Magister Franciscus
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Magister Franciscus (Template:Country data 1370–80) was a French composer in the ars nova style of late Medieval music. He is known for two surviving works, the three-part ballades: De Narcissus and Phiton, Phiton, beste tres venimeuse. The former was widely distributed in his lifetime.[1]
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Identity
Franciscus may be the same person as the F. Andrieu who wrote Armes, amours/O flour des flours, a déploration on the death of poet-composer Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300–1377).[2] Although, the scholarly consensus on this identification is unclear.[n 1] He may also be Franciscus de Goano or Johannes Franchois.[1] Machaut was the most dominate and important composer of the 14th century,[3] and Franciscus's works show many similarities to his, suggesting the two were contemporaries.[1]
Music
Only two of his works survive, the three-part ballades: De Narcissus and Phiton, Phiton, beste tres venimeuse.[1] They are both contained in the Chantilly Codex.[4] Reaney notes that Magister Franciscus's works are likely earlier than Andrieu's, between 1370 and 1376.[5]
Works
Title | No. of voices | Genre | Manuscript source: Folios | Apel | Greene |
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De Narcissus | 3 | Ballade | Chantilly Codex: 19v | A 26 | G Vol 18: 16 |
Phiton, Phiton, beste tres venimeuse | 3 | Ballade | Chantilly Codex: 20v | A 27 | G Vol 18: 18 |
No other works by Magister Franciscus survive[n 2] |
Editions
Franciscus's works are included in the following collections:
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Notes
- ↑ Scholars identify F. Andrieu as Magister Franciscus with varying degrees of certainty:
- Reaney 2001: Their works being from the same manuscript "suggest that the two composers may be the same person".
- Abraham & Hughes 1960, p. 27: "Franciscus is doubtless the same man as the F. Andrieu..."
- Reaney 1954, p. 67: "It would not be impossible for Magister Franciscus and F. Andrieu to be one and the same person"
- Günther 2001: "[Magister Franciscus] may be the F. Andrieu..."
- Strohm 2005, p. 53: "[F. Andrieu] may be the same man as Magister Franciscus"
- Magnan 1993, p. 49: "[On the identification between Andrieu and Franciscus] this tenuous identification leads nowhere."
- ↑ If Magister Franciscus is identifiable with F. Andrieu, then Andrieu's compositions would be his as well.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Günther 2001.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Reaney 2001.
- ↑ Reese 1940, p. 359.
- ↑ Abraham & Hughes 1960, p. 27.
- ↑ Reaney 1954, p. 67.
Sources
- Books
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- Journals and articles
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External links
- List of compositions by Magister Franciscus at the Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music
- Works by Magister Franciscus in the Medieval Music Database from La Trobe University