Copied by Friedrich Lindner, who also wrote BerlDS 40023, NurGN 8820Q, NurLA 28, NurLA 33, and NurLA 224 (see RubIC and ButlerLM for discussion of complex). Variant script on some folios possibly a different form of Lindner's hand, or may be work of second, unidentified scribe (ButlerLM). Copied in Nuremberg, for use at the Church of St. Egidien. Commissioned by Nuremberg city council; prepared under direction of Friedrich Lindner (ca. 1542-1597), cantor at St. Egidien, and Hieronymus Paumgartner, Jr., council administrator for church affairs. Later passed to von Tucher family of Nuremberg, who placed it in Germanisches Nationalmuseum following Franco-Prussian War. Returned to von Tucher family in 1877, but reacquired by Museum in 1885.
D-Ngm 8820 B
Bibliothek des Germanischen Nationalmuseums, Nuremberg, Germany
manuscript of polyphony: 1574
| Archive | Bibliothek des Germanischen Nationalmuseums, Nuremberg, Germany (D-Ngm) |
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| Shelfmark | 8820 B |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 496 x 351 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 43 compositions, 40 from 9 composers, 3 are anonymous. |
General Description
Physical Description
Some folios severely damaged by ink corrosion
Binding
Original covers of light brown tooled leather over wooden boards (modern spine), with brass clasps, edges, and bosses; modern leather ties. Front covers stamped with letter 'B,' date 'MDLXXIIII,' and medallion incorporating arms of city of Nuremberg and arms of Paumgartner family. Back covers stamped with representation of St. Egidien ministering to a wounded roe.
Watermark
Nuremberg shield surmounted by coronet (generally resembles Briquet #916ff).
Notation
not indicated
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation, I-II, on original flyleaves; original ink foliation, 1-354 (ff. 271-274 erroneously numbered '371-374,' but correct numbers added in pencil by modern hand); modern pencil foliation, 355-357.
Decoration
Red inked calligraphic initials; red voice designations and rubrics
Index
Original index on f. 355 lists all pieces in order of appearance, and gives attributions for two pieces.
Surface
paper
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22 motets
(Clemens non Papa)-1, La Bruguiere-1, Lassus-11, (Longaval/ Obrecht/Venture)-1, (Senfl?)-1, (Wert)-2, Willaert-2, anon-3
ii + 356 + i paper folios, 496 x 351. Some folios severely damaged by ink corrosion. Modern pencil foliation, I-II, on original flyleaves; original ink foliation, 1-354 (ff. 271-274 erroneously numbered "371-374," but correct numbers added in pencil by modern hand); modern pencil foliation, 355-357. Blank folios: III', 267'-273, 354', 355'-357'. Original covers of light brown tooled leather over wooden boards (modern spine), with brass clasps, edges, and bosses; modern leather ties. Front covers stamped with letter "B," date "MDLXXIIII," and medallion incorporating arms of city of Nuremberg and arms of Paumgartner family. Back covers stamped with representation of St. Egidien ministering to a wounded roe. Original index on f. 355 lists all pieces in order of appearance, and gives attributions for two pieces. Copied by Friedrich Lindner, who also wrote BerlDS 40023, NurGN 8820Q, NurLA 28, NurLA 33, NurLA 224, and other manuscripts not within scope of this catalogue (see RubIC and ButlerLM for discussion of complex). Variant script on some folios possibly a different form of Lindner's hand, or may be work of second, unidentified scribe (ButlerLM). Red inked calligraphic initials; red voice designations and rubrics. Watermark: Nuremberg shield surmounted by coronet (generally resembles Briquet #916ff).
1574 (date on cover). Copied in Nuremberg, for use at the Church of St. Egidien. Commissioned by Nuremberg city council; prepared under direction of Friedrich Lindner (ca. 1542-1597), cantor at St. Egidien, and Hieronymus Paumgartner, Jr., council administrator for church affairs. Later passed to von Tucher family of Nuremberg, who placed it in Germanisches Nationalmuseum following Franco-Prussian War. Returned to von Tucher family in 1877, but reacquired by Museum in 1885.
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Youens, Laura. 1978. Music for the Lutheran Mass in Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, MS. Thomaskirche 49/50. Indiana University, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 752-3. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Maas, Chris J. 1976. Towards A New Obrecht Edition. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 26: 84-108. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Butler, Bartlett Russell. 1970. Liturgical Music in Sixteenth-Century Nürnberg. A Socio-Musical Study. University of Illinois, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 660–73, 861f., 864, 870, 880, 890, 902, 913, 921f., 925, 927f., 940f., 977, 983, 987, 993f. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances; facsimile (partial); mention of MS; discussion.
Loach, Donald Glenn. 1969. Aegidius Tschudi's Songbook (St. Gall MS 463): A Humanistic Document from the Circle of Heinrich Glarean. University of California at Berkeley, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: I,310. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Gottwald, Clytus. 1968. Die Musikhandschriften der Universitätsbibliothek München. Die Handschriften der Universitätsbibliothek München, vol. 2. Wiesbaden. Pages: 81. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Krautwurst, Franz. 1968. Review of GottH. Die Musikforschung, 21: 233-7. Pages: 235. Notes: mention of MS.
Krautwurst, Franz. 1965: (XXV) 1967: (XXVII). Die Heilsbronner Chorbücher der Universitätsbibliothek Erlangen (Ms. 473, 1-4). Jahrbuch für Fränkische Landesforschung, 25 & 27: 273-324:(XXV)253-82:(XXVII). Pages: XXVII,272. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Gottwald, Clytus. 1964. Codices Musici (Cod. Mus. Fol. I 1-71). . Die Handschriften der Württembergischen Landesbibliothek Stuttgart, vol. Reihe I, Band 1. Wiesbaden. Pages: 20. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Kempers, Karel Philippus Bernet. 1964. Bibliography of the Sacred Works of Jacobus Clemens non Papa. Musica Disciplina, 18: 85-150. Pages: 112. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Rubsamen, Walter H. 1957. The International 'Catholic' Repertoire of a Lutheran Church in Nürnberg (1574-1597). Annales Musicologiques, 5: 229-327. Pages: 258, passim. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; mention of MS; discussion.
Kempers, Karel Philippus Bernet, and Chris J. Maas (editors). 1951-76. Jacobus Clemens non Papa: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 4. Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: IX,iv. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
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