D-B MS Mus. Theor. 1175

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany

theory treatise: C. 1550

Archive Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany (D-B)
Shelfmark MS Mus. Theor. 1175
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements 247 x 175 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: BerlDS 1175
  • olim (Former shelfmark): Preussische Staatsbibliothek
Notations
  • black void mensural
Relationships
Provenance
  • Bavaria, Germany
Contents 64 pieces from 5 composers
General Description

Two theoretical treatises (ff. 1-97: 'Explicatio compendiosa doctrinae de signis musicalibus exemplis probatissimorum Musicorum illustrata'; treatise on ff. 98-134: 'De musica poetica' of Heinrich Faber) which employ 43 2-page examples and a number of shorter examples as illustrations of theoretical concepts. Some examples in choirbook format; others in quasi-score format. Copied by a single scribe, perhaps the 'A.S.' to whom several examples are ascribed. Of German origin. Owned in early 19th century by C. G. Murr of Nuremberg. Later owned by Johann Nikolaus Forkel (1749-1818) and Georg Poelchau (1773-1836); passed to present library in 1841.

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Notation

black void mensural; a few polyphonic examples copied in Gothic chant

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Ruling

10-line staves

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Foliation

Modern foliation, 1-134, on upper right rectos.

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Surface

paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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Two theoretical treatises which employ 43 2-page examples and a number of shorter examples as illustrations of theoretical concepts.

A.S.-6, Hähnel [Galliculus]-1, Isaac-2, Josquin-3, anonymous

134 paper folios, 247 x 175. New foliation. Treatise found on ff. 1-97: "Explicatio compendiosa doctrinae de signis musicalibus examplis proba-tissimorum musicorum illustrata"; on ff. 98-134: "De musica poetica."

16th century (JosqMS).

Vol 4

BerIDS 1175

BERLIN (EAST). Deutsche Staatbibliothek. MS Mus. theor.

1175

Treatises on music (see below), with polyphonic examples:

73 pieces*

*11 are short textless cadential formulas. Excerpts from 1 Mass, 4 Mass Ordinary sections (1 copied twice, but with double note values in second version), 1 Mass Proper section, and 4 motets identified by titles in manuscript or from concordant sources. Other examples unidentified.

A.S.-6, Isaac-5, Josquin-6, (Obrecht)-1, anon-55*

'Some anonymous examples presumably composed by Heinrich Faber.

134 paper folios, 247 x 175. Modern foliation, 1-134, on upper right rectos. Treatise on ff. 1-97: "Explicatio compendiosa doctrinae de signis musicalibus exemplis probatissimorum Musicorum illustrata"; treatise on ff. 98-134: "De musica poetica" of Heinrich Faber. A few polyphonic examples copied in Gothic chant notation, but most are in white mensural notation. Some examples in choirbook format; others in quasi-score format on 10-line staves. Copied by a single scribe, perhaps the "A.S." to whom several examples are ascribed.

Ca. 1550 (FerandB). Of German origin. Owned in early 19th century by C. G. Murr of Nuremberg. Later owned by Johann Nikolaus Forkel (1749-1818) and Georg Poelchau (1773-1836); passed to present library in 1841.

Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

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Folio / Pages Composition / Item title Source attribution Composers (? Uncertain)
6v–7 Missa Quant j'ai au coeur: Kyrie [Isaac]
Appears on: 6v–7
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: [Isaac]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Greek
Voice Text: [Kyrie II from Missa Quant j'ay au cueur] [= ff. 11v-12]
7v untexted example AS
A S
Appears on: 7v
Genres: textless
Source Attribution: AS
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
8v–9 untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 8v–9
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
11v–12 Missa Quant j'ai au coeur: Kyrie [Isaac]
Appears on: 11v–12
Genres: Kyrie eleison, Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: [Isaac]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin, Greek
Voice Text: [Kyrie II from Missa Quant j'ay au cueur] [= ff. 6v-7]
12v–13 untexted example A.S.
A S
Appears on: 12v–13
Genres: textless
Source Attribution: A.S.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
13v–14 untexted example A.S.
A S
Appears on: 13v–14
Genres: textless
Source Attribution: A.S.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
14v untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 14v
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
16 untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 16
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
16v untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 16v
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
17 untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 17
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
17v untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 17v
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
18v untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 18v
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
19v–20 untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 19v–20
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
21v untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 21v
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
22 untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 22
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
22v–23 untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 22v–23
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
32v–33 untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 32v–33
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
33v–34 untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 33v–34
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
36v–37 untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 36v–37
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
37v–38 untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 37v–38
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
38 Missa Je ne demande: Gloria. Qui tollis peccata mundi [Obrecht]
Appears on: 38
Genres: Gloria (et in terra pax), Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: [Obrecht]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Qui tollis peccata mundi from Gloria of Missa Je ne demande]
38v–39 untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 38v–39
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
39v–40 untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 39v–40
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
47v Missa Rosina 9.4 (Excerpt) Iosquino [= Josquin]
Appears on: 47v
Genres: Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Iosquino [= Josquin]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Excerpt from Missa Rosina] 9.4
48v–49 untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 48v–49
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
49v–50 untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 49v–50
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
50v–51 untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 50v–51
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
51v–52 untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 51v–52
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
67v–68 untexted example A.S.
A S
Appears on: 67v–68
Genres: textless
Source Attribution: A.S.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
68v–69 untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 68v–69
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
69v–70 untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 69v–70
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
70v–71 untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 70v–71
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
71v untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 71v
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
72 Missa Pascale: Sanctus Henricus Isaac
Appears on: 72
Genres: Mass Ordinary, Sanctus [& Benedictus]
Source Attribution: Henricus Isaac
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Sanctus from Missa Paschalis]
76v–77 untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 76v–77
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
77v–78 untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 77v–78
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
78v–79 untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 78v–79
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
79v–80 untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 79v–80
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
82v–83 untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 82v–83
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
83v–84 untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 83v–84
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
86v–87 Missa L'homme armé super voces musicales 6.3: Agnus Dei Josquin de Prees
Appears on: 86v–87
Genres: Agnus Dei, Mass Ordinary
Source Attribution: Josquin de Prees
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Agnus II from Missa L'homme armé super voces musicales] 6.3
87v–89 De radice Jesse [Proprium de Conceptione Mariae Virginis] Henrici Isaac
Appears on: 87v–89
Genres: Sequence
Source Attribution: Henrici Isaac
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Excerpt from De radice Jesse]
89v–90 untexted example A.S.
A S
Appears on: 89v–90
Genres: textless
Source Attribution: A.S.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
91v–93 untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 91v–93
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
93v–97 untexted example A.S.
A S
Appears on: 93v–97
Genres: textless
Source Attribution: A.S.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
99v untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 99v
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
100 untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 100
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
100v untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 100v
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
100v untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 100v
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
101 untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 101
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
106v Domine exaudi orationem meam auribus 16.5 (2p. Memor fui dierum antiquorum; 3p. Spiritus tuus bonus deducet me) Josquini
Appears on: 106v
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Josquini
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Excerpt from Pars III of Domine exaudi orationem meam] 16.5
107 untexted example Henrici Isaac
Appears on: 107
Genres: textless
Source Attribution: Henrici Isaac
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
108 untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 108
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
108v–109v Domine ne in furore 16.6 - 2a pars (of 2): Cor meum conturbatum est [Josquin]
Appears on: 108v–109v
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: [Josquin]
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Excerpt from Pars II of Domine ne in furore tuo] 16.7
110 untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 110
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
110v untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 110v
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
111 Praeter rerum seriem 24.12 (2p. Virtus sancti spiritus) Josquini
Appears on: 111
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Josquini
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Excerpt from Praeter rerum seriem] 24.12
111v untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 111v
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
111v–112 Domine ne in furore 16.7 (excerpt) Josquini
Appears on: 111v–112
Genres: Motet
Source Attribution: Josquini
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: Latin
Voice Text: [Excerpt from Domine ne in furore tuo] 16.7
112 untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 112
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
112v untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 112v
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
112v untexted example Anon. -

untexted example

Appears on: 112v
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: Textless example
113–113v 8 short cadential formulas Anon. Anonymous
Appears on: 113–113v
Genres: formula
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: 8 short cadential formulas
132v 3 short cadential formulas Anon. Anonymous
Appears on: 132v
Genres: formula
Source Attribution: Anon.
Voice: [no designation]
Languages: none
Voice Text: 3 short cadential formulas
Composer Compositions
A S
Anonymous
Despres, Josquin (ca. 1450–1521)
Isaac, Heinrich (ca. 1450–1517)
Obrecht, Jacobus (ca. 1457–1505)

denotes primary source study

Korth, Hans-Otto, Helmut Hell, and Jutta Lambrecht. 1997. Die Signaturengruppe Mus ms. 40000 ff. Folge 1: Handschriften des 15. - 19. Jahrhunderts in mensuraler und neuerer Notation. Katalog. Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Kataloge der Musikabteilung, Erste Reihe.  München.

Ward, Tom Robert. 1983. A Newly-Discovered Josquin Attribution. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 29-48. Notes: concordances; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion; additional bibliography.

Staehelin, Martin. 1977. Die Messen Heinrich Isaacs. Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft Serie II.  Bern and Stuttgart. Pages: I,xix,32-5,72; II,119ff,127. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Stroux, Christoph. 1976. Die Musica Poetica des Magisters Heinrich Faber. Albert-Ludwigs-Universität (Freiburg im Breisgau), Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 53,148ff, passim. Notes: physical description (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Lerner, Edward R (editor). 1974-. Henrici Isaac (ca. 1450-1517): Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: IV, x. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Miller, Clement A. 1970. Sebald Heyden's De Arte Canendi: Background and Contents. Musica Disciplina, 79-99. Pages: 92-5. Notes: contents list (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Collins, Michael Bruce. 1964. The Performance of Sesquialtera and Hemiola in the 16th Century. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 5-28. Pages: 24-8. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Hermelink, Siegfried. 1960. Dispositiones Modorum: Die Tonarten in der Musik Palestrinas und seiner Zeitgenossen. Münchner Veröffentlichungen zur Musikgeschichte.  Tutzing. Pages: 34. Notes: facsimile (partial).

Ferand, Ernst T. 1958. Bemerkungen zu der neuen Quelle von Heinrich Fabers 'Musica poetica'. Die Musikforschung, 340-1. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.

Smijers, Albert (editor). 1927-56. Werken van Josquin des Prez: Missen.  Amsterdam. Pages: I,x-xii. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

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Census-Catalogue of Manuscript Sources of Polyphonic Music 1400-1550

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