[Mexican choir books] [v. 6]

Catholic Church. · 1600 · Mexico City · 1 picture

A manuscript choir book of Catholic sacred vocal music, likely made in Mexico City around 1600 for use in church services and choir performance. The page shows hand-ruled staves with dense black square and diamond noteheads, lyrics in Latin written beneath the notes, and a red-ink heading reading Coro del organo. A designer might take from it the rhythm of hand-inked notation, the warm brown ink on aged cream paper, and the ordered grid of staff lines.

Catholic Church · Polychoral music · Sacred vocal music · Church music · Service books (Music) · Manuscripts, Latin · Music

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