References:

  • Querol Gavaldá, Miguel. 1992. Antología Polifónica Práctica de la Época de los Reyes Católicos. Granada: Disputación Provincial. Reprinted in La Música Española en torno a 1492, 1995.
  • Stevenson, Robert. 1995. Review of Antología Polifónica Práctica de la Época de los Reyes Católicos by Miguel Querol Gavaldá. Music Library Association Notes 51(4):1452-1453.

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List of works

No. Title Composer

Villancicos a dos bozes

  1. Como puedo yo bivir Anonymous
  2. Y decid serranicas he Anonymous
  3. Dime, robadora ¿que te mereci? Anonymous
  4. No soy yo quien veis bivir Anonymous
  5. No me las amuestres más Anonymous
  6. Yéndome y viniendo Anonymous
  7. No tienen vado mis males Juan del Encina
  8. Andarán siempre mis ojos Gabriel Mena?
  9. Mal se cura muyto mal Anonymous
10. Para verme con ventura Juan del Encina
11. Un dolor tengo en ell alma Anonymous
12. Que todos se pasan en flores Anonymous

Villancicos a tres bozes

13. Si no os hubiera mirado Cristóbal de Morales
14. Si la noche haze escura Anonymous
15. Deposastes os senyora Anonymous
16. Desdenyado soy Anonymous
17. No so yo quien a3 Anonymous
18. Vesame y abraçame Anonymous
19. Alta estava la penya Anonymous
20. Dime Robadora a3 Anonymous
21. Alça la ninya Anonymous
22. Ay de mi Anonymous
23. Soleta so yo Bartomeu Carceres?
24. Vella de vos son amoros Mateo Flecha el Viejo

Villancicos a quatro bozes

25. Ojos garços a la niña Francisco Guerrero or Mateo Flecha el Viejo?
26. Estas noches a tan largas Anonymous
27. ¡Ay luna que reluces! Anonymous
28. Vi los barcos, madre Anonymous
29. ¿Con qué la lavaré? Anonymous
30. Soy serranica, y vengo d'Estremadura Anonymous
31. Si te vas a bañar, Juanilla Anonymous
32. Tan mala noche Anonymous (= Serrana donde dormistes?)
33. Falalalán, falalalera Bartomeu Cárceres or Mateo Flecha el Viejo?
34. A Pelayo que desmayo Juan Aldomar or Anonymous
35. Que farem del pobre Joan Mateo Flecha el Viejo
36. Teresica hermana Mateo Flecha el Viejo

Villancicos de Navidad a quatro bozes

37. No la devemos dormir (La Noche Sancta) Anonymous
38. Rey a quien reyes adoran Anonymous
39. Verbum caro factum est Mateo Flecha el Viejo?
40. Alta Reyna soberana Anonymous
41. Gózate, Virgen sagrada Anonymous
42. Un niño nos es nascido Anonymous
43. Dadme albricias Anonymous
44. Yo me soy la morenica Anonymous
45. E la don don Verges Maria Mateo Flecha el Viejo or Bartomeu Cárceres?
46. Riu, riu, chiu Mateo Flecha el Viejo

Villancicos de Navidad a tres bozes

47. Señores, el qu'es nasçido Pedro de Pastrana?
48. Vos, Virgen, soys nuestra Madre Anonymous

Villancicos a cinco bozes

49. Dezilde al cavallero que non se quexe Nicolas Gombert
50. Dizen a mi que los amores he Anonymous
51. Si amores me han de matar Mateo Flecha el Viejo
52. Si de vos mi bien me aparto Anonymous
53. Hartaos ojos de llorar Anonymous
54. Falai, meus olhos, si me quereis beñy Anonymous
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Works at CPDL

