Chansonnier Cordiforme
The Chansonnier Cordiforme or Chansonnier de Jean de Montchenu is a music manuscript, Collection Henri de Rothschild MS 2973, held in the Bibliothèque Nationale, in Paris, France.
The manuscript was commissioned in Savoy between 1460 and 1477 by canon Jean de Montchenu, later Bishop of Agen and Bishop of Vivier. An edition was prepared by Geneviève Thibault de Chambure in 1952, and the complete manuscript was recorded by Anthony Rooley and the Consort of MusickeSongs
The chansonnier comprises 43 songs by Dufay, Binchois, Ockeghem, Busnoys and others including several unica.
