Le Coq Influence on S. de Murcia. Russell C

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FRAN<:OISRAN<:OIS LEE

COCQ'SOCQ'S INFLUENCENFLUENCEONN SANTIAGOANTIAGO DEE MURCIA:URCIA: PROBLEMSROBLEMS

DATES,ITHITH DATIS,SOURCES,OURCES,ANDNDRECOMPOSITIONECOMPOSITION

C.... ig Russellraig H.. Russcll

r"",ding Monica Jeller to rhe jaI/mal allhe Lule S(Jcielyajponpon rt":lding Monic. Hall'sall's leucr 10 lhe 10urrlllJ 0/ the !.lite Sali"yoj

Amenca rc<:enr "Sonriago Mur6a:",e"l<J regardingegarding myy rccenr articlerticle ooSanriago dee Murcia: thehe FrenchrenchConncCli<JII Baroque Spain (jLSA [1982],40--51), W'JS excited toonnection inn B.roqueSpain (lLSA 155 [1982J.40-51), I "",.sexciced 1<)

rcJd 01 lindings Murcia and Fr3nwis Lxead of herer findings concerningoncerning Murciaand F r a ~ u i s Le Cocq.ocq. I wouldould likeike[0 [hank herer fur herer cor renions andnd emend'lions. 1 ....5 m i ~ D k " n inn myy0 thank lor co, re(lions emendalions. I was miswkenas:crrion that thehe Rl?euei!dN pii:ees dee gui/arre (Ms.Ms. 5.615.615 inn thehe Biblios:cnion 'hat R(!cueif drr piccer guilarre Biblio·theque duu Conserv.toire Ruyale dee Musiqueusique inn Brussels)russels) iss cupled out hj'hcque ConscrvalOire Ro}'ale copied our hy

Caeq, Ms, Hall that the mJnuscripe 'he.e.e (ocq. Ms. Holl convincinglyonvincingly showshows rlut th" manuscripc iss inn thc handand

of rhehe copyiSt Jean·Baptiste ludovicoudovico dee CastillioO1 copyist Jean·Bapriste ustillion.

However, on several poims kd her conclusions are inwrren insulHowcver, un sevt:ra! poiOls Ifttl herconclusions arc incurrec, orr insuf

flCiently suppolled. con rends ,hat Ralleif piL'Cn m a ~ 'iCIently supporred. Ms.s. Hallall contends th.t thehe Rallei! delel pii-"s mayanually p<lSldate Murcia's P"Halal ler y obrtlJ (Add.Add. Ms.s. 316401640 inn lheLrually paSldate Murcias P"rracaJler)' abr"r rheBritISh Library). suppom rhis hypo,hesis wirh rhe ,It""ri'ish library). Shehe supports 'his hypothcsis wi'h the suggestionuggestion 'hacthe copyistopyist of thehe PaHalal l . f y obrJs mayay haveave beeneen wriling for yeorshe 01 Parr"caJl",.)' OO'''J wriring lur year.sbt:fore lhe ritleitle pages d.;.te uf 1732732 andnd ,hac ,hehe Rell/cit des pii:«'f mayay<:lore rhe page's d<.te 01. that Rec"ci! dl!J piecn

b,e as suppon 01 ('"arliN ofaveave beeneen finishedinished ass late os 1739.739. Inn suppo" of ann <'3r1ier datingating 01 ,hehe

PdlIucaflel aurasbrar Ms.s. Hallall ilcumtelyccurotely observesbserves ,hatha' bet""eenet""een the 'ideaua£aflCI ).. rhe tide

pa,tte rhe ensuing 01 ,here a.!!e andnd the indexndex andnd thehe t:nsuing pagesages of musicusic there iss a changehange inn

P"!"'r. A ch.ngt· inn papt:r·type couldould indicote ,hal ,hehe elaborate illuminalluminaaper. change paper'lypc indicate ,ha' elaboralelions ollhe rirle the (which, incidemall)', Pa",J'Ons of the 'ide pageage andnd rhe indexndex (which. incideOl,IIr. inn ,hehe PaffJ'

