Robertsbridge Codex
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The Robertsbridge Codex (c. 1360) is an Italian music manuscript of the 14th century. It contains the earliest surviving music written specifically for keyboard.
It contains six pieces, three of them in the form of the estampie, an Italian dance form of the trecento, as well as three arrangements of motets. Two of the motets are from the Roman de Fauvel. All of the music is anonymous, and all is written in tablature. Most of the music for the estampies is for two voices, often in parallel fifths, and also using hocket technique. Most likely the instrument used to play the pieces in the Codex was the organ. Formerly the date of the Codex was presumed to be around 1320, but more recent research (E.H. Roesner, Introduction to Philippe de Vitry, Complete Works, 1984) has suggested a later date, slightly after mid-century.
The Codex is in the British Library (addition 28550).
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[edit] References and further reading
- John Gillespie, Five Centuries of Keyboard Music. New York, Dover Publications, 1965/1972. ISBN 048622855
- John Caldwell: "Sources of keyboard music to 1660", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (Accessed January 16, 2006), (subscription access)
- More information in Medieval Music Database (La Trobe University)
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