A Discantus I partbook from an incomplete set of seven volumes. Copied by Wolfgang Figulus(?), Kaspar Füger, and others. Copied at the Fürstenschule St. Afra in Meissen, under the direction of Wolfgang Figulus. Following Figulus' death (after 1588), the manuscript went to his son-in-law, Friedrich Birck, cantor at the Fürstenschule St. Augustin in Grimma from 1591 until his death in 1621. After Birck's death, his widow sold the manuscript to the Grimma Fürstenschule; in 1890 it was deposited in the library at Dresden.
| Archive | Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Dresden, Germany (D-Dl) |
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| Shelfmark | MS Grimma 55 (1) |
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| Surface | Paper |
| Numbering System | Foliation |
| Measurements | c. 161 x 212 mm |
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| Contents | Contains 87 compositions, 64 from 19 composers, 23 are anonymous. |
General Description
Binding
Books 1-2 and 5-6 have modern brown pasteboard covers; books 3-4 have original leather covers, in very poor condition; book 7 has no covers.
Notation
not indicated
Foliation
Discantus has new pencil pagination. The Bassus & Discantus II have original foliation, the Tenor modern pencil foliation.
Surface
paper
Census Catalogue of Music Description
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3 Masses, 1 Sanctus-Agnus pair, 9 Mass Proper sections, 1 psalm, 20 motets, 4 German sacred pieces, 3 textless pieces (one with incipit "Petite" only) = 41
(Beutel)-1, (Brandt)-1, (Crecquillon)-2, (Feys)-1, Figulus-3, (Füger?)-1, (Gombert/Josquin)-1, (Jaquet of Mantua)-1, (Josquin)-2, (Phinot)-3, (Senfl)-1, (Stoltzer)-2, (Verdelot)-1, anon-21
7 paper partbooks (Dl-ca. 150 folios, D2-i + 16 + i, Al and A2-condition too poor to count folios, T-126, B-139 + ii, Q-i + 54 + i), ca. 161 x 212. The altus books are in very poor condition, and cannot be used. Some new pencil foliation. Books 1-2 and 5-6 have modern brown pasteboard covers; books 3-4 have original leather covers, in very poor condition; book 7 has no covers. Copied by Wolfgang Figulus(?), Kaspar Füger, and others.
Ca. 1560-80 (SteudeMS); 1557-67 (HoffC). Copied at the Fürstenschule St. Afra in Meissen, under the direction of Wolfgang Figulus. Following Figulus' death (after 1588), the manuscript went to his son-in-law, Friedrich Birck, cantor at the Fürstenschule St. Augustin in Grimma from 1591 until his death in 1621. After Birck's death, his widow sold the manuscript to the Grimma Fürstenschule; in 1890 it was deposited in the library at Dresden.
Vol 4
Composers: Add "(M. Forestier/Josquin)-1"; change "(Jaquet of Mantua)-1" to "(Jacotin/Jaquet of Mantua)-1"; change "anon-21" to "anon-20."
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MS Grimma 55 (1-7)
Partbooks · 7 sources
‡ denotes primary source study
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: 271. Notes: contents list (partial).
Steude, Wolfram. 1974. Die Musiksammeihandschriften des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts in der Sächsischen Landesbibliothek zu Dresden. Quellenkataloge zur Musikgeschichte, vol. 6. Wilhelmshaven. Pages: 93-5. Notes: physical description (partial); contents list; concordances (partial).
Dehnhard, Walter. 1971. Die deutschen Psalmmotette in der Reformationszeit. Neue Musikgeschichtliche Forschungen, vol. 6. Wiesbaden. Pages: 305. Notes: contents list (partial).
Windh, John Ernfrid. 1971. Early Lutheran Masses. University of Illinois, Unpublished D.M.A. thesis. Pages: 116ff. Notes: mention of MS.
Böker-Heil, Norbert. 1967. Die Motetten von Philippe Verdelot. Frankfurt am Main. Pages: 247, 278. Notes: concordances (partial); incipits (partial).
Hoffmann-Erbrecht, Lothar. 1955. Die Chorbücher der Stadtkirche zu Pirna. Acta Musicologica, 27: 121-137. Pages: 135. 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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