(oII1"Uelf)'y obrolfb,,,; appearppear '00 bee done inn a differeOl handand andnd script diHeren' hom rheheollC scrip' from'ablature pa/,'1.'"S) wetedone Il l ' dilleren' lrom the a b l a l U r e c o p ~ "abblure pah't.-S) wert: done 10' differen' locationocation from ,he tablaturecopr'

work n o t ~ thaI indn ririe nu' includc-d in 10liOlionork. Shehe notes that thehe ind"" andnd tide pageage arere no' includl-d il l ,hehe folia,iun



and tha' it luglmlly tha, 'he index was after rhe[1d that i, l u g l m l l ~ ' followsollows ,hat t h ~ indn W;J.S addeddded onlynly aCrer tbe manu·anu·script was comple'eJ. Thi, observiltion be s:lid of almost an)' worl;eripr was ( O m p l ~ t . J , T h i ~ observation couldould be s:lidof .lmost .ny work- I ' IS a r:1ft, IOdl'X is with the of ,he an evenI I is a r : l £ ~ indn thathat is paginatedaginated Wilh .he bodyody of the workork andnd 30 rH n

mrer rha, is written before ,he i'sc If! l n a n y c a ~ , none of ,IlestlIrc£ indexndex .har is wrirrc:n hc:fore .he workork itself! 10 aoycase, none of .hesefacwrs as to hnw i,tollk '0 Parru,."';actOrs providesrovides anyny clueslues as to how longong il took 10 produceroduce thehe ParJ..c.llei). "h'al.)' "b r"J ,

S'collge" "'idence wi,h respeCllll dating on claims.s. Hall'sall's s r r l ) n b e ~ . evideoce with rcsp<:Ct 10 d.ting restsests on herer daim,hat ,he Recucil dCl piecel ha\'e bttn copil-d uver a of s<,\·e. .1hat .he Rallei/ der pieceJ mayay h,, 'e b""n cupic-d over a spanpan of several),ears-frum (,he date immedi,llcly preceding 'he firS! copicJ com·cors-frum 1730730 (the dare immediately preccJing tht, first copic,j coro'posirior.s) ," ('he dacc engrav<:<l portraii deCas,illion).osi,i"r.,) IU 1739739 (the date off ,hehe .ngraved portrait off deCaslillion), Thehepreface, however, Slares unmiSlakably ,ha'lhe was complCll'lJrdore, however. states unmistakably thar the manuscripranuscripr WaS oompleled,n A(,er descrihing comtOIs Ihe entire us,j)·n 1730.730. Afrer describing thehe conrcnrs off rhe cmire manuscriptanuscript dee Casul·Illm doses Gh"m dUlIng rearioo closes withith thehe wordsords "DoneDone inn Ghem dUflnR thehe courseourse off Ihehe r ~ a r 1730.'" inclu.sion engrawd porrrait 1739, lherdoft', indicales730,'" The:he: inclu: ion off rhehe cngravt-d portrait off 1739. t!>erdoft'. indicate'

Ihal ttl" maOlLScript or a(, ,,r 1739. h no bearingonnlynly that .he: manuscript wasas boundound inn or after 1739, It hasas no bearingon

the aClual copywo rk. Furthermore, presence Ihis same portraithe aerual copywork. Furthermore. thehe pft'sence off this same: purtrait innanorher manusCrlp' (Ms. 115551.0 'he Bibljothi:quc Brussels)norh.r manuscript (Ms, 115551.D inn Ihe Bibliothequc Royaleoyale inn Brussels;

a ~ a i n J " il a accumte tool fordaring eilher manu'ouldould arRuerRue against it beingeing a highlyighly accurute .001 for dating either a o ~ ' ""pl . e v l ~ " n c l ' sUpporlS 01)' ini,i," Iha' the RUI/eil dCI pi«Clrip'- Thehe e v i d ~ n c l ' SUppo£lS my initial claimlaim Ihat thc RNuei/ deI pie<elpredates Murera s PaHa,allCI y vb'aI.pred,.es Murcia's PaJf"CallCI y ahas.

