Apparently the only surviving remnants of a larger musical manuscript. Copied by a single scribe. Probably of Franco-Burgundian origin. History of ownership unknown; discovered in early 1970's in collection of fragments at this library.
| Archive | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Germany (D-Mbs) |
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| Shelfmark | Mus. MS 9659 |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 213 x 147 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 9 compositions, 5 from 4 composers, 4 are anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
Edges of some folios frayed and damaged by worms; ff. 3'-4 darkened by dirt, but most music still legible
Binding
No covers, but folios previously bound
Watermark
Gothic letter 'P,' forked at bottom (not in Briquet).
Notation
black void mensural
Date
Ca. 1450-60 (PetzF), or slightly later.
Ruling
Staff height 16
Foliation
Modern foliation, 1-6.
Decoration
No initials or decoration
Index
No index remains
Surface
Paper
DIAMM Note
Folio 5 contains the last five bars of the contra of Binchois’s Dueil angoisseux, at the bottom, labelled “Residuum.” - as noted by David Fallows, A Catalogue of Polyphonic Songs 1415-1480, p. 137; who in turn refers to Martin Bente et al., Bayerische Staatsbibliothek: Katalog der Handschriften, i: Chorbücher und Handschriften in chorbuchartiger Notierung, p. 339.
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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7 French secular pieces (4 incomplete), 1 Dutch secular piece = 8
(Bedingham/Dufay)-1, (Binchois?)-1, (Dufay)-1, (Morton)-1, anon-4
6 paper folios, 213 x 147. Apparently the only surviving remnants of a larger musical manuscript. Edges of some folios frayed and damaged by worms; ff. 3'-4 darkened by dirt, but most music still legible. Modern foliation, 1-6. No covers, but folios previously bound. No index remains. Copied by a single scribe. Staff height 16. No initials or decoration. Watermark: Gothic letter "P," forked at bottom (not in Briquet).
Ca. 1450-60 (PetzF), or slightly later. Probably of Franco-Burgundian origin. History of ownership unknown; discovered in early 1970's in collection of fragments at this library.
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‡ denotes primary source study
Fallows, David. 1999. A Catalogue of Polyphonic Songs, 1415-1480. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Pages: 137.
Bente, Martin, Marie Louise Göllner, Helmut Hell, and Bettina Wackernagel. 1989. Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. Katalog der Musikhandschriften, 1. Chorbücher und Handschriften in chorbuchartiger Notierung. Kataloge Bayerischer Musiksammlungen, vol. 5/1. Munich. Notes: Also includes an edition of the fragment on fol. 5.
Fallows, David. 1981. Robertus de Anglia and the Oporto Song Collection. Source Materials and the Interpretation of Music: A Memorial Volume to Thurston Dart, 99-128. London. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Fallows, David. 1978. Robert Morton's Songs: A Study in Styles in the Mid-Fifteenth Century. University of California at Berkeley, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 76, 492. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Fallows, David. 1977. Words and Music in two English Songs of the mid-15th Century: Charles d'Orléans and John Lydgate. Early Music, 5: 38-43. Pages: 42. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Petzsch, Christoph. 1974. Fragment mit acht dreistimmigen Chansons, darunter Lochamer Liederbuch Nr. 18. Die Musikforschung, 27: 319-22. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; mention of MS; discussion.
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Scott Metcalfe
Thursday, 13 August, 2020
inventory updated to include residuum of Dueil angoiseux, with ref. to Fallows
DIAMM, 2016
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. General Description; Physical Description Note; Binding Note; Watermark Note; Notation Note; Date Note; Ruling Note; Foliation Note; Decoration Note; Contents Note; Surface Note
Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550
Monday, 23 January, 2017
NB: Migrated from old site. Credit for notes may not be completely accurate. Census Catalogue of Music Description