D-B MS Mus. 40021

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany

manuscript of polyphony: c. 1485-1500

Archive Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany (D-B)
Shelfmark MS Mus. 40021
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Surface Paper
Numbering System Foliation
Measurements c. 310 x 210 mm
Other Identifiers
  • CCM: BerlS 40021
  • olim (Former shelfmark): Preussische Staatsbibliothek, Z 21
Notations
  • black void mensural
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Provenance
  • Saxony, Germany
Contents Contains 214 compositions, 121 from 28 composers, 93 are anonymous.
General Description

The exact place of origin of this choirbook is not yet established. Fétis discovered the manuscript in 1849 at the cathedral in Halberstadt, and it has been assumed that it originated there. EhmA, however, suggested that the manuscript was copied in Torgau, and later sent to Halberstadt. JustM suggests Leipzig as the place of origin.

Copied by 18 scribes; Isaac's name appears on ff. 8, 255', and 293, with the additional note: 'de manu sua' (see JustY for discussion). Complex fascicle structure; the various layers were copied separately over a period of approximately 15 years. Related to LeipU 1494, MunBS 3154, and WarU 2016; some of the repertory comes from the court of Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony, at Torgau; the pieces on ff. 246'-252' have close connections with the city of Nuremberg.

The former Preussische Staatsbibliothek acquired the manuscript from Butsch Antiquariat in Augsburg; after World War II, it was moved to its present location at the West Berlin library.

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Binding

Original covers of white tooled leather on boards, with leather spine and ornamented brass clasps.

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Notation

black void mensural

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Foliation

Mostly original foliation, 1-293 (with some inconsistencies); some new foliation toward the end.

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Decoration

Some ornamented initials.

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Index

Original index on inside front cover and f. 1

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Surface

Paper

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Census Catalogue of Music Description

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15 Masses, 1 Kyrie, 1 Gloria, 10 Mass Proper sections, 11 Magnificats, 1 Te Deum, 1 Canticle, 20 office hymns, 6 processional hymns, 1 set of responses, 1 Latin/German sacred piece, 58 motets, 6 German sacred pieces, 1 German secular piece, 18 textless pieces = 151

Adam von Fulda-8, A. Agricola-7 + 1?, (A. Agricola/Brumel)-1, (A. Agricola/Isaac)-2, Aulenus(?)*/(A. Agricola)-1, B.H. [probably not Balthasar Harzer]-6, (Barbireau)-1, Beham-2 + 1?, Busnois [Businos]-1, (Compère)-2, (Congiet/Japart)-1, E.O.-1, Finck-6, Flordigal? [Flor.]-1, Gerstman? [Gerstenhans]-1, (Ghiselin)-2, Hofhaimer-1, Isaac-10, (Isaac/Martini)-1, Jacobit-1, Josquin-4, Nachtigal? [Philomena]-1, (Obrecht)-3 + 2?, Rener? [M. Reneri]-1, Volckmar-1, (Weerbecke)-1, anon-80

*The inscription "Officium Auleni" appears over the Mass on ff. 41'-46. For a discussion of the possible identity of the composer, see JustM.

295 paper folios, ca. 310 x 210. Mostly original foliation, 1-293 (with some inconsistencies); some new foliation toward the end. Original covers of white tooled leather on boards, with leather spine and ornamented brass clasps. Original index on inside front cover and f. 1. Copied by 18 scribes; on ff. 8, 255', and 293, Isaac's name appears, with the additional note: "de manu sua" (see JustY for discussion). Some ornamented initials. Complex fascicle structure; the various layers were copied separately over a period of approximately 15 years. The manuscript is related to LeipU 1494, MunBS 3154, and WarU 2016; some of the repertory comes from the court of Frederick the Wise, Elector of Saxony, at Torgau; the pieces on ff. 246'-252' have close connections with the city of Nuremberg.

Ca. 1485-1500 (JustM); date [14]95 on f. 161. The exact place of origin of this choirbook has not yet been convincingly established. Fétis discovered the manuscript in 1849 at the cathedral in Halberstadt, and it has been assumed that it originated there. EhmA, however, suggested that the manuscript was copied in Torgau, and later sent to Halberstadt. JustM suggests Leipzig as the place of origin. The former Preussische Staatsbibliothek acquired the manuscript from Butsch Antiquariat in Augsburg; after World War II, it was moved to its present location at the West Berlin library.