t.,·ls. sr::ttes rhar ,h . . ,he: Rec",ildel ...·, hadad..·Is. Hallall srales lhat I implymply that rhe musicusic inn rhehe Rec"ei/deJ picic..,"re",:n"y compused. I nO! Slare impl), Ihal ,he com.eeneen recenrly compused, 1doo no' stote orr impl)' lh.l lhe worksorks wereere com·

pOIed ,n 17,0, on I)' lhar 'hey mcltlded 1730.1UIed in J730. only that thq' wereere incltldcd inn thehe manuscriplanuscripl inn [730,1

s,ill hold rhal 1O Ix: Irue.still hold ,hal to be lrue..r-h. k e ~ 1am mis<ak"n thai Murcia 00'vl>. Hallall feels I atTl mistaken inn believingelieving that MUIcia mighlighl haveave ob·

talOed I..<: Cocq s p'l:rt·s Recueil der piecef. all'ained U: Cocq's pieo:s fromrom ,hehe R., ..""j/ deI picces. Herer objectionsbjections arc1) that Rceueil pit-en possibl)' poslda'es PMracalles y) .hat thehe Recuei/ dCJCJ piecl'! possibly posrdarcs Murcia'surcia's PaHacallcI)"ob,af. and. rela'ionship De'wcetl rhe is suspeet rh""bra!. and 2)) aa relarionship between the rwosourceswosources issuspeet sinceince therearere slgnlhcantignificrnt dIscrepancies berwccn Iheiscrepanci.s berween rhe IWO versiotlswo Ihenn rheirheir versions off ,he

pieces. first objecrion already tr'at"d. Wilh lU herameame pieces, Thehe fint objection IIhaveave ,Ircady trealed, Wi.h regardegard ruherS(.-rond<.'('ond ObJecllon, I a,llreebjeerion. I allree enrirelynlird)' Ihathat ,herehere arere differencesumerousumerous diffcn:'oce5between Ih" IWO

sources, bm Ihal ardarion.

er .....e ~ n

the two sources. bur that doesoes nOIOIdiscount

iscount a possibleossible rdation·shIp between Ihem. is 'aking marcrialhip betwccn .hem, Murciaurcia is lakingLccCocq'socq's ma.crialandndrecomposingecomposingI[ ,n a. Slm"ar 10 'hal Ihe parody Ihe Remissatlce.l in amanneranner similar to thatoff the parod)'massass inn rhe RCll3;ssatlce:.Thishispracllce very. eighteenth·century is Ihe subjectranice wasas verycommonommon inn eighreenth·cenrurySpainpainandnd is rhe subjet1

1\".lfld Russell s "F.I arre recompos;eion en la mUsicaff Astrid Russell's andnd myyarticlerticle "EI artedee recumposidon en Ia mUsi"

fa gUl[arra barroca" (Uet·iJla MUJicoloKi". 5. no. Ispanolaspanola paraara Ia gui.arra \>;lrruea" (l(e,'iJladee M,aie%x;..,vol.ol. S. no, I119821.5-23). "",es Iha' Murcia no' "signific,lOrly alteratly19821.5-23) Ms.s.Hallall states lhat Murc;adidid nor "signifilanrly alteranyof Ih" orher pltxes wh'ch in the PaS/a,,,IIcJ • Ob'''l itf the other pieces whichhee includc-dncludc-d in .he Pauac../IcJ J ohr"J,andnd i.s c e ~ s unlikely 'hat he so with I.e co/q picH'; "Thiseems unlikel), that hewouldouldhaveavedoneone so wirhthehe Le Cucq pic'l'-'" ThisIS ,(I(or':"(l. N,nCleen of the ,wenty-four b)' rh.t ."'j',,:ar'l'ars incorrect. N,neteen of th.· twenry-fourworksorks byCampionampion rhJI ,I

111 fl.,turo3 S PdJlalIlUt'! YObrflJ ;lre S C o r d ~ t l l r a vt:r)l, II " btlln Murcia's PaHacJllt:[)' O/;'IIJ art:'nororCampion'sampion's 5cord.ulIfa v c : r ~ l . I I" b ~ H

I f.m C;lnd ('<'ndJOt Ie t.nur:\ rlc.. r.Jon<-c 17.\0.

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decideecide whetherhether theyhey meriterit inclusionnclusion inn thehe table off correspondences,The<able correspondences. TIltsimilaritiesimilarities between Murcia's Gabolaabola (f.f. 81)1) andnd a Mcnllot (p.p. 42)2) andbelWeen Murcias a Alen""t ar<![ku,ree (p.p. 45)5) byy Lee Cocqocq are anyching bur illusoryllusory as Ms.s. Hall claims.laims.801/,eo are anyrhing but as H ~ I I (Again,Again, consult rhe article "EI arte dee recomposicion" or volumeolume 1off myyconsulr the a ( { i c ~ "Elane recomposieion" or 1disscltatlon. pp.p. 243-53.)43-53.) Thehe Gabolaabola incipitncipit iss taken fromrom I.e.e Coal'dis'ertation, laken CDcq'sMenllel. TI,e openingpening /loteS afterfter thehe double: barar inn the: GabOlaabOla are fromromMerwel. The notcs double the are

