Fragmentary Motets and Other Possibly Linked Compositions

Abstract

Abstract The incomplete motet Arta/Musicus est ille survives in an English fragment which also contains one of the versions of Apollinis with added parts (see Ch. 16). Motetus and tenor of Non eclipsis atra ferrugine are on the other side of an Apollinis fragment. Their extant motetus texts resonate with the other musician motets, but it is not known whether the missing tripla listed musicians. Other fragments that might belong to the group likewise contain no names. Eight further song-like compositions with suggestive celebration of music or musicians are listed, but they stand outside the generic tradition to which the chapters of Part IV are devoted.