Description

The Sound of St Mark’s. A Digital Catalogue of the Choirbooks with Polyphonic Music of the Venetian Ducal Chapel is an international research project promoted by Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and the Swiss National Science Foundation in collaboration with the Basilica St Mark's, Venice and the Archivio Storico del Patriarcato di Venezia. This project had three objectives: The preparation of a modern critical transcription of the surviving music (64 compositions and some fragments) – the first complete critical edition of this important musical collection which contains several hitherto unpublished unica; The creation of a multimedia digital portal containing: i) digital reproductions of the entire collection of choirbooks, ii) historical and bibliographical metadata, and iii) a critical transcription of the music (open-access). In the future, it is hoped to enhance the digital platform with audio-visual contents; The organisation of the international conference The Soundscape of Early Modern Venice (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, 24–27 May 2017).