A single Discantus partbook. Copied by a single scribe. Some pieces have text incipits only; others have full text underlaid. All pieces are unattributed. Of German origin; perhaps copied in Munich or Augsburg (Call).
PL-Kj Berlin MS Mus. 40092
Biblioteka Jagiellonska, Kraków, Poland
partbook: Second quarter of 16th century
| Archive | Biblioteka Jagiellonska, Kraków, Poland (PL-Kj) |
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| Shelfmark | Berlin MS Mus. 40092 |
| Image Availability | DIAMM does not have images of this source. |
| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | 147 x 211 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 83 compositions from 8 composers. |
General Description
Binding
Original covers of brown leather tooled with simple border designs; one leather band remains of an original two
Watermark
Gothic letter "P" (only portions visible)
Notation
black void mensural
Ruling
Staff height 16 (14 for last piece)
Foliation
Original ink foliation, 1-64, excludes front flyleaves and last 67 folios; new pencil foliation, 1-130, includes front flyleaves but does not number last five folios.
Decoration
No initials or decoration.
Index
Original index on new ff. l'-2, 3-4 lists pieces in three sections: (1) 6-voice works; (2) 5-voice works; (3) 4-voice works. In each section, pieces grouped alphabetically by first letter of text, with subgrouping under each letter by order of appearance (a few inconsistencies)
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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86 German pieces
(Eckel)-1, (Isaac)-2, (Senfl)-55, (Stoltzer)-1, anonymous
1 paper partbook (D-iv + 131 folios), 149 x 210. Original foliation, 1-64 (only these folios have music). Covers of tooled leather, with leather bands. Original index on ff. i-iv.
First half of the 16th century.
Vol 4
BerlPS 40092
BERLIN. Former Preussische Staatsbibliothek. MS Mus. 40092
(olim Z 92)
4 German sacred pieces, 80 German secular pieces, 1 French secular piece, 1 textless piece = 86
(Eckel)-1, (Isaac)-2, (Lapicida)-1, (J. Schachinger I/Senfl)-1, (Senfl)-57 + 13?, (Stoltzer)-1, anon-10
1 paper partbook (D-iv + 131 folios), 147 x 211. Original ink foliation, 1-64, excludes front flyleaves and last 67 folios; new pencil foliation, 1-130, includes front flyleaves but does not number last five folios. New ff. 1, 2', 4', 23'-28', and 70'-[135'] are blank; new f. 70 has blank staves only. Original covers of brown leather tooled with simple border designs; one leather band remains of an original two. Original index on new ff. l'-2, 3-4 lists pieces in three sections: (1) 6-voice works; (2) 5-voice works; (3) 4-voice works. In each section, pieces grouped alphabetically by first letter of text, with subgrouping under each letter by order of appearance (a few inconsistencies). Copied by a single scribe. Staff height 16 (14 for last piece). No initials or decoration. Watermark: Gothic letter "P" (only portions visible). Some pieces have text incipits only; others have full text underlaid.
Second quarter of 16th century. Of German origin; perhaps copied in Munich or Augsburg (Call).
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Birkendorf, Rainer (editor). 1994. Der Codex Pernner: Quellenkundliche Studien zu einer Musikhandschrift des frühen 16. Jahrhunderts (Regensburg, Bischöfliche Zentralbibliothek, Sammlung Proske, Ms. C 120). Collectanea musicologica, vol. 6. Augsburg. Pages: i: 134–6; ii: 16–30 (facsimiles); iii, 155f. Notes: facsimiles (partial); description; contents list (partial).
Bente, Martin. 1968. Neue Wege der Quellenkritik und die Biographie Ludwig Senfls. Wiesbaden. Pages: 244ff, 257ff,362ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Picker, Martin. 1964. Newly Discovered Sources for In Minen Sin. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 17: 133-43. Pages: 142. Notes: contents list (partial).
Geering, Arnold (editor). 1949-. Ludwig Senfl: Sämtliche Werke. Wolfenbüttel and Zürich. Pages: V, 109,113-4 VI, 93,98-9. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Geering, Arnold (editor). 1935. Das Erbe Deutscher Musik. Leipzig, Kassel, Wolfenbüttel, and Wiesbaden. Pages: X,123,127ff XV,141,145ff. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
Wolf, Johannes. 1913-9; Reprinted: Hildesheim, 1963. Handbuch der Notationskunde. Leipzig. Pages: I, 446. Notes: mention of MS.
Adler, Guido (editor). 1894-1970. Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich. Graz and Vienna. Pages: XXVIII, 170 XXXII,237. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial).
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Nicole Schwindt
Saturday, 1 July, 2023
Isaac's "Mein freud allein" added at fol. 38r-39r
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