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Composers: Add "(A. Agricola/Obrecht)-1 "; change "Aulenus(?)/(A. Agricola) -1" to "Aulenus(?)/(A. Agricola/Cuvenor)-1"; change "(Obrecht)-3 + 2?" to "(Obrecht)-2 + 2?."

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‡ 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, vol. Handschriften, 13.  München.

‡ Just, Martin (editor). 1990-1991. Der Kodex Berlin 40021. Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz Berlin Mus. ms. 40021. Das Erbe Deutscher Musik, vol. 76-78. 3 vols. Kassel, Basel, London and New York.

Hudson, Barton. 1985. Two Ferrarese Masses by Jacob Obrecht. The Journal of Musicology, 4: 276-302. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Maas, Chris J (editor). 1983-. New Obrecht Edition.  Utrecht. Pages: lV.xxvi-liii. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Just, Martin. 1983. Zur Examinatio von Varianten. Datierung und Filiation von Musikhandschriften der Josquin-Zeit, Wolfenbütteler Forschungen, vol. 26. 129-52. Wiesbaden. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Martin, Martin. 1981. Bemerkungen zu den kleinen Folio-Handschriften deutscher Provenienz um 1500. Formen und Probleme der Überlieferung mehrstimmiger Musik im Zeitalter Josquins Desprez, Wolfenbütteler Forschungen, vol. 6. 25-43. Munich. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Staehelin, Martin. 1977. Die Messen Heinrich Isaacs. Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft Serie II, vol. 28/I-III.  Bern and Stuttgart. Pages: I,xvii-xviii,29-34,49,64-9,83,85-6; II,17; III, 41-5,69-70,76-8,180. Notes: physical description; contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Ward, Tom Robert. 1977. Another Mass by Obrecht? Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 27: 102-8.

Ward, Tom Robert. 1977. Review of JustM. Journal of the American Musicological Society, 30: 524-31. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Kirsch, Winfried. 1976. Josquin's Motets in the German Tradition. Josquin des Prez: Proceedings of the International Josquin Festival-Conference ... 21-25 June 1971, 261-78. London, New York, and Toronto. Pages: 262, 270; A 3-volume edition of the music, by Martin Just, is in preparation as Vols. 76-8 of EDMR. Notes: mention of MS; contents list (partial).

‡ Just, Martin. 1975. Der Mensuralkodex Mus. ms. 40021 der Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz Berlin: Untersuchungen zum Repertoire einer deutschen Quelle des 15. Jahrhunderts. Würzburger Musikhistorische Beitrage, vol. 1.  Tutzing. Pages: I, II. Notes: physical description; contents list; concordances; incipits (partial); facsimile (partial); texts (partial); mention of MS; discussion.

Lerner, Edward R (editor). 1974-. Henrici Isaac (ca. 1450-1517): Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 65.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: VI,xlv, 140-79; Vll.xix-xxi.xl,1 14-34. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); transcriptions (partial).

Staehelin, Martin. 1973. Möglichkeiten und praktische Anwendung der Verfasserbestimmung an anonym überlieferten Kompositionen der Josquin-Zeit. Tijdschrift van de Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis, 23: 79-91. Pages: 86-7. Notes: concordances (partial).

Drake, George Warren James. 1972. The first printed book of motets, Petrucci's Motteti A numero trentatre (Venice 1502) and Motetti de Passione De cruce De sacramento De beata virgine et huius modi B (Venice 1503): A critical study and complete edition. University of Illinois, Ph.D. Dissertation. Pages: 151-7. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.

Noblitt, Thomas L. 1969. Das Chorbuch des Nikolaus Leopold (München, Staatsbibliothek, Mus. Ms. 3154): Repertorium. Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 26: 169-208. Pages: 169, 180ff. Notes: concordances (partial); mention of MS.

Ward, Tom Robert. 1969. The Polyphonic Office Hymn from the Late Fourteenth Century Until the Early Sixteenth Century. University of Pittsburgh, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation. Pages: 129-33, 225ff. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial); incipits (partial).