rhe Boure., Ass I haveave poimedoimed our inn previousrevious publicarions, Murciaurcia ~ ,the BOI/,C8. out publications. reoshapeshapes over andnd over rhe: motivesotives originaUyriginaUy employedmployed byy I.e Cocq inn theheover over the LeCocq21Ucnuel (p.p. 43)3) andnd rhe Allemande (p.p. 39).9). Hereere inn thehe Gabota,abota, these2 Manl/el the tille11llmile r h ~ same motivesotives reappear.eappear. Mun:ia ~ activelyctively reshapingeshaping I.e Cocq'socq's rhemes;hemes;same Murcia is Le

althoughlthough rhehe finishedinished potot iss Murcia's. thehe claylay iss I.e Cocq's. I includenclude rheMurci"s. Le Cocq's, thepa5Sagcs inn quesrion belowelow so thar thehe readereader mayay judgeudge whetherhether or IlOlpassages question so that or 001rhe relationshipselationships arc obscurebscure or "illusory."I'he arc or "illusory,"

Murcia CabOld. fl)l 8t ~ ~ ' 4 ! i,,. ml -;urci. GubOI". ful. fit ~ . )lJ.:kI.<:Coc<j Alenuel, p.. 422 ~ ~", Cocy Alenu,,', ~ . Murciaurcia CdbOld, [01 81G"bOI", ful. 81

Q@tfij 19 ~ t r ~ 1r l t t ~~ l t a ] 91 . h ~ ltt@M

l p i V ~ r r [ J i D ~ r r lc ' Cocqocq BOllr"8. p.. 455Lt, ROIl,':c.

1010



Murcia GabOla, fol. 81'

J..<:Cocq

2 MemW I, p. 43 ~ J l l D ~ I J m Murci. Gabola , £01. 81'

MurciJ, Allemanda, fol. 79

derived from

Lt: Cocq Allemande, p. 39 ~ ~ . With respect cu cnocof<bocc::s. I have twO emendMions (0 my 3nide. 1

d,d nor ge t ,he opporrunity to sec the galleys so I did no' corree< ,he con

fused headi

ng in Appendix Ie. It implies incorrecdy ,hal alllhe pie«s by

scherzi, As R ichard Pinnell S!ale<! in h is b lil lian! d isserra lion , an i) ' Ihe

Zar_banda dCfp<icio (t. tOO) is [rom Ihis source; lhe remaining piCCt'sare

drawn from Corbe,ra's L.J G"ilarre ro}',t/k, Also, Ihe follow ingcorr(:spon,

denn' should be added roAppendix I . : Feuiller's ConlT(:danl<'on pp , 32-36

ollne Recl/cil ded ." ,ce I is four.d in Murru's ReIumcn as Olra G;/:Jon p. 60,

Murcia GabOla, fol. 8t'~ = § m P P ~ ~ ; ' l ~

Murcia Gabola. fal. 8 r

derivcd fromI.e Cocq Allenumde, p. 39~ . e twO emendn1ions to my anicle. 1

With respect ,u concordances. I ha 1 1d'd not correClthe con·. e the gal eys SO I . b

dId not ger ,he opporrunll)' to sc I" 'c,ly th"t all the PieceS Yd' I I . P ,es ,ocorre" ..

fus<:<lheading

Appen ',x e. \ 1m

Iiob'''f are drawn frOnllhe V"mGJrbella found in Murcia 's PaHacaUcI JYObrJI are drawn from lhe VaniCorbell' found 10 MurCta s p"Hura. el b '1l'ant dissertation. onl)' lhe

, R' h d P' II stated In ll iS II I .scherZI. As IC ar moe . h. _ . the rem'Jining p,C'Ces 3re

l"r.bandaJaspdc;o (1.100) IS from t ' ~ I s o ~ ~ c e . \ h e f o l \ o w i n g c o r r ~ s p o n ' drown frum Curberra's 1..J GUllarre 'O)'F" ":11 50'CO_I.edalll""n pp. ;2-}6

. d'x J.. eu' els .. . 60denc..- should t>eaddcd W I\ ppen I ' . . R lumCII as DIr" G,/:" on p.of the Racuril dad.zncel is IOUI'd in Mucn. s "

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