Thank you all for replying so promptly. 'Caiaphas'... now it looks obvious.. I should have asked earlier..!
>which is devoted to Martini's chansons. The notes from that volume might be of immense value in determining why this chanson was named Cayphas. That is exactly what I wanted to know. Thank you so much again, William. Tomoko 2016/08/30 1:27 "William Brohinsky" <[1][email protected]>: Hi Tomoko, I would suggest that Cayphas is Caiaphas, i.e. Joseph Caiaphas, who was Chief Priest of the Temple of Jerusalem in the time of Christ. My supporting information would be Play 29 from the York Corpus Christi plays, "the Trial before Cayphas and Anna". By all appearances, Anna is Annas, specifically Annas, son of Seth, installed by Quirinus (Roman Governer of Syria) as High Priest in 6CE. He held the office until deposed by Valereus Gratus, Procurator of Judea, in 15CE. Despite having been removed from the office, he retained significan power and wealth, which could well have paved the way for his son-in-law Joseph Caiaphas (Cayphas) to become High Priest in 27CE. Caiaphas held office until 37CE, which placed him in the position of Religious Leader of the Jews in 33CE, when Jesus was tried for Blasphemy. The Bible records, all told, three trials: First in the house of Caiaphas, with all of the Pharasees and Scribes present. Then, he is taken before "the High Priest", with no specification: this is believed to be Annas, who had been appreciated by the Pharasees and was still, by some, seen as the 'real' high priest (in light of his deposing by a Roman procurator, despite that he was installed by a Roman Governer!). In the morning, Jesus was brought before the Chief Priests and Scibes, who formed a delegation to take him before Pilate. Play 29 of the York Corpus Christi Plays is believed to have been written in the early 1400's, possibly after 1405 as a reflection, in part, of the "legal irregularities" of the Trial of "the popular Archbishop Scrope" (quotes from the notes at [2]http://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/davidson-play-29- the-trial-before-cayphas-and-anna). Johannes Martini is dated as living from ca. 1440 - ca. 1498. It is likely that Caiaphas was regularly referred to as "Cayphas". The piece (which can be viewed on IMSLP but is public domain everywhere but the US) may have first been found in a collection of chansons celebrating the marriage of Isabella d'Este to Francesco Gonzaga (I haven't been able to find a specific provenance) and was first published in recent times in Volume 1 of "Recent Researches in the Music of the Middle Ages and Early Renaissance" (M001) which is devoted to Martini's chansons. The notes from that volume might be of immense value in determining why this chanson was named Cayphas. (It is still available, 47USD from [3]http://www.areditions. com/martini-secular-pieces-m001.html). As for other pieces by Martini, three of his chansons appear in Harmonice Musices Odhecaton, printed by Petrucci (first book of polyphonic music printed with movable type): La fleur de biaulte, Fault il que beur Soy, and Nenccioza: the editor preserved much music of the previous century in Odhecaton. Martini wrote masses on many popular themes, and his antiphonal settings of psalms may well have established the style which was made popular by Willaert in Venice in the middle-16thC, and brought to the German states where it is documented (amply) by Praetorius in his 3-volume Syntagma Musicum and compositions. On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Tomoko Koide <[4][email protected]> wrote: Dear LSA collective wisdom, Could anyone help me identifying who "Cayphas" is? This is only the piece I know of Johannes Martini's and I've been wondering who it is, or what it is.. Regards, Tomoko Koide To get on or off this list see list information at [5]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. http://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/davidson-play-29-the-trial-before-cayphas-and-anna 3. http://www.areditions.com/martini-secular-pieces-m001.html 4. mailto:[email protected] 5. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
