Cancionero de Upsala

General information

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 plainchant and 8 tonos in organum. 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.

External websites:

• Cancionero de Upsala at the Petrucci Music Library (IMSLP)

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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Index

Index (cont.)

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