Title Year Composer No. Language Genre Subgenre Vo. Voices
A Pelayo que desmayo 1556 Juan Aldomar 34 Spanish Secular Villancicos 4 SATB
Alta Reyna soberana 1556 Anonymous 40 Spanish Sacred Villancicos 4 SATB
Alta estava la penya 1556 Anonymous 19 Spanish Secular Villancicos 3 TTB
Alça la ninya 1556 Anonymous 21 Spanish Secular Villancicos 3 STT
Andarán siempre mis ojos 1556 Anonymous 8 Spanish Secular Villancicos 2 SA
Ay de mi 1556 Anonymous 22 Spanish Secular Villancicos 3 STT
Como puedo yo bivir 1556 Anonymous 1 Spanish Secular Villancicos 2 SA
Dadme albricias 1556 Anonymous 43 Spanish Sacred Villancicos 4 SATB
Deposastes os senyora 1556 Anonymous 15 Spanish Secular Villancicos 3 TTB
Desdenyado soy 1556 Anonymous 16 Spanish Secular Villancicos 3 TTB
Dezilde al cavallero que non se quexe 1556 Nicolas Gombert 49 Spanish Secular Villancicos 5 SAATB
Dime Robadora a3 1556 Anonymous 20 Spanish Secular Villancicos 3 SST
Dime Robadora a 2 1556 Anonymous 3 Spanish Secular Villancicos 2 SS
Dizen a mi que los amores he 1556 Anonymous 50 Spanish Secular Villancicos 5 SATTB
E la don don Verges Maria 1556 Anonymous 45 Catalan Sacred Villancicos 4 SATB
Estas noches a tan largas 1556 Anonymous 26 Spanish Secular Villancicos 4 SATB
Falai, meus olhos, si me quereis beñy 1556 Anonymous 54 Galician-Portuguese Secular Villancicos 5 SSATB
Falalalán, falalalera 1556 Anonymous 33 Spanish Secular Villancicos 4 SATB
Gózate, Virgen sagrada 1556 Anonymous 41 Spanish Sacred Villancicos 4 SATB
Hartaos ojos de llorar 1556 Anonymous 53 Spanish Secular Villancicos 5 SATTB
Mal se cura muyto mal 1556 Anonymous 9 Spanish Secular Villancicos 2 SA
No la devemos dormir 1556 Anonymous 37 Spanish Sacred Villancicos 4 SATB
No me las amuestres mas 1556 Anonymous 5 Spanish Secular Villancicos 2 TT
No so yo quien a3 1556 Anonymous 17 Spanish Secular Villancicos 3 STT
No so yo quien a 2 1556 Anonymous 4 Spanish Secular Villancicos 2 ST
No tienen vado mis males 1556 Juan del Encina 7 Spanish Secular Villancicos 2 AA
Ojos garços a la niña 1556 Mateo Flecha el Viejo 25 Spanish Secular Villancicos 4 ATTB
Ojos garços ha la niña 1556 Francisco Guerrero 25 Spanish Secular Villancicos 4 SATB
Para verme con ventura 1556 Juan del Encina 10 Spanish Secular Villancicos 2 SA
Que farem del pobre Joan 1556 Mateo Flecha el Viejo 35 Catalan Secular Villancicos 4 SATB
Que todos se pasan 1556 Anonymous 12 Spanish Secular Villancicos 2 TT
Rey a quien reyes adoran 1556 Anonymous 38 Spanish Sacred Villancicos 4 SATB
Riu, riu, chiu 1556 Mateo Flecha el Viejo 46 Spanish Sacred Villancicos 4 SATB
Señores, el qu'es nascido 1556 Anonymous 47 Spanish Secular Christmas (secular) 3 SAB
Si amores me han de matar 1556 Mateo Flecha el Viejo 51 Spanish Secular Villancicos 5 SSATB
Si de vos mi bien me aparto 1556 Anonymous 52 Spanish Secular Villancicos 5 SSATB
Si la noche haze escura 1556 Anonymous 14 Spanish Secular Villancicos 3 TTB
Si no os hubiera mirado 1556 Cristóbal de Morales 13 Spanish Secular Villancicos 3 TTB
Si te vas a bañar, Juanilla 1556 Anonymous 31 Spanish Secular Villancicos 4 SATB
Soleta so jo açí 1556 Anonymous 23 Catalan Secular Villancicos 3 SAT
Soleta so yo 1556 Bartomeu Carceres 23 Spanish Secular Villancicos 3 SAT
Soy serranica, y vengo d'Estremadura 1556 Anonymous 30 Spanish Secular Villancicos 4 SATB
Tan mala noche me distes 1556 Anonymous 32 Spanish Secular Villancicos 4 SATB
Teresica hermana 1556 Mateo Flecha el Viejo 36 Spanish Secular Villancicos 4 SATB
Un dolor tengo 1556 Anonymous 11 Spanish Secular Villancicos 2 AA
Un niño nos es nascido 1556 Anonymous 42 Spanish Sacred Villancicos 4 SATB
Vella de vos son amoros 1556 Mateo Flecha el Viejo 24 Catalan Secular Villancicos 3 SAT, TTB
Verbum caro factum est 1556 Anonymous 39 2 Sacred Villancicos 4 SATB, ATTB, ATBB
Vesame y abraçame 1556 Anonymous 18 Spanish Secular Villancicos 3 SSA
Vi los barcos, madre 1556 Anonymous 28 Spanish Secular Villancicos 4 SATB
Vos, Virgen, soys nuestra Madre 1556 Anonymous 48 Spanish Secular Christmas (secular) 3 SAT,SSA
Y dezid Serranicas he 1556 Anonymous 2 Spanish Secular Villancicos 2 ST
Yendo me y viniendo 1556 Anonymous 6 Spanish Secular Villancicos 2 ST
Yo me soy la morenica 1556 Anonymous 44 Spanish Secular Villancicos 4 SATB
¡Ah Pelayo, que desmayo! 1556 Anonymous 34 Spanish Secular Madrigals 4 SATB
¡Ay luna que reluces! 1556 Anonymous 27 Spanish Secular Villancicos 4 SATB
¿Con qué la lavaré? 1556 Anonymous 29 Spanish Secular Villancicos 4 SATB