TEXTS ON MUSIC IN ENGLISH
School of Music
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Data entry: Jonathan Haupt
Checked by: Peter Slemon
Approved by: Peter M. Lefferts

Fn and Ft: SCOTANO2_TEXT
Author: Anonymous
Title: The Scottish Anonymous
Source: Manfred Bukofzer, Geschichte des englischen Diskants und des Fauxbourdons nach den theoretischen Quellen, Sammlung musikwissenschaftlicher Abhandlungen, Band 21 (Strassbourg: Heitz, 1936), 158-60.
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[-158-] Heir beginnis Faburdun.

Quhat is Faburdoun? Faburdoun is ane melodius kynd of harmony quhilk dois transmwt and brek sympill noitts in figurs colorat be numers trinar and binar conform to ye way of music mensurall. Quhow mony kyndis of faburdoun ar nemmit? Four. Quhow sall the first kynd of faburdoun be knawin? Be rewills and exemplis.

The first rewill is: that ye plane sang nots of all mensurs ma be uprasit fro ye propir seit and modulat in diapason ascendent. Bot this rewill is nocht ay observit [for this caus:] Quhan the plane sang is sett in C fa ut, D sol re, E la mi, F fa ut, C sol re ut in the scherp and in A la mi re, B fa b mi, C sol fa ut et cetera abown ye scherp than the noitts sall nocht be transportid in diapason ascendent bot thay sall be in the propir settis modulat.

[-159-] The second rewill is: that ye baritonant of the forsaid rewill quhan the plane sang is uprasit sal be all set in thridds abow ye propir sett of the plane sang quhilk sal be all saxtis beneth the upresit noitts. Bot yis rewill is nocht ay observit [for this caus:] quhan the plane sang is sett in C fa ut, D, E, F, G in the scherp and in A la mi re, B b, C et cetera above the scherp than ye noitts of the baritonant sall not be sett in thridds abow the propir seit bot in saxtis beneth ye plane sang. And sislyk quhen it is sett in ye propir seit modulat.

The thrid rewill is: Suppois the plane sang descend or ascend, all the closing pwncts of the tribill sal be maid ascendent and never descendent quhilk to ye rewills of countering ar all contrary.

The ferd rewill is: Suppois the plane sang ascend or descend, all the closing pwncts of the baritonant sall never ascend bot fro ye saxt in ye octave immediatlie sall descend.

The fyfst rewill is: Suppois the plane sang be uprasit fro ye propir seit, or modulat in ye propir seit. The thrid part of faburdon, callit ye counter, sall ay be sett in ferds beneth ye plane sang and ye thrid abown the baritonant. Except quhan the baritonant makkis ye closing pwncts down in the octaw beneth ye plane sang, than the closing pwncts of the said counter sall clois in the fyfst abow ye baritonant. Of the quhilk counter ye modulaturs sall sing nan uther noitts bot ye same noitts of the plane sang all in ferds beneth ye same.

The saxt rewill is: If the finall noit of any vers, hyme, antiphon or respond be nocht flexible to resawe a unplesand clois it is admittit be all musicians to augment the finall with ane sympill noit oftir the last noit of ye plane sang for ye making of ye last closing pwnct plesand. [et cetera]

[-160-] The first exempill is: that ye plane sang is all extendit and modulat in diapason abown the propir seit and ye baritonant is sett and modulat all in saxts beneth ye extendit plane sang. Except that all ye closing pwncts of same dois to ye octawe descend. To the quhilk eftir ye finall noit of the plane sang for decoring of the closing pwnct ane sympill noit is augmentit. Heir followis ye plane sang:

[Scottish Anonymous, 160; text: Christe qui lux es et dies Noctis tenebris detegis Lucis que lumen crederis Lumen beatum predicans.] [Notenbeispiel No. 17] [SCOTANO2 01GF]

[Scottish Anonymous, 161; text: Christe qui lux es et dies Noctis tenebris detegis Lucis que lumen crederis Lumen beatum predicans.] [SCOTANO2 01GF]