Finscher, Ludwig. 1964. Loyset Compere: Life and Works. Musicological Studies and Documents, vol. 12.  American Institute of Musicology. Pages: 31-2, passim. Notes: contents list (partial); concordances (partial).

Just, Martin. 1963. Heinrich Isaacs Motetten in Italienischen Quellen. Analecta Musicologica, 1: 1-19. Pages: 3. Notes: concordances (partial).

Just, Martin. 1962. Ysaac de manu sua. Bericht uber den Internationalen Musik- wissenschaftlichen Kongress Kassel 1962, 112-4. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion; facsimile (partial).

Lerner, Edward R (editor). 1961-70. Alexandrí Agricola: Opera Omnia. Corpus mensurabilis musicae, vol. 22.  Neuhausen nr. Stuttgart: American Institute of Musicology. Pages: II, vii; III, xvi, 17-22, 88-93; IV, viii, 20-7, 60-3; V, v-vi, lx, lxii, lxxvi, lxxxii. Notes: concordances (partial); transcription (partial).

Hoffmann-Erbrecht, Lothar. 1961. Datierungsprobleme bei Kompositionen in deutschen Musikhandschriften des 16. Jahrhunderts. Festschrift Helmuth Osthoff zum 65. Geburtstage, 47-60. Tutzing. Pages: 48. Notes: mention of MS.

Just, Martin. 1960. Studien zu Heinrich Isaacs Motetten. Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tübingen, Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation.

Schröder, Inge-Maria. 1954. Die Responsorien-vertonungen des Balthasar Resinarius.  Kassel. Pages: 23-4. Notes: contents list (partial).

Blume, Friedrich (editor). 1949-79. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: Allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik.  Kassel. Pages: VI, 1421. Notes: facsimile (partial).

Gerber, Rudolf. 1949. Die Sebaldus-Kompositionen der Berliner Handschrift 40021. Die Musikforschung, 2: 107-26. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.

Ehmann, Wilhelm. 1936. Adam von Fulda als Vertreter der ersten deutschen Komponistengeneration.  Berlin. Pages: 31. Notes: physical description; mention of MS; discussion.

Geering, Arnold (editor). 1935. Das Erbe Deutscher Musik.  Leipzig, Kassel, Wolfenbüttel, and Wiesbaden. Pages: XXV, 77, vii. Notes: physical description; facsimile (partial).

Werner, Th W. 1920. Die Magnificat-Kompositionen Adam Reners. Archiv für Musikwissenschaft, 2: 195-265. Pages: I, 445. Notes: transcription (partial); mention of MS.

Niemann, W. 1902. Studien zur deutschen Musikgeschichte des XV. Jahrhunderts. Kirchenmusikalisches Jahrbuch, 17: 1-46. Pages: 30-40. Notes: transcription (partial).

Adler, Guido (editor). 1894-1970. Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Österreich.  Graz and Vienna. Pages: XXVIII, v, 170. Notes: physical description; facsimile (partial).

‡ Eitner, Robert. 1889. Codex Mus. Ms. Z 21 der Kgl. Bibliothek zu Berlin. Monatshefte für Musikgeschichte, 21: 93-102. Notes: physical description; contents list; incipits.

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Laura Dümpelmann

Monday, 1 March, 2021

ok, some of the questions were solved. but of course the mystery is still not solved! ;-)

Laura Dümpelmann

Saturday, 20 February, 2021

Hello! I´m doing research about the "caecus non iudicat" piece (with all the motet versions). I know that in Segovia Codex there is written "Ferdinandus et frater eius" above the piece, assuming that is Ferdinand II of Aragon (who had no brother) or the newly born or unborn Ferdinand I. Does anyone here on DIAMM know how the piece would be attributed to one of these, or another Ferdinand? (I looked deep into all the sources except of specialnik, which is difficult to access) Thank you!

Laura Dümpelmann

Saturday, 20 February, 2021

Hello! I´m doing research about the "caecus non iudicat" piece (with all the motet versions). I know that in Segovia Codex there is written "Ferdinandus et frater eius" above the piece, assuming that is Ferdinand II of Aragon (who had no brother) or the newly born or unborn Ferdinand I. Does anyone here on DIAMM know how the piece would be attributed to one of these, or another Ferdinand? (I looked deep into all the sources except of specialnik, which is difficult to access) Thank you!

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

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