COIGNET, Jean

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COIGNET, Jean
Chantepleure deaue vive redundant cueur compunct fait ioyeulx en lermoiant [Paris], [Didier Maheu for Jean Coignet], June 1537 A singular book in which the author searches for a sad and melancholic form of music. Beautiful and rare copy bound by Derome, cited by Brunet, former Hebbelynck collection (1856) Original edition. In-8 (185 x 110mm). Title printed in red and black, text printed on two columns. Large woodcut lettering and many smaller ones. Collation: A-F 2A-X 3A-H8 I4 Contents: first part: Focarium penitentiale (47 ff.); second part with separate pagination: Penitentiale irriguum (or Chantepleure) with liturgical chants in plainchant on 36 ff. of music printed in red and black Illustration: 1 woodcut of the Crucifixion printed full-page and repeated in I4v, 3 woodcuts of the burial printed in the text 18th century binding attributable to Derome. Red morocco, triple fillet framing with rosette at corners, spine ribbed and gilt with bird's-iron, gilt edges Provenance: C. H. F. Curnillon (stamped on title page) -- J.-L. Hebbelycnk, Catalogue of mostly rare and curious books by M. J.-L.H., Paris, Techener, 1856 -- Catalogue des livres rares et précieux de M. Léon D..., G. et Moreau, Paris, 1877, n° 92, cut of the catalogue pasted on the first cover -- Bulletin Morgand, t. IV, 1887-1889, p. 225, 12762 ("dos orné à l'oiseau"), then again in 1904, n° 127 Charnière supérieure légèrement usée (Slightly worn upper hinge) Written by the Parisian lawyer Jean Coignet, this work presents the "chante pleure", a tone of soft sadness, of deep melancholy, intended to accompany and serve as a sound climate for lament songs. The texts published here are intended to create the spiritual basis for the repentance necessary for the development of such music. The work is divided into four parts: the first part provides the textual and religious support for the notion of repentance, followed by three excerpts from liturgical texts
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